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Best prices everywere
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too damn hot
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Markets markets and more markets
Better living through chemicals
wondertrev Says: Go across, buy drugs w/o a perscription, drink heavily, and get thoroughly sedated. You'll soon drive just like a local! Seriously, drug use by the local is a problem, and many gringos come here just to stock up on perscriptions.
Take the Historical Trolley Tour
quefregados Says: The Trolley Tour leaves from the San Agustin Plaza - I think almost daily - and gives a great overview of Laredo history. If you are lucky enough to have Sam Johnson be your guide, you also get the perspective of someone who lived some of that history. If you are staying at...
2 Reviews and 95 Opinions The only interesting place to stay in town is La Posada. It's the nicest hotel in town and easily...
La Quinta Inn and Suites Laredo
37 Opinions
El Meson de San Augustin: A nice find in Laredo, Texas..
cochinjew Says: The friendliness of the inhabitants becomes evident to you when you stop at the Texas Visitors centre, at the entrance to the city. One must agree that it is one of the more attractive building housing a visitors information office anywhere in the USA! I specifically...
Sanissimo Restaurant: Vegetarian fare in Laredo? Yep - & Mexican, too
quefregados Says: Sanissimo feels more like a house than a restaurant with it's white & green decor and homey curtains & pictures. Since the place is small, service is immediate & very attentive. There are daily specials on the somewhat limited but delicious menu - oh, and it is mexican food....
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You could get drunk like so many others, but do you REALLY want to be hungover when its 110 degrees outside?
Guapo's Sports Bar is popular, though I don't see why. Laredo Bar and Grill is popular as well, but some feds just got assaulted by 10-15 thugs with tire irons after one of them dared talk to a girl in the bar. The Cold Brew is OK, and The Library is popular with the local wanna-be-Yuppie crowd. Sombrero's is a very cool, relaxed tequila bar in Nuevo. Firenzi's is popular with the underage drunks. But last year 4 of them got shot by the Nuevo police thugs, so it may not be the best place to go. The Cadlliac Bar and El Dorado are both famous for the tourists, but locals go there as well. The gin fizzes at El Dorado are sublime!
Updated Apr 24, 2004
buses all come out of downtown's Jarvis Plaza
quefregados Says: Getting around Laredo without a car is a pain in the .... but the buses exist to get you to major destinations. Taxis are tremendously over-priced and charge even more for crossing you across any international bridge - you are better off getting a ride to bridge 1, crossing...
Either drive down I-35 or fly...
wondertrev Says: Either drive down I-35 or fly in. The airport is new and compact. A car isn't that necessary for a tourist if you stay downtown. If leaving by car, try to do it before noon so you don't get caught in a big line of semis at the Border Patrol checkpoint.Traffic is horrible for...
Lots of pharmacies across. Typically, scurvey looking dudes with white shirts and lots a gold will accost you on the street and ask if you "wanna perscripsheen?". Go ahead! It's legal here! Which probably explains a lot about the Los Dos Laredo....
What to buy: Valium, Darvon, Hydrocodone, the usual stuff.
Written Feb 13, 2003
For all intents and purposes...
wondertrev Says: For all intents and purposes (language,food, efficiency,etc...) you're in Mexico already.Also, if you're not a local, and venture outside of the tourist areas, don't be surprised by brusque treatment. There are some very nice people here, but the town is rather backwards,...
quefregados Says: Sometimes it is hard to tell the difference. This shot is of one of the street vendors right around September 16th (Mexican Independence Day) but it is the same scene near the 4th of July (US Independence Day) just different flags - they are sold on both sides of the river...
watch your camera on the bridge!
quefregados Says: The US security folks (I don't think they are with US Customs) who are on the bridge say that it is illegal to take pictures on the bridge. I've had friends who've had their film rolls taken out, their cameras confiscated, or the the "don't do it again" treatment. There are...
As of 5/2002, there is a drug...
wondertrev Says: As of 5/2002, there is a drug gang war going on across the border in Nuevo. I'd stick to the touristy areas to avoid any trouble. Also, remember that not a few Nuevo Police are involved in drug trafficking, shaking down gringos, etc.... Yes, lots of folks go across to drink,...
quefregados Says: Once you find the Mercado, you will also find all the services for tourists like - getting a ride on a horse & buggy. I've never asked for the price, but I should for you all, right? Anyway, they usually start off in front of the Mercado & go up Guerrero street to see the...
When going "across", tourists usually....
quefregados Says: .... go to the Mercado for shopping. You might find some of the same stuff at a lower price (after haggling, of course) in shops not in the Mercado. For example, I needed the regular cheap Mexican blankets (called ____), at the Mercado, the lowest I could talk ANY of the...
quefregados Says: light clothing!! plenty of sunscreen/sunblock a Spanish/English dictionary & whatever good luck charm you have because not every word out of Laredoans' mouths is English or Spanish but a nice Spanglish mixture.
StefanosS Says: Just ordinary things, plus your computer! It will be useful to surf in the web. If you do so, try the following sites:1) FOUR GOOD REASONS TO VISIT A BORDER TOWN(more specifically, los dos Laredos!)by Renée J. LaPerrière de...
quefregados Says: Just walking around the downtown area between San Agustin Plaza west to the Union Pacific Railroad station, you see much of old historic Laredo. I took a tour (through the university's career center) of the Union Pacific station which was once a passenger train stop & you...
StefanosS Says: Here is the URL to listen to the Music http://www.lsjunction.com/midi/yellowr.midfrom the site: Lone Star Junction http://www.lsjunction.com/
arteimagen Says: Laredo become a bi national city speciali in weekend when a lot of mexicans come to shopping. Laredo still remain his mexican culture.
arteimagen Says: Many people from Monterrey, Mexico cross the border and come to Laredo to make some shopps, stores here has up to 50 % desc, in all the things
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Every weekend people from Monterrey and another mexican cityes come to Laredo to make shopping, because prices are 10 to 80 % lowest than Mexico, from gasoline, to gifts, home decor, toys etc.
Laredo - where I live but not forever!
I'm still getting to know how this site works & just realized I can put an intro. I'm going out to take a few shots (since i normally take fotos of travel sites, not home sites) so I can provide more...
Hi my name is Iliana Suarez and I would like to thank all of you for taking a look at this. Laredo is a small city but it's all right.
I have been in Laredo on August 1990. It is a long time since then and I can't find my personal photos. So I had to borrow some photos from the web about Webb, while giving links to the above sites...
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