Stay in TJ. Just follow the free route to Ensenada outside of the deep downtown area. Choose your hotel. TAKE A PAIR OF RUBBER DOOR STOP WEDGES. Check
the room before paying (the custom). Check all windows including bathroom for faulty catches even though they appear to have rock solid
jealous-husband's bars fitted to the outside wall. NO REAR DOORS. NO ADJOINING ROOM DOOR.
The rubber door stop wedges absolutely prevent a door from being opened. It would have to be demolished by a battering ram. If there is a wide gap at
the bottom, stack the wedges one atop another. If three wedges are needed find another room.
I would not take a nearly new 4X4 and stay in TJ. Same for an SUV.
Hope this helpsBob and Susan - 4-17-2012 at 04:24 PM
It's nice. I stayed there once. I wouldn't call it inexpensive but it is a good location for sure. There's a really good restaurant across the street
too. In fact there's quite a few good ones near there.1Bajalover - 4-17-2012 at 08:28 PM
the campgrounds sound really inviting - Chula Visa, etcPompano - 4-17-2012 at 08:49 PM
Hola 1Bajalover...
Here is a fairly good list of campgrounds near the border in San Diego County. Good luck with them ..and the dentist!
I will be up there myself in a few weeks...RVing & Camping. Finest Kind of Fun.
Stay in the US - no breakfast served in Mexico before 9 AM
Ken Cooke - 4-17-2012 at 10:06 PM
Along Calle Primera - San Ysidro, CA - you have some national chain motels near a Denny's which is open 24 hrs. Finding Breakfast in the early
morning in Tijuana is impossible. In December, my Wife and I made a visit to Downtown Tijuana for some dental work.
We stayed in Tijuana at Villas de Santiago Inn - $30/night
r/t to Downtown Tijuana - $17!
one way to Villas de Santiago Inn - $7
return to US border - $10
Scout out a parking lot the day before - At Camiones Way and Camino de la Plaza - San Ysidro, you can park for $7 per day (pick up vehicle next
morning before 10 a.m. to avoid paying 2nd day).
Do yourself a favor and walk across the border. In San Ysidro, you can even find a Rickshaw Boy to pedal you to the sidewalk at the International
border - You'll pay less than hiring a Taxi.
My favorite cheap place to stay is the Knights Inn. Next door to Instant Mexico Insurance. Knights Inn
Next is Motel 6 - San Ysidro - Close to Denny's, but with noisier people that fill the motel late and night, and slam doors early the next morning
making it tough to get a good nights sleep - plus, HORRIBLE cable TV.
Motel 6 San Ysidro San Diego
160 E Calle Primera, San Ysidro, CA 92173
(619) 690-6663 (800) 466-8356 (619) 690-1949 (Fax)
Eat better Tortas than in Tijuana at Tortas Y Mas
730 H Street, Chula Vista, CA
(619) 422-1419 · tortasymas.com
It is across the street from the H Street Bus and Train station off I-5. These Tortas are the best I have tasted, using great ingredients.
Have fun on your dentistry vacation!
[Edited on 4-18-2012 by Ken Cooke]Bob and Susan - 4-18-2012 at 05:53 AM
you know...
be aware...if you stay in a motel at the border you are in a DANGEROUS place...
just because you are north of the border it isnt all great...and at night it ALL changes
the rv parks NOB are expensive too
a few bucks...geezz...you cant take it with you...and ...crossing the border back and forth after the dentist isnt going to be fun
embrace your new homeland 1bajalover...you are moving here1Bajalover - 4-18-2012 at 10:31 AM
Dear Rodger; thank you so much for taking the time, this is all really useful...great photos....this makes it all less of a "strange
land" to enter and find our way in!
WandaDavidE - 4-19-2012 at 10:46 AM
Hotel Lucerna 99 Dollars US per weeknight one person according to their website. I am sure it is quite nice. 2 root canals plus 4 fillings took me
three days. Travel time, fuel to the border and back 3 nights 99 per, six hundred dollars perhaps?Bob and Susan - 4-19-2012 at 11:46 AM
i ask for a "rate"
$70 a night 2 personsDavidE - 4-19-2012 at 01:06 PM
bob & susan,
Better yet! Thanks!BajaBlanca - 4-19-2012 at 03:08 PM
there is a nice place in the sports arena / point loma area of san diego with a really reasonable hotel that is near Home Depot and
anglerschoicetackle.com and squidco and In and Out Burger and tons of other stores/restaurants. As long as it is not rush hour, it only takes a about
20 min max to reach the border.
