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bajabuddha
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Wull, I may be old, but i'm slow.... 
I don't have a BUCKET LIST, but I do have a F***- IT LIST a mile long!
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danaeb
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Beautiful photo Ken.
| Quote: | Originally posted by tripledigitken
| Quote: | Originally posted by Bassaholic
Whats so special about Catavina? |
It's a beautiful part of Baja. These photos were taken within a ten minute walk from the hotel.
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Experience enables you to recognize a mistake every time you repeat it.
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shari
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it will be like an oven in Catavina!!!! I cant even get out of the car there.
If you do get to GN, stay at Posada Don Vicente as it is gated, walled and has security so no problema with your stuff on the roof....see ya soon.
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danaeb
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Bassaholic
OK found it on the map. Whats so special about Catavina? Where to eat? Where to stay? |
Jajaja! Be careful what you ask for.
Just head on down the road and see what looks good to you... You have lots of options. It will become your adventure, not ours.
[Edited on 8-3-2014 by danaeb]
Experience enables you to recognize a mistake every time you repeat it.
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Bassaholic
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cool, Thanks everyone.
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Bassaholic
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| Quote: | Originally posted by danaeb
| Quote: | Originally posted by Bassaholic
OK found it on the map. Whats so special about Catavina? Where to eat? Where to stay? |
Jajaja! Be careful what you ask for.
Just head on down the road and see what looks good to you... You have lots of options. It will become your adventure, not ours.
[Edited on 8-3-2014 by danaeb] |
Sounds like good advice. I have been overthinking everything. Time to slow
down.
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Feathers
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| Quote: | Originally posted by mtgoat666
splurge a bit and enjoy a really nice hotel in Catavina. Plus an evening hike among the boulders. Sq is pretty boring and hotels are average.
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The Catavina landscape is magical. That said, let me know when they upgrade their mattresses. $100 a night to sleep on almost-concrete isn't my idea
of remotely "nice". 
[Edited on 8-4-2014 by Feathers]
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vgabndo
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Feathers
| Quote: | Originally posted by mtgoat666
splurge a bit and enjoy a really nice hotel in Catavina. Plus an evening hike among the boulders. Sq is pretty boring and hotels are average.
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The Catavina landscape is magical. That said, let me know when they upgrade their mattresses. $100 a night to sleep on almost-concrete isn't my idea
of remotely "nice".
[Edited on 8-4-2014 by Feathers] |
Concrete mattresses reminds me of a little "find" in Guerrero Negro. The place directly west of and connected to the big Mercado is only $20. bucks a
night, and the place is secure and clean. Minimal would be a good word. I learned later that I could have 'asked' for a room with a soft bed. Before I
could sleep, I had brought all camping gear from the truck and piled it on the "mattress".
You guys know I'm like this. I punched the thing to try to get a measurable sense of how "soft" it was. My fist could move the surface about an inch.
Assuming that they do have softer beds in some rooms, they still have my recommendation for that price. Small secure parking lot outside your window.
Someone will chime-in with the name.
See you in Bahia Asuncion.
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."
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Carl Sagan said, "We are a way for the cosmos to know itself."
PEACE, LOVE AND FISH TACOS
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chuckie
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AND You get to see Shari.....Sigh......
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bajabuddha
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Chuckles, you are such a DOM... let me rephrase that; a SSC (Sexy Senior Citizen). Just remember the 'chin' story.
Bassaholic, drop us a line from Asuncion and let us know how your drive fared. We don't give out free advice here, we want entertainment and reports.
Have a great time and rip some lips for me!
bb
I don't have a BUCKET LIST, but I do have a F***- IT LIST a mile long!
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David K
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The hotel in Cataviņa was originally an El Presidente, opened in early 1974. That chain sold their new Baja highway hotels to La Pinta.
A few years ago, La Pinta hotels were renamed 'Desert Inn'. A couple years ago the Rodriguez (Los Pinos) tomato growers bought the Desert Inn in
Cataviņa and renamed it Hotel Mision Cataviņa. They also bought the Desert Inn in San Quintin (south of town on the outer bay) and renamed it the
Hotel Mision Santa Maria.
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Martyman
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The original question was about the Hotel Mission Santa Maria in San Quintin. It is a wonderful hotel with decent prices, a quiet beach and an a fine
restaurant. Stay there! There is a guarded parking lot.
I stay there every trip.
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bajabuddha
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Martyman
The original question was about the Hotel Mission Santa Maria in San Quintin. It is a wonderful hotel with decent prices, a quiet beach and an a fine
restaurant. Stay there! There is a guarded parking lot.
I stay there every trip. |
Marty, where is the turn-off to it? Downtown San Quintin? Also, do they have any RV accomodations, or just hotel only? Lastly, can you remember
your last room prices? thx,
bb.
I don't have a BUCKET LIST, but I do have a F***- IT LIST a mile long!
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Martyman
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Turn right at the new Pemex at the South end of San Quintin next to Los Pinos vegetable producer. The Hotel is next to Cielito Lindo which has RV
spaces. No RV 's at the hotel. I believe the rooms were around $50 usd
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David K
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Martyman
Turn right at the new Pemex at the South end of San Quintin next to Los Pinos vegetable producer. The Hotel is next to Cielito Lindo which has RV
spaces. No RV 's at the hotel. I believe the rooms were around $50 usd |
KM 11 Paved road to hotel (Mision Santa Maria) and graded road on to motel/ RV/ Bar/ Restaurant (Cielito Lindo)
I just bumped up the KILOMETER thread: http://forums.bajanomad.com/viewthread.php?tid=50544
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David K
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| Quote: | Originally posted by bajabuddha
| Quote: | Originally posted by Martyman
The original question was about the Hotel Mission Santa Maria in San Quintin. It is a wonderful hotel with decent prices, a quiet beach and an a fine
restaurant. Stay there! There is a guarded parking lot.
I stay there every trip. |
Marty, where is the turn-off to it? Downtown San Quintin? Also, do they have any RV accomodations, or just hotel only? Lastly, can you remember
your last room prices? thx,
bb. |
Stayed there last month. It is a few miles south of the twin towns of San Quintin and Lazaro Card##as and after the highway swings east and up a hill
to avoid a repeated wash out area of the original Hwy. 1.
You will see the Pemex on the right and across from it is the Los Pinos packing house (looks like a mall). The paved road to the hotel turns west
there... crosses the older Hwy. 1 (at the abandoned Parador/ gas station) and soon makes a sharp left turn for the hotel. Cielito Lindo is a mile
further on a wide dirt road.
[Edited on 8-4-2014 by David K]
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woody with a view
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those trees growing into a tunnel on that road are pretty cool!
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David K
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| Quote: | Originally posted by woody with a view
those trees growing into a tunnel on that road are pretty cool! |
Yes... and it spooks the girls at night big time!
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Bob H
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| Quote: | Originally posted by woody with a view
those trees growing into a tunnel on that road are pretty cool! |
The last time I was on that road (several years ago) it was full of big pot holes. Has it been repaved?
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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David K
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Didn't notice any... but I was riding in a Ford Raptor with quite a bit of modification, lol!
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