Friday afternoon at Hongkong
[QUOTE=StlDanish;6503579]You're overthinking it. But I understand the nerves. Fellow white male in 40's here with minimal Spanish. It's not a big deal, you will be fine. I'm assuming you have a passport. If you don't, all the border interactions may go differently. This is what you do, step by step.
How to go to TJ to fuck hot latinas, the first time, for dummies:
Bring your passport and your dollars. Take $300 and you'll have plenty to fuck a hot girl and have some drinks. Don't bring a backpack or anything extra.
Park at one of the trolley stations in San Diego near the border around 7:00 or 8:00 pm. I like the one at Palm Avenue. Trolley station parking is free, even overnight. Take the trolley south to San Ysidro. This costs $2. 50 and is the sketchiest part of your trip.
Get off the trolley. It's the last stop, you cannot screw this up. And now you'll follow a path that literally says " Mexico", you cannot get lost. It's basically "behind McDonald's" though and the sidewalk / path leads up a gradual hill and is. Why'know, south.
There will be a constant stream of people heading that direction. You go through a turnstile, and into the border building. Now go through the foreigners line, on the right side, and they'll look briefly at your passport and probably just wave you through. They see you don't have a bag, and know you aren't staying for a month. Sometimes they'll ask you what you're doing and how long you're staying, just say you're getting some tacos and a couple beers. If they ask where, just say you're going to Revolucion (it's a street) and you're going to figure it out when you get there. These agents speak English, fluently. They're immigration officers but they take it nowhere nearly as seriously as the US ones do. Heh.
The form and fee shakedown thing is if you don't have a passport and / or are staying for a longer period. Worst case they scam you out of $20 and make you fill out a form, but this has never happened to me and if you bring your passport I don't think it will happen to you either.
Now keep walking, you'll pass an x-ray machine for people with bags. You don't have a bag, so just walk on through. There will be some National Guard / Army guys with AR-15's. That is normal, welcome to Mexico. Keep walking on the path. You literally cannot fuck this up. Now you're outside the building and there will be some street vendor people, musicians, whatever. Ignore them. Now you go through another turnstile that puts you out on the street.
Now you're really in TJ and you'll be hit up for taxi, taxi, taxi by dudes right there. Ignore them, they're shady. But off to the right, about 20 yards away is the actual taxi queue, just walk over there and tell them you want to go to Hong Kong. They may ask you for $10 (which is INSANE. It's like a mile away, LOL) but really, who cares? You can also Uber, but I'm going for ease here, not optimizations.
The taxi will take you right to Hong Kong. Your taxi driver will probably speak some basic English and will probably be a nice guy. Get out and walk to the front door of Hong Kong like a normal strip club patron. You'll get frisked and patted down, don't bring weapons, your own drinks, or drugs. Duh. It's fine.
Now you're inside. Walk around and take in the spectacle. Don't sit down right away. Get a feel for the club, realize there's at least two levels open and maybe a third if it's a busy night. Now get a beer from the bar or a waiter. Beers (for you) should be $5 and the bartender or waiter will be happy with a $1 tip. How you go for here is up to you, but I enjoy getting a seat at the back stage and tipping the girls. Especially if they are doing a foam show. Sometimes just grabbing a seat and letting the girls parade by. Say a lot of "no gracias" as waiters and some of the more entrepreneurial girls hit you up for drinks, sex, food, and whatever else. Some of the girls will try to force it, by shaking your hand, or just sitting down by you. Be polite but firm and turn them down. As soon as she joins you, the waiters will expect you to buy her a drink. And her drinks cost twice as much, so just realize that up front. If she's hot or you just want some company, take her up on it, but you'll be on the hook for buying her a drink. You can also feel her up during this time, she's basically yours for the duration of the beer. Don't let her order anything but a beer. If she wants to order something else, confirm how much it's going to cost with the waiter before you let him run off. (her beers are $10).
Personally, I usually will sit and slowly drink beers and take in the sights for an hour or two, then I take another lap of the club, find the hottest girl who isn't occupied, and ask her to sit down with me for a beer. If she declines, she just wants to fuck guys for maximum profit, and she's a shark. You can likely do better. Find the hottest girl who will sit with you and have a beer. If it's busy, ask a mesero to help you get a seat / table and tip him a dollar or two.
Anyway, however you go about it, you've got your girl with you now. Since you don't speak Spanish and she (probably) doesn't speak English, you have to force this to work a bit but if she's a cool chick you'll feel a decent vibe. If you don't feel it, cut her loose after one beer. If you like her, I personally like to keep her around for a few drinks to further test the waters. While she's sitting with you, she'll likely be trying to get you to take her upstairs for a good fucking. This should cost no more than $100 on a weeknight but on the weekend they may stick to their guns at $120 or higher, depending on how they like their odds. She may very well quote you higher, but just say matter of factly "I pay 100 - no mas" like you've done it a dozen times before.
When you agree to take her up, she'll lead you out of the club and the infamous "robe guy" will put a robe on her and take down her name and time of departure. Everyone tips this guy $1 for some reason (best job ever? Jesus.) She'll lead you out onto the street for about 3 seconds and right into Cascadas, immediately next door. Up a flight of stairs and she'll talk to the desk guy and facilitate this. I believe it still costs $30 for half an hour (last week I actually rented my own room) and they'll try to sell you a condom as well. I usually bring my own, that's up to you. Now she'll take you to the room and she's yours for the fucking till time is up. Most of them are in a bit of a hurry and the dudes *will* knock when your time is up, or even a little bit before. Finish up and leave. Tip the cum guy $1 if they're there.
Now you can go back to the club and repeat any of these steps for a self-explanatory increase in costs / time. It's up to you. I like to wait till after midnight so there's basically no line.
When you're ready to leave, there will likely be a taxi waiting at the curb you can just say "border" or "frontera" and they'll take you there. This will cost anywhere from $5 to $10. They'll drop you off right at the place you have to walk back to the US, it's just a dingy, poorly lit sidewalk but you can look down it and see the US border lit up like a prison yard, and the razor wire, and the agents guarding the outer gate, and all that shit. This sidewalk has some street vendors and beggar types at all hours, you can just ignore them and keep walking.
At the outer gate, they'll want you to flash your passport to let you through into the complex, and then you just follow the signs for the line and rejoin the US citizen line (or Global Entry / SENTRI if you have it, sounds like you probably don't). They'll likely ask what you were doing in Mexico. Tacos and beers naturally, and how long you were there. Just for the evening. And whatever else they feel like asking. Don't bring back drugs or anything else, and you'll have zero issues.
Now you may have to Uber back to the Palm Ave trolley lot or something, but presumably you are comfortable navigating this part. The trolley only runs till midnight or so.
I did (basically) this just a few days ago, and have done it numerous times in the past. There's no guarantees in life but this isn't rocket science, you'll come out ok on the other side. Don't do anything stupid and don't leave Hong Kong on your first night. There's no reason to, there is PLENTY to keep you busy inside. Of course you can visit Chicago across the street or walk the alley behind HK if you want to eyeball the paraditas, other bars, walk instead of taxi. But doing that stuff is increasing your exposure to the police and shadiness, so I'm not recommending it.[/QUOTE]Shout out to stl Danish. I followed every steps in your post and it worked out perfectly for me. There was no line whatsoever to cross into Mexico at 4 o'clock on Friday. The only Mexican border agent was on his phone and let everyone walk right through. $8 for taxi, table is free, $5 for a beer, $10 for her drink, $30 for the room, $120 for BBBJ, cf, cim. For a hot young chica. She gave me her WhatsApp and told me that she would meet me outside of the club if I get a room in the future. She probably will take $100 but who cares. Crossing back to SD was super easy for me too. I was literally the only one in the Sentry line. I probably will go there again tomorrow. 😀.
