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If you wish to go through the Sentri lane you must have a the Sentri pass with you.
[QUOTE=BeHeMoth904;1899957]I just applied for my sentri pass. Sounds like I will not need the sentri pass to speed up my wait time at the border with the new passport I have. I will only be walking across the border. Is this true? My passport does have the gold box at the bottom center.[/QUOTE]
At BaxterSlade: Appreciated sir. My Tijuana knowledge is nowhere near yours, but he is right that getting a supply of $1 and $5 bills is good strategy. Alao, the exchange place in the Plaza next to the border / Mcdonalds is a great spot for your cambio / peso purchases.
Mexican passport and visa.
This is almost comical. When Mexico initiated the entry visa for pedestrian walk overs last year I paid the fee and got a paper visa good for, I think, 4 months.
Well that 4 months has come and gone a few times but no worry as I show it to the Mexican border patrol staff and they don't even read it just motion to me to go around the left side.
I wonder how long they will just waive me through? This past Saturday I am glad it worked as there must have been 3 busloads of chinos (Chinese), literally about a hundred and fifty getting checked through so its a good thing I got the waive to hang left.
TTM.
P.S. , but saw a bunch of those same chinos parading through HK club a few hours later. How the hell, or why the hell does the HK management allow it. Papaya!
[QUOTE=BeHeMoth904;1899957]I just applied for my sentri pass. Sounds like I will not need the sentri pass to speed up my wait time at the border with the new passport I have. I will only be walking across the border. Is this true? My passport does have the gold box at the bottom center.[/QUOTE]The new passport will allow you to use the ready lane. You could still face a wait sometimes 2 hours or more. The Sentri will put you in a seperate line. Or should I say no line. A Sentri will just about guarantee you will never wait more than 5 minutes. For sure bring the Sentri. On a side note when entering MX at SanYsidro on foot you will still need a passport or passport card. Sentri alone won't do it. So bring both.
[QUOTE=TheTallMan]
This is almost comical. When Mexico initiated the entry visa for pedestrian walk overs last year I paid the fee and got a paper visa good for, I think, 4 months.
Well that 4 months has come and gone a few times but no worry as I show it to the Mexican border patrol staff and they don't even read it just motion to me to go around the left side.[/QUOTE]I bought the 6-month visa in September. Before March I just held it up upon Mexico entry and got waived through. In March they started checking the date about half the time. I didn't cross in April or May. On my first June visit they checked the date and forced me to get another visa.
[QUOTE=Ak233;1899984]Recent visit to Tijuana via Otay Mesa crossing. I wanted to cross here instead of San Ysidro since there is no current passport control. I do not want my passport to collect a lot of Mexico stamps and I do not yet have a passport card. I drove to the Otay Mesa border and parked in a nearby fenced lot. $8 for 24 hours parking. Walked across the border. Took about 15 minutes to walk across. They are doing some construction with a new building but I don't know if it is for another passport control check. After I walked across there is a taxi stand on the right side. They wanted $18 to drive me downtown. I passed and just waited a couple of minutes to hail a regular taxi for $10. Traffic wasn't too bad and it took about 20 minutes to get me to Hong Kong. So far so good. Hong Kong is still great. Lots of pretty and young girls. I love the $1 grope and pussy / ass rub or even pussy licking if you want to join the others at the shaving cream table (not my thing) my favorite is the $9 girl drink in the booth with your new girlfriend who will spread her legs so you can finger her. Allow you to gently make out with her. And rub her crotch on your hard dick. Although the girl drinks did get smaller this past year the girls are still giving you some awesome service. I usually use this time as a test drive for upstairs. If they don't kiss me at the table they won't kiss upstairs. If they are too prudish or mechanical at least I got a good 15 or 20 minutes playing with their body at the table then. Move on to the next girl. I had sex with four girls this trip, two prior girls with known excellent service and two brand new young girls. I paid $70 for a no rush time with each and all sessions were 45 minutes or longer..[/QUOTE]I've been going the Otey Mesa route for a while now. Instead of parking for $8, try parking on Paseo de las Americas or Marconi Dr. I usually find something there for free. I've had no problem but I do see broken glass on the road occasionally. Just park under a street lamp if your parking there through the night. I usually head back same day / night.
Never left my car over night.
Also walk across the freeway and through the strip mall shops and you can get a taxi for 120 pesos. I've never paid more than that. Screw those banditos wanting $18 one way!
To prepare for my trip, I've read and read, but as always it's never enough. So I have a few questions to ask the senior members here.
Street girls: Wendy, Valentina are the two must see. Prices for ST girls are about 300 pesos for half hour. Sin ropas why multiple posicionces.
HK girls: Lidia, Zuma, Charlene, Sasha. 1,000 pesos for half hour.
I read somewhere that hotel casadas has a special $11 for a room on Tuesday. How does one take advantage of that?
For total la noche, how much do I expect?
If you guys have any girls that you would recommend, please share the wealth. I'll stay from Tuesday afternoon till Wednesday afternoon.
Thanks in advance.
Money changers are very easy to find in the Zona, and there's enough competition to ensure a decent rate. OTOH, it's been my experience that, on the USA Side, the changers that advertise the best rates tack on a commission or fee that makes their effective rate worse than what you'll get below the border. But I haven't put a lot of work into researching that, so hopefully, someone else will chime in and tell us where "the good one" is. The changers in the Zona don't charge commissions.
Even a newbie will do better using pesos. Don't change more than you're likely to need; you can always change more later. (Assuming "later" isn't 3:00 AM.).
Your real savings isn't going to be due to the exchange rate; it's going to be all about your negotiating skills. The difference between "17.5 to one" and "17.6 to one" is trivial; the difference between $20 for short time with a street girl, and $120 with a bar girl is much bigger.
Yesterday (Monday), in my car, it took me ELEVEN minutes to reach the end of the Ready Lane at OTAY, around 5:00 PM.
This is a "Ready Lane" in name only. I carry an old, un-chipped passport, and they even appear to accept Mexican passports. (Next time, maybe, I'll ask what's up with that.).
[QUOTE=BeHeMoth904;1899957]I just applied for my sentri pass. Sounds like I will not need the sentri pass to speed up my wait time at the border with the new passport I have. I will only be walking across the border. Is this true? My passport does have the gold box at the bottom center.[/QUOTE]Disclaimer: I always drive; pedestrian experiences may vary.
The Sentri lane is by far the fastest lane, but you MUST have a Sentri pass. Try it without one, and CBP will handle it in a way that is both time-consuming and unpleasant.
The Ready Lane AT OTAY accepts ALL USA Passports, chipped or otherwise. I haven't tried San Ysidro's Ready Lane, but I've heard you really need the chip there.
[QUOTE=WombatEd2;1900201]Disclaimer: I always drive; pedestrian experiences may vary.
The Sentri lane is by far the fastest lane, but you MUST have a Sentri pass. Try it without one, and CBP will handle it in a way that is both time-consuming and unpleasant.
The Ready Lane AT OTAY accepts ALL USA Passports, chipped or otherwise. I haven't tried San Ysidro's Ready Lane, but I've heard you really need the chip there.[/QUOTE]When I used the Sentri auto lanes last month, I have noticed that most of the cars on these lanes do not have the proper Sentri sticker on the windshield. Just wondering what is going on.
[QUOTE=WombatEd2;1900191]Money changers are very easy to find in the Zona, and there's enough competition to ensure a decent rate. OTOH, it's been my experience that, on the USA Side, the changers that advertise the best rates tack on a commission or fee that makes their effective rate worse than what you'll get below the border. But I haven't put a lot of work into researching that, so hopefully, someone else will chime in and tell us where "the good one" is. The changers in the Zona don't charge commissions.
Even a newbie will do better using pesos. Don't change more than you're likely to need; you can always change more later. (Assuming "later" isn't 3:00 AM.).
Your real savings isn't going to be due to the exchange rate; it's going to be all about your negotiating skills. The difference between "17.5 to one" and "17.6 to one" is trivial; the difference between $20 for short time with a street girl, and $120 with a bar girl is much bigger.[/QUOTE]For me, the real savings was cutting back on the drinks and fichas.
[QUOTE=BaxterSlade;1900027]The new passport will allow you to use the ready lane. You could still face a wait sometimes 2 hours or more. The Sentri will put you in a seperate line. Or should I say no line. A Sentri will just about guarantee you will never wait more than 5 minutes. For sure bring the Sentri. On a side note when entering MX at SanYsidro on foot you will still need a passport or passport card. Sentri alone won't do it. So bring both.[/QUOTE]You can do what you want.I was never allowed.
[QUOTE=BaxterSlade;1900027]The new passport will allow you to use the ready lane. You could still face a wait sometimes 2 hours or more. The Sentri will put you in a seperate line. Or should I say no line. A Sentri will just about guarantee you will never wait more than 5 minutes. For sure bring the Sentri. On a side note when entering MX at SanYsidro on foot you will still need a passport or passport card. Sentri alone won't do it. So bring both.[/QUOTE]Gracias amigo! This is the info I needed! Take care brother.
Did you notice CBP agents were always asking, what you were doing in Mexico? Ever since the Patriot Act, law enforcement agents have been authorized to do a lot of things.
CBP agents are trained to ask leading questions hoping to trip up lies by people crossing borders. If you refuse to answer these questions, it may be grounds for CBP to send you to Secondary Inspection or detaining you for investigation. It's best to give them plausible but vague answers.
I usually say something vague, like " visiting some acquaintances. " If CBP and DHS need to investigate my Tijuana acquaintances, I can give them the names of a few bad-ass meseros in HK who deserved some education. The agents are welcomed to put a trace on my money trail, the few $ I gave to these meseros to feed their hungry families.