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Baja Bernie
`Normal` Nomad Correspondent
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Registered: 8-31-2003
Location: Sunset Beach
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Mood: Just dancing through life
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Vgabndo
I do cry at the lack of wisdom and I laugh at, mostly myself, as a philosopher. Regarding children I am afraid that modern society will brand me and
punish me severally should I bow down to children--I do hold them in high regard for they are the keepers of our future society. I hope and pray that
they are not to frightened to assume their role.
Would you just change your signature this is far to heavy for me.
My smidgen of a claim to fame is that I have had so many really good friends. By Bernie Swaim December 2007
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bajalera
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Location: Santa Maria CA
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Judy has a good point--you can find untouristicated Baja a short drive out of CSL. A similar approach sometimes works in other places as
well--Mazatlan doesn't seem too touristy to me because I stay at the Siesta in the old and sort of rundown part of town, sitting on a balcony to watch
the sun set over the Malecon and going to the popular outlying area only for shopping and maybe a dinner/floor-show evening.
As for all this admiration of the Old Baja, let's get real.
One thing I remember from those good old days is the Gracious Living Box I made, which included not only booze but also some pretty chunks of
sand-blasted glass picked up on beaches. When we put these in a drink and stirred, their tinkling gave the impression of ice [which we sometimes
hadn't seen for several weeks].
And then there were all those gourmet meals prepared with canned food and my very own homemade tortillas, because the nearest source of fresh
veggies and meat and bread was a couple of days away.
I don't bemoan the fact that Highway One has made Baja California accessible to a whole lot of people who arrived after I did. Many of them, after
all, are Nomads. So instead of having to rely on Gerhard & Gulick when we need info on hotels or temps or bugs or insect repellent or tires or
restaurants or tequila or rain or books or kayaks orpractically anything else, we can count on getting some sort of an answer. That, to me, is
certainly a plus.
\"Very few things happen at the right time, and the rest never happen at all. The conscientious historian will correct these defects.\" -
Mark Twain
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Debra
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Location: Port Orchard Wa./Bahia de Los Angeles BC
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Santiago........TOO DANG FUNNY! I like your's the best.
David K.: I know you don't like "BOLA" you have mentioned that more than once, but, being that you don't type, I would think that you would
understand perhaps more than some, the internet being what is it, Bahia de Los Angeles is just too darn long to write out as often as the subject is
brought up here. Would "Bahia", (as the locals refer to it, work for you?) 
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David K
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Is typing 'L.A. Bay' too much? LAB, ???
Bay OF L.A. (BOLA) just sounds bad (to me)... Bola, ???
If you want to have an English abbreviation than it shoud be BOTA (Bay Of The Angels)... Bota, ???
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mcgyver
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BOTA: Spanish wine bag. Newer ones are poly lined, old ones were real leather which absorbed the resin in Spanish and Greek wines.
TPTGTH: That Place That's Going To Hell, AKA: Bahia de Los Angeles or BOLA.
[Edited on 2-15-2006 by mcgyver]
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Debra
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Well yes David, all those hyphens and periods do take time. And I guess I missed those options that you gave......."BOTA"?
Sorry, "Bahia" it is..........
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Mexray
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Location: California Delta
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Thanks for the info...
...all these years I thought 'BOLA' was:
"Best Of Luck, Amigo"
According to my clock...anytime is \'BAJA TIME\' & as Jimmy Buffett says,
\"It doesn\'t use numbers or moving hands It always just says now...\"
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Pompano
Elite Nomad
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Location: Bay of Conception and Up North
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B O L A ......first I thought it was a balls & rawhide thong thing the Argentine cowboys threw at their dates on a Saturday night...no, not the
sheep. Then I thought it was someone misspelling Boleo Co. bread from Sta. Rosalia...then maybe selfish Baja visitors meaning..."Butt Out, L.A."
But then I get confused very easily, as my poker friends will attest.
Bahia de los Angeles.....I have been there twice. I went there in 1980 and again last month. I should have just went once.
I do what the voices in my tackle box tell me.
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bajajudy
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You know that a place is too touristy when you see a pipa that has the word WATER on the side.
I almost fell out of my car when I saw this yesterday.
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Pompano
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shades of Dominoe's
You know a place is too touristy when the shrimp vendor says he will get the jumbos to your home within 30 minutes or you get them free of charge.
I do what the voices in my tackle box tell me.
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Tucker
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Location: El Centenario, BCS
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When driving through an old part of La Paz you pass by a tienda named "Big Bang Market".
\"I think it would be a good idea.\"
-- Mahatma Gandhi, when asked what he thought of Western civilization
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Bruce R Leech
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Location: Ensenada formerly Mulege
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Mood: A lot cooler than Mulege
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if I'm there it is to touristy
Bruce R Leech
Ensenada
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Tucker
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Good point Bruce, I guess that would apply to most of us here.
\"I think it would be a good idea.\"
-- Mahatma Gandhi, when asked what he thought of Western civilization
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bajajudy
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| Quote: | Originally posted by bajajudy
Well lets face it, we are all tourist here. Whether we live here or only visit. |
Well at least we all agree on that!
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Pompano
Elite Nomad
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Location: Bay of Conception and Up North
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Just what is a 'tourist' anyway? I know the dictionary definition, but WHAT makes a recent tourist more of a tourist than one who has been here
awhile? And why does anyone care?
This might be a fun and appropriate thread... "You know you are not a tourist when....................?"
Am I Visiting Planet Earth? 
I do what the voices in my tackle box tell me.
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vandenberg
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Location: Nopolo
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How about ," if you have to make a living ? "
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bajalera
Super Nomad
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Location: Santa Maria CA
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You're a tourist if you annoy the natives by stopping at the stop signs.
\"Very few things happen at the right time, and the rest never happen at all. The conscientious historian will correct these defects.\" -
Mark Twain
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vgabndo
Ultra Nomad
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Registered: 12-8-2003
Location: Mt. Shasta, CA
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Mood: Checking-off my bucket list.
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I've seen bumper stickers around here that say:
If it's tourist season, why can't we shoot them?
Undoubtedly, there are people who cannot afford to give the anchor of sanity even the slightest tug. Sam Harris
"The situation is far too dire for pessimism."
Bill Kauth
Carl Sagan said, "We are a way for the cosmos to know itself."
PEACE, LOVE AND FISH TACOS
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capn.sharky
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Bajalera---I have found the best way to handle the stop sign thing. A California rolling stop will work great. If you see someone coming from the
right or left, either slow down or speed up depending on how far they are compared to you from the intersection. The rule in Loreto is---if no police
are standing there---the stop sign is merely a suggestion. No policia, No multa. You are right, if you stop and a Mexican is behind you, he will be
peeed. Glad I can't read lips.
If there is no fishing in heaven, I am not going
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Marinero
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Not on topic, but some years ago I took a mini bus from PV to Playa Blanca. It was night. Going up a hill and passing a small truck, the driver
TURNED HIS LIGHTS OFF. I asked the obligatory " What the hell?" He said, " I can see if headlights are coming, I know it is not safe" I asked,
"What if he, too, is passing?" He said, "Well senor, he would be in the other lane.!..............SCAREY!@!!!!
Si estás buscando la person que cambiará su vida, échale una mirada en el espejo.
Fish logo from www.usafishing.com, used w/permission.
But Oz never did give nothing to the Tin Man
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