Wannabe wrote:
I am considering TJ seriously now. Since I live in Texas , getting there is easy for me. Although I haven't been to Mexico in years and never TJ. Tony , where do you generally stay in TJ ? Do you Taxi in TJ or is there a better way to cross border ? Where are the best places to go for the chicas ? Any help appreciated. Was in CR in March and was gonna move down in June, looks like thats on hold for quite awhile. Thanks for any help
Let me first make it clear that it's not the ideal time to visit Tijuana, as you won't be getting the full experience that you would be getting in normal times. That said, Americans can enter and there is plenty of opportunities for fun there in sex tourism and non-sex tourism related activities. As far as getting to Tijuana, I fly to San Diego, then at the San Diego airport, I take an uber to the pedestrian border crossing. I enter Tiuana on foot and once I cross the border, I take an uber to my hotel. Like Costa Rica, Uber is very cheap in Mexico (Uber is the only cheap thing in Costa Rica). I pretty much use uber to get around when I'm there. I've stayed at 3 different hotels in Tijuana, Hotel Ticuan, Ibis hotel, and Ceasar's hotel. They're all very nice and very reasonably priced. There are a lot of other nice options at cheap reasonable prices. I doubt many of these reasonable prices would be found in Costa Rica. By the way, Ceasar's hotel and restaurant is where the ceaser salad was invented. No joke.
For chicas, I assume you mean pay for play, right? Well, there is the famous Zona Norte, which is the red light district with the strip clubs/brothels, of which Hong Kong's is the most famous. The girls there are Gorgeous....even better looking quality than SL or Del Rey. Why? Someone else here said it best, at those places in San Jose, the girls are just coming from San Jose or surrounding areas. At the places in Tijuana, girls come from all over Mexico to work there. Hong Kong's does tend to be the most expensive, though. But when it comes to the clubs/brothels in zona norte, I would suggest checking out each one to find which suites your preference. However,we are not in normal times. Therefore many of the clubs had to operate in a secret manner due to COVID restrictions, but they have been shut down. However, I heard a few have opened up again (secretly)....but it won't be the same experience as you'd get in normal times. However, the chicas who stand in front of the hotels in zona norte are very much available. Just don't count on getting GFE from them.
If the club/bar girls aren't your thing, there are plenty of escort agencies available. That is a huge difference from Costa Rica. Escort agencies are fairly popular in Mexico. They tend to be more expensive than club or street girls in Zona Norte....but they are MUCH more likely to give GFE. And then of course, there is the internet and apps, such as telegram and tinder. Also, I know many people here speak about skokka for Costa Rica. There is a skokka for Tijuana as well.
Another big difference between Tijuana and San Jose/Jaco is that I have never been to or heard of a hotel in Tijuana that prohibits guests or charges you to bring one up to your room. That's one thing I hate about Costa Rica and I'm glad that it doesn't happen in Tijuana. I almost feel like the hotels there actually value their guests who are there for sex tourism.
So, is it the ideal time to visit Tijuana? No, but it's not terrible. A lot of stuff is open and plenty of pay for play is available. Still, It would be regrettable if one formed their opinion on Tijuana based on visiting it during this abnormal time.....because right now you would't be getting the full Tijuana experience.