Any one been to Tijuana and crossed the board from LA? Thinking of an over nighter.

 

Worth it?

I went with work once. Never a fucking gain. It was rough as! That was years ago though and I'm told it's safe these days.

HTH

Any one been to Tijuana and crossed the board from LA? Thinking of an over nighter.

 

Worth it?

 

 

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I've been, we stayed in San Diego for a couple of nights then crossed the border, it's fucking mentle, the nightlife is wild, you have to do it. You get mithered all day with people trying to sell you tat but once it does dark, you can get anything. I was off my face for about 3 days

 

It's definitely worth doing, we stayed at the Hotel Hacienda del Rio which cost about £25 per room per night, had a pool and everything

 

Go and buy loads of drugs and shag loads of pissed up Americans

san diego is sound, tijuana is Wolverhampton with sun last time I went

Is it safe at the minute? They've been going loco down in Acapulco.

Is it safe at the minute? They've been going loco down in Acapulco.

only if you stay too long

I spent a few weeks in Southern California in 2005, and went for a day trip to Tijuana. Tips from my point of view:

1) If you're walking around past all the crappy shops, do NOT wear anything that can easily identify you and bring attention to yourself.

2) Do not let random guys pour tequila into your open mouth. It's a bad plan.

3) Do NOT drink the water, or eat any food washed in the water (such as lettuce in the tacos etc).

4) Make sure you take your passport AND your green visa waiver card. I forgot my green waiver card and had to spend 3 hours in quarantine while my American cousin returned to his house to pick it up.

 

If I think of more, I'll update.

 

All in all, it was a pretty dire experience.

What did you wear that drew attention to yourself?

What did you wear that drew attention to yourself?

 

England shirt. In hindsight, a terrible choice.

I spent a few weeks in Southern California in 2005, and went for a day trip to Tijuana. Tips from my point of view:

 

1) If you're walking around past all the crappy shops, do NOT wear anything that can easily identify you and bring attention to yourself.

2) Do not let random guys pour tequila into your open mouth. It's a bad plan.

3) Do NOT drink the water, or eat any food washed in the water (such as lettuce in the tacos etc).

4) Make sure you take your passport AND your green visa waiver card. I forgot my green waiver card and had to spend 3 hours in quarantine while my American cousin returned to his house to pick it up.

 

If I think of more, I'll update.

 

All in all, it was a pretty dire experience.

 

All good advice, but Visa waiver cards were phased out in 2010!

 

I spent a few weeks in Southern California in 2005, and went for a day trip to Tijuana. Tips from my point of view:

 

1) If you're walking around past all the crappy shops, do NOT wear anything that can easily identify you and bring attention to yourself.

2) Do not let random guys pour tequila into your open mouth. It's a bad plan.

3) Do NOT drink the water, or eat any food washed in the water (such as lettuce in the tacos etc).

4) Make sure you take your passport AND your green visa waiver card. I forgot my green waiver card and had to spend 3 hours in quarantine while my American cousin returned to his house to pick it up.

 

If I think of more, I'll update.

 

All in all, it was a pretty dire experience.

 

All good advice, but Visa waiver cards were phased out in 2010!

 

 

Fair enough. Well let's change 4 to "Don't forget your passport" :P