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Posted on 5/14/14 at 6:51 pm to Martini
For real find an old mexican woman who makes homemade salsa/Pico/tortillas/guacamole/tacos and hire her to cook and clean for you.
Posted on 5/14/14 at 6:57 pm to OMLandshark
McAllen, Harlingen, Brownsville, the entire Rio Grande Valley is pretty much Mexico. It sucks.
South Padre Island is about your best bet
South Padre Island is about your best bet
Posted on 5/14/14 at 7:00 pm to Martini
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. It's borderland so it's virtual Mexico and United States.
Good description, it's not just where redneck meets ---back. It's a different place, not really TX, not really MX. There are some different folks down there, not terrible. A lot of the valley is that way.
Posted on 5/14/14 at 7:00 pm to Displaced
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probably some really good mex down there.
The only thing Tex mex about the food is the zip code.
Learn Spanish.
Posted on 5/14/14 at 7:00 pm to OMLandshark
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McAllen Texas: what is there to do?Aside from being stabbed by drug smugglers of course. Just got notified that they're transferring me out there for a couple of months
good lord, man...it is not like you are sentenced there for eternity...two months is barely long enough time to learn your way around town...
just pack your shite up and head down to soak up a totally different culture...
I find that short-term experiences like that are basically what you make of them. make yourself miserable or enjoy the adventure...your choice...
Posted on 5/14/14 at 7:00 pm to holmesbr
Also I think Moses Garza III lives in McAllen, and works at an HEB in the area if you want to connect with him
Posted on 5/14/14 at 7:04 pm to holmesbr
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The only thing Tex mex about the food is the zip code.
nah, it's not El Chico's, but it's not what you're going to find across the border if you go in country a ways either, it's definitely a hybrid
This post was edited on 5/14/14 at 7:06 pm
Posted on 5/14/14 at 7:06 pm to 777Tiger
Just be glad its not Laredo... Laredo is the worst place in Texas
At least in McAllen you have South Padre to go to
At least in McAllen you have South Padre to go to
Posted on 5/14/14 at 7:10 pm to goldennugget
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South Padre Island is about your best bet
Calling around and its hard to find an affordable rate right now.
Posted on 5/14/14 at 7:13 pm to OMLandshark
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Calling around and its hard to find an affordable rate right now.
expedia
Posted on 5/14/14 at 7:19 pm to 777Tiger
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Learn to speak some Spanish. I do some work down there from time to time and am at a serious disadvantage due to my lack of Spanish language skills.
Ditto, used to frequent there and Laredo 3 or 4 times a year. It's almost like Spanish is the first language, if you don't know any it will be a disadvantage for you.
Posted on 5/14/14 at 7:27 pm to OMLandshark
I have always wanted to go on a hunt or a fishing trip to Lake Guerrero and now that I am thinking about it, McAllen is fairly close to Lake Guerrero...most of the lodges will actually pick you up at the McAllen airport...
I would check into a guided trip of some type, if you are into that sort of thing....
I would check into a guided trip of some type, if you are into that sort of thing....
Posted on 5/14/14 at 7:28 pm to OMLandshark
I went there about 7 years ago with my gf at the time to visit her grandmother
it's a shithole
it's a shithole
Posted on 5/14/14 at 7:31 pm to Spankum
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.most of the lodges will actually pick you up at the McAllen airport...
if you're going to do that, might as well work in a white wing hunt, some of the most fun shooting that you will ever do
Posted on 5/14/14 at 7:31 pm to OMLandshark
I've never heard of it so it sucks and there's absolutely nothing to do. All the women are hideous and stuff.
Posted on 5/14/14 at 7:34 pm to OMLandshark
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McAllen Texas
You mean Mexico? It sucks, and learn spanish. On the bright side, there's tons of hot mexican women.
Posted on 5/14/14 at 7:36 pm to 777Tiger
I've never been to McAllen, but I imagine that the whole region is somewhat similar.
When I pictured Laredo, I envisioned some kind of Texas-meets-Mexico culture where I could find some dirty honky-tonk bars playing country music with men wearing cowboy hats drinking tequila.
In reality, it was basically Mexico, just technically on the US side of the border. I didn't see any non-hispanic people (except for other travelers) in the brief time I was there.
When I pictured Laredo, I envisioned some kind of Texas-meets-Mexico culture where I could find some dirty honky-tonk bars playing country music with men wearing cowboy hats drinking tequila.
In reality, it was basically Mexico, just technically on the US side of the border. I didn't see any non-hispanic people (except for other travelers) in the brief time I was there.
This post was edited on 5/14/14 at 7:41 pm
Posted on 5/14/14 at 7:40 pm to OMLandshark
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McAllen Texas: what is there to do?
Stay at the Embassy Suites. Best hotel in the city. And it's not that great.
Eat at Sante Fe Steakhouse (not the one that you see around here). It's local and one of the better places to eat in McAllen, Mexico.
Posted on 5/14/14 at 7:41 pm to Capital Cajun
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I've been there and you are going to hate life. There is literally nothing there.
On a more positive note, best looking women I have ever seen working at a Hooter's.
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