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re: Is Tijuana really like the movies say, or is it a normal city...
Posted on 2/10/17 at 6:38 pm to JPinLondon
Posted on 2/10/17 at 6:38 pm to JPinLondon
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.. he is from north Louisiana
If this turns into a N vs S La. thread, my day on the OT will be complete.
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Posted on 2/10/17 at 6:50 pm to theantiquetiger
TJ is awesome, but definitely not for the faint of heart.
Posted on 2/10/17 at 7:01 pm to theantiquetiger
Hong Kong 
Posted on 2/10/17 at 7:04 pm to theantiquetiger
Never been, when I was in the military we were banned from going there.
Posted on 2/10/17 at 7:11 pm to theantiquetiger
Tijuana is not safe for gringos.........
If you look like you have money, you will not return home without a ransom payment.
If you look like you have money, you will not return home without a ransom payment.
Posted on 2/10/17 at 7:12 pm to little billy
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It is a shite hole and it is dangerous. And the cops will shake you down. I was escorted to an ATM by the police.
This. Do not go, unless you really know what you are doing (have connections).
Posted on 2/10/17 at 7:18 pm to Jim Rockford
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If this turns into a N vs S La. thread, my day on the OT will be complete.
NLA sucks. Johnny's pizza tastes like arse. Fleur de Lis pizza is the tits. SLA culture all day every day.
Posted on 2/10/17 at 7:24 pm to theantiquetiger
I was in San Diego for a bachelor party in October, two of us made the trip down to TJ.
Happy hour in Gas Lamp on a Thursday > Random Mexican lady giving us a ride to the border > Drinks at Caesars > Scoring 2 8 balls from a local at the bar > Stumbling around Zona Norte looking for Hong Kong > Getting into a scuffle one block away and retreating to a dive bar to cool off > Getting separated as I went off with a local girl who spoke no English > Me running out of cash (left wallet in US) and senorita ghosting me > Losing my cell phone > Paying some random Mexican $100 (when we got to hotel) to drive me back to Gas Lamp > Meeting up with rest of crew Friday and continuing the party in San Diego > Other guy stays in TJ for 48 hours doing blow and banging hookers at Hong Kong and another massage place a few blocks away.
Blow? Yes
Hookers? Yes
Donkey show? Not sure
Safety? Two nearly blacked out drunk gringos managed to stumble around for 4 hours and 48 hours respectively while chasing hookers and blow and neither of them were robbed or murdered.
Happy hour in Gas Lamp on a Thursday > Random Mexican lady giving us a ride to the border > Drinks at Caesars > Scoring 2 8 balls from a local at the bar > Stumbling around Zona Norte looking for Hong Kong > Getting into a scuffle one block away and retreating to a dive bar to cool off > Getting separated as I went off with a local girl who spoke no English > Me running out of cash (left wallet in US) and senorita ghosting me > Losing my cell phone > Paying some random Mexican $100 (when we got to hotel) to drive me back to Gas Lamp > Meeting up with rest of crew Friday and continuing the party in San Diego > Other guy stays in TJ for 48 hours doing blow and banging hookers at Hong Kong and another massage place a few blocks away.
Blow? Yes
Hookers? Yes
Donkey show? Not sure
Safety? Two nearly blacked out drunk gringos managed to stumble around for 4 hours and 48 hours respectively while chasing hookers and blow and neither of them were robbed or murdered.
Posted on 2/10/17 at 7:34 pm to Sid in Lakeshore
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Tijuana is not safe for gringos.........
If you look like you have money, you will not return home without a ransom payment.
blah, blah, blah... all-inclusive resorts are likely more up your alley. Or maybe go nuts and hit Margaritaville or Bubba Gump in Cancun.
Posted on 2/10/17 at 7:35 pm to theantiquetiger
In case anyone reading this is actually going to TJ, the North-South road Ave Revolucion has numerous restaurants, bars, clubs, and a casino or two. This is a perfectly safe area to walk up and down the block, similar to Bourbon St.
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Caesar's is a classy restaurant and the home of the original Caesar salad.
A few blocks north is the Zona Norte, or red light district, mainly on the East-West streets of Calle Coahuila and Calle Benito Juarez. Hong Kong is the most famous gentleman's club (aka brothel) but there are many small clubs, hotels, and massage places in these blocks where the hookers stand out front and take you upstairs for a small fee.
LINK
The links are to google maps.
LINK
Caesar's is a classy restaurant and the home of the original Caesar salad.
A few blocks north is the Zona Norte, or red light district, mainly on the East-West streets of Calle Coahuila and Calle Benito Juarez. Hong Kong is the most famous gentleman's club (aka brothel) but there are many small clubs, hotels, and massage places in these blocks where the hookers stand out front and take you upstairs for a small fee.
LINK
The links are to google maps.
Posted on 2/10/17 at 8:32 pm to theantiquetiger
Bunch of U.S. Dept of the Navy young bucks, So Cal local kids underage partying and local cops collecting tax revenues when fights break out.
Posted on 2/10/17 at 8:35 pm to JPinLondon
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that's
why
I
clearly
stated
it
was
a
daytime
visit
No shite? I guess it was the horizontal text that threw me. I think you should always post vertically like this frickface.
Posted on 2/10/17 at 8:41 pm to Sid in Lakeshore
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This. Do not go, unless you really know what you are doing (have connections).
Sounds like the El Torito Restaurant in Irvine, CA is more your speed.
Posted on 2/10/17 at 8:47 pm to theantiquetiger
It was ok 15 years ago. Not sure about now. It had pharmacy stands all over the place and the bars were interesting to say the least. I got a good deal on a piñata and a 2 ft. tall Bart Simpson piggy bank at some flea market kind of thing. My cell phone got hacked while I was there.
Posted on 2/10/17 at 9:06 pm to DingLeeBerry
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It was ok 15 years ago.
I haven't been in like 9 years, but I've made the trip a handful of times. there have always been stories about the cops robbing people, but we never had any problems. if you catch a cab right at the border, and go straight to a bar on revolution, and then take a cab right back to the border, you will probably be ok. I think trouble starts when you start wandering around.
fwiw, I've heard its gotten a lot worse there over the last 5 years or so, but in regards to local crime, not necessarily police fricking with gringos.
Posted on 2/10/17 at 9:12 pm to 632627
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I haven't been in like 9 years, but I've made the trip a handful of times. there have always been stories about the cops robbing people, but we never had any problems. if you catch a cab right at the border, and go straight to a bar on revolution, and then take a cab right back to the border, you will probably be ok. I think trouble starts when you start wandering around.
When I got robbed by the cops, it was 9am and I was still wondering around, coked up, looking for a place to keep drinking.
Posted on 2/11/17 at 8:59 am to northshorebamaman
What about the donkeys? Real?
Posted on 2/11/17 at 9:44 am to biglego
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There it is. I fricking love this place.
I hope Navy Seals hijack this thread.
Posted on 2/11/17 at 9:51 am to kengel2
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Never been, when I was in the military we were banned from going there.
And you listened to that BS?
Posted on 2/11/17 at 10:17 am to theantiquetiger
I was down there with a group of friends in the 80's. After a day on the beach and much tequila, a friend wander off from the from bar we were at. He wandered back to our rental a few hours later with a nice sized welt on his face.
"His story" was that he was stopped and held-up by some Federales for drunken and disorderly. They shoved a gun into his ribs and asked for everything he had. He only had a handful of pesos so they took the money and punched him cold and stole his watch.
That's his story at least. He did have an impressive bruise and his Rolex was missing. Who knows, he could have gotten a hooker whose pimp held him up for all we know.
"His story" was that he was stopped and held-up by some Federales for drunken and disorderly. They shoved a gun into his ribs and asked for everything he had. He only had a handful of pesos so they took the money and punched him cold and stole his watch.
That's his story at least. He did have an impressive bruise and his Rolex was missing. Who knows, he could have gotten a hooker whose pimp held him up for all we know.
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