I made one of my regular trips to TJ yesterday since I haven't been there in about two weeks, right before the media started covering the swine flu. And I got to tell you what a difference two weeks made.
TJ was already a little slow because of the recession, passport rules, and drug violence. But this swine flu seems to have people especially mongers from the US scared, much more so that cartel drug members with their assault weapons and knives to cut off heads!
TJ was sure dead of gringo mongers yesterday, but still plenty of Mexican locals filled the bars with a few gringo mongers, and they chicas were still in the bars waiting for business.
After a walker type of chica robbed me out of $20 dollars.( long story but the short version she wanted the money up front, got 1/2 and then walked out complaining about me keeping the $20 dollars ) I made it to Bar Tropical, where I met this wonderful chica who also happens to be a US citizen. She wasn't exactly what I call GFE in the room, but she had a innocent charm that I enjoyed hanging out with drinking in the bar.
But she said her sister had swine flu like symptoms and since she is the head of the family took her sister to the hospital for all kinds of tests, but they came out negative, but she said the sister was really sick, and it cost her lots of money for the bills.
But this morning I woke up with a headache! I'm just hoping it's just a little hangover, and the Levitra still in my system, and not some kind of swine flu?
Anyway it's still nice in TJ, and the crowds are way down, and there are still plenty of girls especially a lot of new young SGs.
When I crossed back over the border I could not believe it! There was almost no line of cars crossing back into the US, maybe a three minute wait, and where I walked through there was no line whatsoever. I was the only one returning.....it was weird.
My predictions on the "Swine flu" is the news will stop covering it in a few days, and move it to the back pages of the news. We won't be hearing too much about many new cases, and the story will just die, although there will be a few new cases and maybe even a few deaths from people with weak immune systems. However, next winter I could see the Swine flu coming back, and perhaps getting in full swing this time around?