Anyone have any experience driving to Hong Kong and using their own parking lots? Thinking about making a trip, but I kind of want to take my car to do some sightseeing in Mexico after the party.
I was at the clubs in TJ last night from 8 pm - 3 am as a first timer. Wow. I’m a fan.
As for parking and driving there you would probably be fine but the cops are really bad. I lived there for a year 20+ years ago. I got pulled over close to where the clubs are back then. The cop said that I didn’t yield to two ladies on the corner that were waiting to cross. It was total BS (there were no ladies) but they required a $40 fine on the spot.
25 spot on. Cops love targeting U.S. plates down here and shaking down the drivers for B.S. traffic violations. Especially in Zona Norte. They'll search you and try to find pot or a vape pen or anything else to shake you down for even more of a bribe. Best bet is to park on the U.S. side, cross on foot, and take Uber to everywhere you want to go. Uber is super cheap in TJ and you don't have to worry about crooked cops or Mexican liability insurance.
I have a friend that years ago would drive to Mexico and carry Bibles with him and would offer to the police/federales/highway-patrolmen instead of money (mordida- bite) and make them believe he was a man of the cloth and most times they would let him go saying “OK Father you can go”. But I doubt it will work today.
Better option to fly or take the train to San Diego and cross the border on foot and use Uber or the public transportation system in Mexico for sightseeing, it will be safe and economic, uber drivers will be happy to help you.
Just remember people will treat you the way you look and behave. So being clean shaven and behaving like a gentleman is the key to be treated like a gentleman.
And don’t drink more than you can handle, don’t go to unsafe places or do anything illegal and you will be fine.
You'll have to buy Mexican insurance if you take your car over which will cost you about $30-$40 for a couple of days. If you're going to be spending that much, you might as well use taxis, ubers, or rent a car on the Mexican side.
I've done a lot of driving in Baja MX but NEVER with TJ as the destination. Don't drive in TJ other than passing through to get somewhere else deeper south.
I have plenty of friends who have driven down baja to Rosarita. A long time ago I went clubbing in TJ with friends (dance club not strip club) and we parked in TJ and paid some random guy loitering in the garage to "watch the car". But driving back at 3 am was awful and I'm glad I wasn't behind the wheel.
It depends a bit on what you're driving and your willingness to take on risk. I hear coastal baja is gorgeous, much more like what socal used to be before it was heavily developed.
No way in hell I’d drive in Mexico. At least not with my own car. The only sight-seeing I’d recommend in the TJ area is lovely young naked Latinas with their legs spread on stage or in your room. Seriously, there is NO other reason to be there if you’re not Mexican.
Ensanada and Rosarito are great beautiful places , anybody been to the La Bufadora ? I have , beautiful Mexican wonder Beautiful as a Tijuana street hooker goddess opening her legs and squirting !!! ^^
I drove my car in one time and then parked in pepe’s parking lot around the corner from hk. the traffic back to the border was a real bitch. ( and you should have Mexican liability insurance)
@SJG I had a front room makeout session once with a lady from Ensenada. Her husband was kind enough to take some pictures. I can email them to you if you’d like.
About 15-20 years ago I was a subcontractor on a project building cell phone towers on the section of the Pan American Highway down there, I spent a lot of time thee, the people are friendly, I enjoyed that entire region from Cancun to the Guatemalan border, the town of Playa del Carmen was my favorite place in all of Mexico even better than the old Acapulco and Merida, at that time most of the east coast was as raw and undeveloped as the pacific side, now you’ll need to go south of I think Rosarita to find that Mexico.
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I thought AOC was the only one who would try that.
As for parking and driving there you would probably be fine but the cops are really bad. I lived there for a year 20+ years ago. I got pulled over close to where the clubs are back then. The cop said that I didn’t yield to two ladies on the corner that were waiting to cross. It was total BS (there were no ladies) but they required a $40 fine on the spot.
Better option to fly or take the train to San Diego and cross the border on foot and use Uber or the public transportation system in Mexico for sightseeing, it will be safe and economic, uber drivers will be happy to help you.
Just remember people will treat you the way you look and behave. So being clean shaven and behaving like a gentleman is the key to be treated like a gentleman.
And don’t drink more than you can handle, don’t go to unsafe places or do anything illegal and you will be fine.
SJG
SJG
The Zona Norte is not a car free utopia.
Have you ever tried crossing the street, it can be quite the adventure, oh that's right:
You've never been there.
That is how it sounds, and I think that is a big part of how it works.
Am I mistaken?
SJG
It depends a bit on what you're driving and your willingness to take on risk. I hear coastal baja is gorgeous, much more like what socal used to be before it was heavily developed.
SJG
The only sight-seeing I’d recommend in the TJ area is lovely young naked Latinas with their legs spread on stage or in your room.
Seriously, there is NO other reason to be there if you’re not Mexican.
I must politely disagree.
I'm not Mexican but I like to take my favorite bar girls out of the Zona Norte once in a while (mall, movies, bars, clubs, dinner, etc).
Plus, Rosarito is pretty close.
That being said, I never drive in Mexico as the taxis and Ubers are reasonably priced and very efficient.
SJG
Use the bus service to go to Ensenada (about $10), Uber for Rosarito, and a Taxi for TJ beaches.