This is the first night of my first-ever trip to La Zona Norte, on Saturday Dec 23, 2000.

My flight is delayed by 2-1/2 hours so I don't arrive in San Diego until around 10:30PM. I take the city bus (I think it's called The Flyer) from the airport to the America Plaza Transfer Station in downtown SD. Then I take the Blue Line trolley to the border. Fast safe and painless, even late at night with luggage, and only costs $2. I walk to my hotel, the San Ysidro Travelodge, and check in. So far so good.

I take my "experience enhancing" drugs before leaving the hotel since I know I will be drinking. 50mg of Viagra, 800mg of generic Cimetidine, and 3 GNC Horny Goat Weed capsules. I take another batch of the same assortment with me for later.

I walk to the border around midnight. As I walk over the overpass I strike up a conversation with some drunk gringos and it turns out they're just leaving from doing some mongering themselves. They can't believe I have flown in from Denver just for the Mexican whores. They keep asking me what is the MAIN purpose of my trip. I suspect many San Diegans don't realize how fortunate they are to have this resource so close by.

I pick the oldest of the cabbies offering their services and he defers me to a younger driver. The young guy agrees to cinco dolares to Adelitas and off we go. I don't tip the cabbie and also refuse to tip a guy who opens the door for me in front of Adelitas, although he protests profusely.

I immediately enter Adelitas and am surprised at how many men are there. There are quite a few chicas, but the ratio must be 10-to-1 men. Not even a chance of sitting down at the bar. In fact the whole night I never do find a comfortable place to just sit and have a beer at AB. I notice several chicas that look promising, but none that I just have to have immediately, so after I finish my beer I go over to Chicago Club.

At CC I immediately find a spot at the bar and order a beer. What is it with tipping the bartenders in La Zona? I was careful to tip $1 for every beer I ordered, and for every chica drink as well, and yet I never ONCE got any kind of acknowledgement of the tip. Is a $1 tip so common that it is taken for granted? I was tempted to not tip once and see if they would scowl, or look surprised, or just act the same as when I did tip.

It was very interesting to see the differences between the clubs and also between individual girls. What I thought especially interesting were the girls that wore very plain and non-revealing clothes, but seemed to be doing good business.

I talk to a couple guys at the bar. One guy introduces me to his conservatively-dressed friend Anna, and tells me she is good upstairs. She is fairly cute and is friendly, but just doesn't "do it" for me looks/body wise. The best looking chicas seem to be surrounded by guys.

One chica has been giving me the eye since I got there, and finally comes over and positions herself between my legs! Her name is Viviana and she asks me to buy her a drink, so I do. She speaks some Ingles, which is imperative for me, until I can learn more Espanol. It doesn't take long for her to suggest we get a room. She is cute, sexy, and friendly, and I am getting a good "feeling" from her (hehe), so I think what the hell. She asks $60 plus the room, and I try to bargain her down, but she insists she is worth it. I give in and we go up.

The room is nice and clean. The first thing Viviana does is sit down on the toilet and pee right there in front of me. One of those cultural differences I guess. I give her one of my own condoms (Magnum) which are easier to put on and more comfortable for me. She uses her own condom for the opening BJ, which is decent and fairly lengthy, and then puts on my condom and gets on top. She has a fairly nice body by my standards; nothing extraordinary but no obvious flaws either. We do missionary, doggie style, "T" position (is there another name for this?), then back to missionary, with her applying lubricant between each position.

I am having trouble popping, until she grabs hold of my unit around the base, and somehow increases the friction noticeably and then I pop pretty quickly. I have never experienced this technique before; I am impressed, and happy! Well after the extended session, I expect her to hurry on out of there, but instead she proceeds to give me a nice backrub. What service! I love this girl! We never get a knock on the door, which she points out as a good thing. We eventually get dressed and leave, and I pay the cleaner guy his $1 and we both go back into CC.

At this point I am a little uncomfortable. If I sit with Viviana, then I'll feel like a scumbag when I'm scanning the room for other potentials. On the other hand, I feel like it would be disrespectful to just ignore her. So I leave and go to AB. I decide from now on I should not go back into the club at all after a session, and just immediately go to a different club for a while.

I am determined to get laid twice per night for my 4 nights in TJ, so I take batch #2 of my "vitamins" and continue to prowl AB and CC until early in the morning. Another cutie in CC, Marina, has a nice smile and jokes playfully with me across the room. I ask if she will be there tomorrow night and she says yes. But tonight I want to do an AB girl for comparison/contrast.

At about 5AM I decide to enlist the help of the helpful AB serving staff to find my next girl. This doesn't work out too well for me, probably because I don't specify my needs very well. What I really want is a chica with big hooters that speaks Ingles. What I end up asking Tommy for is a "nice" girl. I don't even know what that means. So he brings over a cutie and I agree to buy her a drink. She has small breasts and understands NO English, but seems really personable, so once again I think why not?

We attempt some light conversation, which is mostly just frustrating because of the language barrier. I do understand when she tells me she is frio, as she cuddles up close to me. Hah! What language barrier?!

She tells me $50 to go to el cuarto, and so naturally I ask if she will go for $30, hoping to end up at $40. She seems genuinely hurt that I would suggest such a low price. I usually have no problem with the Mexican haggling tradition. Friends in the US even chastise me for trying to haggle US services. But this time I feel like a slime for suggesting she is only worth $30 to me. In the future if a chica is friendly and her asking price seems reasonable, I think I will just skip the haggling part.

I agree to $50 and we leave AB.

It doesn't start off well. After the obligatory peeing in front of me (I'm seeing a pattern here), we "undress". She is still cold so not only won't she take her top off all the way, she also keeps her jacket on! She gives me a very short BJ, then her on top, then missionary, then "T".

By the way, she never did get well lubricated and she didn't apply any external lubricant. What is the deal with that? I've run into this before in Ensenada. If a girl knows she doesn't always get wet, then why wouldn't she have a bottle of KY ready to go? To me this is very unprofessional, and uncomfortable! (and dangerous, keep reading)

So I finally pop after some vigorous in-n-out, and I pull out and yikes, the condom is broken! She is mortified. She tells me she gets tested weekly, but asks me several times if *I* am OK. I try to assure her that I am disease-free, but she is still (understandably) upset. I ask her if this means maybe more ninos for her, and she thinks that's funny. She laughs and says no she already has "dos ninos" and won't be having any more.

When she is getting dressed she winces and says "mucho sexo". Sorry! I'm starting to feel really bad at this point. But I'm very thankful for the mandatory STD testing (and that I have recently tested clean myself), especially when the next morning I notice serious abrasions on the head of my dick from the furious (bareback) action.

So this session has gone from bad to worse. She seems angry at me, but is nice enough to not show overt hostility. Back at the hotel counter she just says "bye" and turns away. That's that.

By the way, I purposely didn't mention her name here because I think this is a classic case of YMMV. She was very friendly and obviously a genuine feeling person, and I'm sure she would be great for someone else.

I ask a cabbie in front of AB for a ride to la frontera. He asks for $6 and I counter with $5. Then he says OK, but as he opens the door he says $5 + $1 teep. I agree but vow to go straight to the CC taxis next time.

So overall a good first-time Zona Roja experience, thanks to all the pre-planning and help from you guys on this board. Although the last session wasn't so good, I go to sleep eagerly looking forward to night #2.

Capn Dave

Days 2 thru 4 of my first-ever trip to La Zona Norte (Sunday Dec 24 thru Tuesday Dec 26, 2000).

DAY 2 - SUNDAY DEC 24 (Xmas eve)

I decide to explore TJ a little today. I have lunch at Mr. Margarita at the plaza end of the pedestrian walkway. The food isn't bad, and the margaritas are yummy. I walk over the walkway and go into the first pharmacia I come to on the other side. 100mg Viagras for $11, so I buy 2. They're not individually boxed, but that doesn't bother me. The pharmacist wraps 'em up in tissue paper and I'm on my way.

I walk toward La Zona, and I can see why this area would be dangerous after dark. Sort of seedy but I like it, it really feels like you're in Mexico. I get to the Zone and walk around checking out the street girls. A few do-able ones, on par with many of the girls in Adelitas last night. One SG actually grabs me and won't let go, and I didn't even make eye contact with her! She is easily the least attractive of all the putas I've seen, so I'm sure this must be the only way for her to compete. No problem.

It's about 4PM. I peek into Tropical (empty) and Miami (lots of guys but very few chicas). CC is empty. Adelitas is hopping! And after my eyes adjust to the darkness I see an amazing blonde with huge gazongas with nipples poking thru everywhere! (slight exaggeration) This is the kind of girl I've been looking for! I hope she's still here when I come back tonight.

On the way back to the pedestrian walkway, I pass a kid and his mother, the mother saying "I don't like this area, it's creepy". I assure her it's safe, but only in the daytime. I feel like an expert, even though this is my first time here.

I walk back to my hotel. I'm starting to get tired of walking so much; maybe I should look into moving to a TJ hotel for the rest of my stay.

After a short rest in my hotel I load up on "vitamins" and walk to the border again. I decide to try to find a good margarita before heading back to the Zone. I take a taxi to Pueblo Amigo ($5) but everything including Senor Frogs is closed due to it being Xmas eve I guess. The entire gazebo area is completely deserted.

I inquire at the Pueblo Amigo hotel and am quoted a "promotion" of $85 a night if I stay for 2 nights. I find a lone taxi who gets me to Adelitas for $6.

I arrive at AB about 6:30PM and of course my dream chica with the fabulous hooters is nowhere to be seen. Another lesson learned: if you find a girl who turns your crank, do her immediately.

I see all the liquor bottles behind the bar but they won't make me a margarita. I don't understand the explanation the bartender gives me. I find a spot at the main bar at the far end away from the entrance. Is this "hottie central"? Last night there were lots of women over here but it's still early tonight.

I am approached by a young chica Jessica. Friendly and kind of cute, but too flat-chested for me. I buy her a drink anyway and we sit down at a table. She immediately asks if I am married and I reply, "No esposa, no novia". She seems intrigued.

Then another girl Jackie sits down at our table and immediately asks if I will buy her a drink too. What? This is a dilemma. Jackie is VERY attractive, although she has no chichis to speak of. I would've normally bought her a drink just to see what she had to say, but I'm thinking how many other girls are then going to come over wanting drinks? Also it seemed rude to ask me for a drink when I was obviously with Jessica, although Jessica didn't seem to mind.

So then things get even more confusing for me. After I decline to buy Jackie a drink, Jessica pulls out her own money! Now this is getting weird, girls buying each other expensive drinks? The waiter thinks I'm buying the drink and brings me the change all in $1s. Noooooo, another test! Do I tip with the chicas money? I decide not to tip this time and Jackie says something I don't understand and they laugh. I think I made the wrong decision. Jackie leaves after finishing her drink.

This world I have entered is very perplexing.

Jessica asks me if I want to get a room and I say "No gracias, maybe later" in a friendly way. She takes it well, but informs me that she is going to sleep now, implying that this is my only chance. Indeed she disappears and I don't see her again for the rest of the night.

A funny thing about tonight is the fireworks. Firecrackers and bottle rockets are going off in front of AB all night long. And there is a Federale standing right there the whole time who doesn't seem to care. Is it in celebration of Xmas eve? The explosions are quite loud inside the club (since there is only a curtain for a front door), giving a sort of surreal effect. It feels exactly like the tense scene in the movie "Boogie Nights" when the kid is shooting off firecrackers inside the house.

At some point I check out CC and it is dead. I plan to get some tacos from the same stand as last night, but the guy at the other stand sees me first so I say what the hell and get 'em from him this time. 1 chicken and 1 pork and they are yummy.

I wander around AB trying to find a good spot to hang out. There's a few girls that I'm keeping an eye on but one in particular really has me intrigued. She is short with beautiful very long golden-blonde hair, really cute face and her body (!!!). She is dressed in an elegant shiny orange outfit and carries herself very well. I notice she is very popular, going out the door several times with different guys. The only thing holding me back is that I can tell her bra is padded, and I'm really trying to satisfy my big boob fetish tonight.

Finally I realize she is just too fine to pass up and I make eye contact. She is very friendly and we sit down and I buy her a drink. Her name is Evelyne (rhymes with "bean"), she is 30+ years old and speaks a little English. She is even more beautiful up close. By placing her hand strategically on my inner thigh, she discovers that I am happy to be with her.

She asks for $60 to go to the room. I suggest $50 but she holds firm. I ask "full 30 minutos?" and she assures me there will be no rush so I agree to the $60 + room. I'm getting a good feeling from her, and I initiate going upstairs. It seems as if all eyes in the whole place are on us (her) as we leave the bar. She really attracts attention.

Oh man, Evelyne! This is what I've been waiting for! She gets me so hot so quickly I can't believe it. And we're not even undressed yet. Sensual kisses, fondling, ooo yeah baby! She helps me undress with her very skillful hands. Padded bra like I suspected, but nice little titties, and that ass! Almost a perfect body.

She does a very visual BJ, if you know what I mean. Just the sight of those beautiful lips wrapped around my unit is absolutely killing me. I can't wait for the feeling of being inside her. Soon she obliges and lays on her back. I slowly ease in, oh yeah! I know this won't take long but I don't care, I'm savoring every moment. Sure enough, in just a few minutes I pop explosively. We never even change positions once, and I don't even care!

As for her performance, the best thing I can say is that Evelyne is a master at making her man feel good. That works for me. Afterwards I dress, watch her put on her lipstick, and she goes back into AB. I decide I can't top that tonight and go back to my hotel. I take a CC cab this time, $5 no questions.

OK so here is where the whole rest of my trip goes to hell. I get back to my hotel feeling real good about my session with Evelyne, but my stomach feels a little queasy. Sure enough I end up puking violently the rest of the night, followed by the squirts for the next 2 days.

DAYS 3 & 4

I spend the rest of the trip in my hotel room, feeling like I'm going to die. Just as the intestinal symptoms subside, some sort of sinus infection kicks in. My trip back is miserable. It's been a week now and I'm still trying to get better. Damn it! Did I pick up some Mexican super-virus?

I'm convinced that the at least the first part of my sickness was from the pork taco at the less-popular taco stand. But I ALWAYS eat at taco stands in Mexico with NEVER a problem before.

So I have a theory why it happened this time. I had taken 800mg of Cimetidine tonight to boost the Viagra. Cimetidine's main purpose in life is to dilute stomach acid. But isn't our stomach acid one of the major walls of defense against an (ingested) bacterial attack? In less someone can convince me otherwise, I'm never taking Cimetidine in Mexico again.

Capn Dave