Having lots of fun in Ciudad Juarez
Posted: February 19th, 2015, 9:31 pm
I'm currently in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, couch surfing with a 30 year old woman at the 697 hostel, and boy is a trip of a lifetime. After endless frustrations and loneliness in f*** a** Los Alamos, I decided it's definitely time for a change in scenery. At long last I took the plunge and stepped outside the Matrix for the very first time.
Day 1
It was only two and half hours after I arrived in El Paso on the Greyhound bus from Albuquerque that I left the US for the very first time. I was rather nervous at first. Fschmidt and I met in downtown El Paso, and we walked across the Paso del Norte bridge into Ciudad Juarez. Once as we were in Mexico I noticed it was completely different from America. Juarez looked ghetto in places, but it's a lot safer now compared to 5 years ago. Anyways, there was a bit of a rough patch as I did incorrect attempts to get ahold of my couchsurfing host, but I was able to get ahold of her. And we met her at El Mexicano, an authentic Mexican restaurant at Mercado Juarez. Surprisingly enough, our waiter spoke English. And I was able to have conversations with him. He did tell me Juarez is a lot safer to travel in, and he even agreed with me when I mentioned the mainstream media telling US citizens to stay out of Juarez because it's still dangerous. After lunch, we hung out in the hostel and then toured the downtown area and Avenida 16 de Septiembre, and then fschmidt went back to El Paso. Late last night we went bar hopping with other couchsurfers, but the bars were nearly empty as it was Ash Wednesday. And the second bar we went to was a sausage fest sadly. However, the 30 year old woman I'm staying with is so feminine, sweet, down to earth, and easy to start conversations with. Talk about a night and day difference from American women.
Day 2
Around 11 in the morning I decided to go towards downtown. But I approached a Mexican family about a block from the hostel, and they welcomed me. I met five women, and one of them, a 24 year old petite, really likes me. She thinks I'm "guapo" and then I told her she's "guapa". She does have 3 kids, but she's very giggly, sweet, feminine, down to earth, and shows a genuine interest in me. She even asked her aunt about me. Wow, suddenly I was in the game and was finally living. No way this could've happened in America. I was able to speak to her in Spanish despite I'm still learning the language. So I hung out with this family until just after 4 in the afternoon when I headed to El Paso to meet up with my friends in UTEP's InterVarsity chapter. Even in El Paso I felt like I was in the game. Not only I said 'hi' to existing friends such as that one Tejana girl I hit it off with in November, but I approached girls I haven't met. And boy did it feel natural; anywhere else in the Matrix most girls are unapproachable. Then I met two girls outside my hostel, one from Chihuahua City and the other living in Juarez. Even they were sweet, feminine, and down to earth.
As I'm writing here, Ciudad Juarez is truly a paradise for meeting girls, as is El Paso.
Day 1
It was only two and half hours after I arrived in El Paso on the Greyhound bus from Albuquerque that I left the US for the very first time. I was rather nervous at first. Fschmidt and I met in downtown El Paso, and we walked across the Paso del Norte bridge into Ciudad Juarez. Once as we were in Mexico I noticed it was completely different from America. Juarez looked ghetto in places, but it's a lot safer now compared to 5 years ago. Anyways, there was a bit of a rough patch as I did incorrect attempts to get ahold of my couchsurfing host, but I was able to get ahold of her. And we met her at El Mexicano, an authentic Mexican restaurant at Mercado Juarez. Surprisingly enough, our waiter spoke English. And I was able to have conversations with him. He did tell me Juarez is a lot safer to travel in, and he even agreed with me when I mentioned the mainstream media telling US citizens to stay out of Juarez because it's still dangerous. After lunch, we hung out in the hostel and then toured the downtown area and Avenida 16 de Septiembre, and then fschmidt went back to El Paso. Late last night we went bar hopping with other couchsurfers, but the bars were nearly empty as it was Ash Wednesday. And the second bar we went to was a sausage fest sadly. However, the 30 year old woman I'm staying with is so feminine, sweet, down to earth, and easy to start conversations with. Talk about a night and day difference from American women.
Day 2
Around 11 in the morning I decided to go towards downtown. But I approached a Mexican family about a block from the hostel, and they welcomed me. I met five women, and one of them, a 24 year old petite, really likes me. She thinks I'm "guapo" and then I told her she's "guapa". She does have 3 kids, but she's very giggly, sweet, feminine, down to earth, and shows a genuine interest in me. She even asked her aunt about me. Wow, suddenly I was in the game and was finally living. No way this could've happened in America. I was able to speak to her in Spanish despite I'm still learning the language. So I hung out with this family until just after 4 in the afternoon when I headed to El Paso to meet up with my friends in UTEP's InterVarsity chapter. Even in El Paso I felt like I was in the game. Not only I said 'hi' to existing friends such as that one Tejana girl I hit it off with in November, but I approached girls I haven't met. And boy did it feel natural; anywhere else in the Matrix most girls are unapproachable. Then I met two girls outside my hostel, one from Chihuahua City and the other living in Juarez. Even they were sweet, feminine, and down to earth.
As I'm writing here, Ciudad Juarez is truly a paradise for meeting girls, as is El Paso.
