MEXICO
I am now in my 10th year (or somewhere around there) of going to TJ. When I first started going to TJ, there was very little TJ info and few TJ websites. Like most newbies to TJ, all I heard was about the bad stuff in TJ and how you would get ripped off and fucked with by the cops. The words Mexican jail rang clearly in my head.
It took months for me to get comfortable in TJ. The best thing was that on some early websites, a lot of us hooked up. I did make the mistake of meeting too many mongers, (I am very sociable) some of who I wish I never met. As in life, there are some crazy people out there. Personalities also do clash. Once you give up your anonymity, you can't go back. But I do cherish friends that I have made and kept for years.
My first six months in TJ was for the most part in CC. I found the chicas to be the best looking in the zona. (CC was hotter at that time) AB, the small bars and street girls weren't much of an option. I thought CC was all I would ever need. I was wrong. I also lived in LA at the time so I only went to TJ every other week.
I also find it funny how I have evolved in the way I do TJ. I have been rigid at times but have learned to appreciate all aspects of TJ, even the street scene. The only thing I haven't done is TJ escorts and at this time won't do because of cost. (also there is not enough variation available as compared to the zona)
I am well connected in that $40-$50 always gets me an hour or more with many bar girls. Getting a place in TJ helped. Also, always having a room that was affiliated with that bar you were doing chicas at. But if guys have the bucks and want to spend the bucks on that or expensive massages that is their choice. I don't have to do that to get longer GF sessions nor do I have the money to do so. I have a budget and I try to keep it. I have known mongers to go into debt with hookers, whether it be the US or TJ. I also don't do TJ where I have a session and then leave. I always spend a few hours in TJ.
From CC, I then started doing AB chicas. Lot's of them. The funny thing is that many of them are still there like Tania, Candi, Dora and some others. That's a lot of clients over that much time.
After a year or so I started hitting the smaller bars like Tropical, Chavelas, Miami Bar and Hong Kong. In fact in the last seven years I have only done three AB and CC chicas. I still spend time in these places but I prefer the smaller bars.
That brings us to the street girls. I never thought I would do SG's but the more you go to TJ, the more things you tend to try. I generally am in TJ 3-4 times a a week now. I now do a lot of SG's but generally just do BBBJ's. (bareback blow jobs) I have quite a few who will do this at $20 as well as getting naked. There are only a few SG's I have penetration sex with. At 15-20 minutes I need to concentrate and a BBBJ is the most relaxing.
I used to always go to TJ with friends but now I always go alone. I always will hook up with friends in TJ. There are always mongers there I know. The more you go to TJ, the more you see many of the same guys. We talk, party and then do our own thing. It works much better this way than large bunches of guys hanging together all night all the time. When you are alone, many chicas will approach you. Speaking some Spanish does help.
The TJ monger community is and always has been very opinionated. There has always been clashes between mongers and websites. Not everyone gets along and there are just some guys I don't like. As well they don't like me but that's life. Too many get wrapped up in website personas as well. That's never bothered me nor what people think of me. We all pick and choose our friends. I crack up when some of these guys still watch all my moves. To these same guys, I am never allowed to change my MO, my ideas or even my own website policies. Well I've always been a doer beating to my own drummer, so I do what I like. They'll slam everything I say or write and that's okay too. That's what makes the US a great place. Members presently on our website know the real truth.
Lately, things have been very slow in TJ. I tend to hang in the smaller bars, including the tiniest of zona bars where there are rarely if ever any gringos. Once a bar becomes gringoized I spend less time there. On nights I don't feel like drinking or partying, I spend hours on the streets. There are a whole sub-culture of guys who I am friends with on the streets who rarely go in the bars and many don't go on websites.
So what's next? Are there any more TJ frontiers? Lately, I've been wanting to do outdates with chica friends including movies and dancing. (no money involved unless we have sex later) I've found for the most part that you need to plan your date that day or when a chica is getting off work or it won't happen. Planning something two or more days in advance with a TJ working girl generally doesn't work.
As I've said before, some people call TJ a shithole. I always respond, yeah but it's my shithole. 
I still enjoy TJ and have learned to do a wider variety of things in the zona. Like everyone else who goes to TJ a lot, I do get a case of TJ burnout from time to time. I have evolved in my TJ mongering ways. How has the way you've done TJ changed over time?
Juan
-- Modified on 7/26/2003 5:59:49 PM
-- Modified on 7/26/2003 6:00:26 PM
I started it off with a bang, as you and others have read on TER.
I have never thought I would fall for a TJ working girl. As a matter of fact, I thought it would be near impossible due to languange, cultural, and situational barriers. But shit happens.
Anyway, I have learned that TJ is a totally dynanamic environment. Everyoen's trying to hustle - moving and shaking. I love the "semi-outlaw" and "Blade Runner-esque" atmosphere that is the Zona. Situations are always fluid and you need to have your wits about you.
I went from pure monger to Don Juan mode. If my Don Juan phase doesn't pan out, I will be going to explorer mode and trying the smaller bars such as BT, LC, HK/Miami, etc.
I'm still in the "will never try SG's" mentality, but you never know. In TJ, you never know .
Rico
-- Modified on 7/26/2003 12:45:22 PM
Hey, Zorro, how much did it cost to buy into that COUNTRY CLUB.
Okay, I agree that Juan's post was a bit on the petty side. But he did bring up a valid economic and ethical argument that wasn't really defined in his post. This argument is not about thrifty hobbyists denying cabbies an extra taco platter or case of Tecate. It is about these unscrupulous Libre cabbies extracting unjust premiums through unfair business practices. The people being ripped off are not the "snookered" hobbyist. Rather, it is the fairly competitive cabbies who are being robbed of their fair share of tacos and Tecate -- not to mention diapers, formula and books. It's an argument for fair business competition in the Zona.
Zorro, once again you bring up this thing about your potential for being a "leader" of the TER TJ crowd. I smelled this early in the post even before you mentioned it later on in the passage -- it only confirmed my suspicions that your pungent post was laced with an agenda. And if not that, then with comtempt for anyone trying to stamp their own style of adventure in "your playground." We don't need no leader and we are not interested in your aspirations of dominance and deluded glory. This is everyone's playground.
BTW, I thought we were of the same generation (x-generation) that shunned the errors of the ways of the YUPies right before us. But then, I did a quick calculation and if you are 33 y.o. as you state, then I think you missed the x-generation by a year or two. This explains alot. My cousins in their mid to late 30's are all YUPies and they irritate me with their obsession with herd consumerism, the "image is everything" mentality, and bad habits of conspicious consumption they picked up in the 80's.
As always, the mighty ZORRO (sarcasm) is the one that stirs the TER drink (compliment intended).
Peace out, homie.
-- Modified on 7/30/2003 2:23:00 AM