Just came back from my first Tijuana trip and it's fun.
Originally I was a little concerned about safety, but now I feel Tijuana is not an unsafe city, as long as you don't fuck with gangs or whoever.
Day 1-Monday
I landed in San Diego on Monday evening, got an Uber to Santa Fe station, and took a trolley directly to San Ysidro.
A lot of people just walked through the gate without any checking, but the Mexico immigration officer stopped me and checked my passport and FMM. As I originally come from Asia, I guess I am too noticeable from the crowd. The Mexico immigration officer asked for my purpose, I said travel. Then he stamped on my passport and let me go.
I got settled in Ticuan around 10 pm, and all agencies did not want to send girls since it was too late. I had to call an independent girl from sustitutas. She was different from the photo posted but the difference was acceptable, so I still took it.
After that, I let her go and felt hungry. I went out, walked a bit, and bought some taco from a random food stand, which was surprisingly good.
Day 2-Tuesday to Day 4-Thursday
The schedule from Day 2 to Day 4 is pretty much the same--woke up in the morning, contacted the agency, scheduled an appt with a girl, rest a bit, eat, and checkout red light district or other places.
I used grey's girls the whole time. They are responsive and have quality young girls. I tried to contact other agencies such as Musas and queens. They are a little slow to respond.
The bars girls are kind of expensive. I asked a few and they quoted me $100-$120 for a session, before the room fee. Maybe I was taken advantage of?
I called a couple of independent girls from sustitutas and had a bad experience. The main issue is the photo they posted and the person who came to my room are different, way different. The person who came to my room is way older and uglier. One time I had to pay the girl $40 just to make her leave. I will never call any independent girl again.
I met a friend on Eccie and he showed me around for the bars, which is very nice and helpful. The next day I walked to these bars (HK, Adelitas, etc) by myself from Ticuan, and it was fine.
The food is okay. One thing that impressed me is the taco place in the red light district.
Tijuana is a chaotic city with a lot of things going on, but I didn't feel unsafe per se during my trip.
One difficulty is that I could not read the menu when ordering food. It's not much issue in some decent restaurants as they either have an English version menu or Yelp review (I can just order from food pictures), but it's an issue when ordering food in a small restaurant or street food cart/stand. I had to pull out the translate app.
I will go again maybe months later and plan to check out the beach in Rosarito and maybe find a hiking place, besides just hookering.
I very much appreciate all these information and tips from KCQuestor, jajake56, and the friend who showed me around. Without these helps, I would not make this trip happen.