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monoloco
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Day Trip To El Triunfo
Had to go to La Paz, so decided to stop by El Triunfo for lunch at Cafe El Triunfo on the way home
It seems the only thing being smelted in El Triunfo these days is the pizza
The proprietor Mark has a great old classic pick up parked by the rear gate
Pretty tranquilo in Triunfo these days
They do have a nice sense of color there though
Decided to take the back road back towards Todos Santos, and stopped at the Santuario de Cactus
There are a lot of epiphyte cactus there, like these growing out of a Palo Fiero
The panteon next door is always interesting
The Palo verdes were in full bloom
Even managed to get home in time to enjoy the sunset
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Bob H
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Looks like a great place to take a break from every day life and relax. What a great atmosphere you captured.
The SAME boiling water that softens the potato hardens the egg. It's about what you are made of NOT the circumstance.
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Leo
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Nice reportage. Good eye for detail. Lovely place that El Triunfo. Looks like the B&B is not open yet? The photo with your comment on 'Color' is
the front door of it but looks closed.
Was the galery open?
The grass is always greener....
and so, there is always a better spot in Baja
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Loretana
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Thanks, Mono....
I needed that! 
"If you want to find the secrets of the universe, think in terms of energy, frequency and vibration."
-Nikola Tesla
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monoloco
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Leo
Nice reportage. Good eye for detail. Lovely place that El Triunfo. Looks like the B&B is not open yet? The photo with your comment on 'Color' is
the front door of it but looks closed.
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The gallery was closed when we were there.
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Mono,
Thank you for the fantastic pics....I love that old GMC almost as much as the kitchen.
Your pics just made my heart ache for such places....a bittersweet pain
Don't believe everything you think....
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Bob H
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| Quote: | Originally posted by motoged
Mono,
Thank you for the fantastic pics....I love that old GMC almost as much as the kitchen.
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That GMC looks like a 1942 GMC Pickup truck. It has a great look to it when painted two tone colors.
Here is one being restored !! Wow!
http://www.brandysautobody.com/42gmc.html
The SAME boiling water that softens the potato hardens the egg. It's about what you are made of NOT the circumstance.
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motoged
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Bob,
Good link....great restoration . I would prefer the looks of the one in El Triunfo with all the mechanical upgrades  .... the best of both worlds 
Don't believe everything you think....
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David K
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Nice photos!
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monoloco
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Thanks for the kind replies
Here's a few more:
[URL=http://s764.photobucket.com/user/monolocogb99/media/IMGP1055.jpg.html]
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By the way, does anyone know why when you copy the img code on Photobucket now it also put a [url] in?
[Edited on 4-18-2013 by monoloco]
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desertcpl
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Yup,, very nice
Baja bucket list
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Leo
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More great shots! Keep them coming Monoloco, good stuff.
Sory can't answer your question. Placing pictures on this site is WAY over my head. I don't even try any more. w.i. too bad because I do sort of have
an eye for it. just go to my website
www.leobuijs.com
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monoloco
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Leo, it's really not that hard, just open a Photobucket account, upload your photos to it, then copy and past the [img] code from the photo here. Give
it 10 minutes and you'll figure it out.
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wessongroup
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Good "eye" ....... thanks, enjoy "seeing" things 
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Skipjack Joe
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Let's just say your trip was triumphant.
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Leo
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See if it is as easy as you say Monoloco.
I think, I got it. Thanks
[Edited on 4-19-2013 by Leo]
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Mono loco, very nice photos !
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monoloco
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Leo
See if it is as easy as you say Monoloco.
I think, I got it. Thanks
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Nice shot Leo, looking forward to more now that you got it wired.
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I knew I had seen this thread about CAFE TRIUNFO ! thanks for the info, monoloco ! Next time, I sure hope we find it.
your pics are fantastic and your explanation to Leo was spot on ! He did it ! major achievement, as we all know !
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If you look carefully at the photograph under the sunlit arch of the bridge in El Triunfo you can see the row of worn out steel stamps from the stamp
mill. When in El Triunfo, walk down in the riverbed for a closer look. They wore out many of these steel stamps crushing ore. They were then used
to support the riverbanks.
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