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Bruce R Leech
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If you could give 1 peace of advice to a person going to Baja for the first time . what would it be.
I think to read some books on the customs and the people . and to treat them with respect. and they will be reworded a thousand times over.
Please post your opinion.
Bruce R Leech
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Cyndarouh
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Bruce I ditto your statement and add for them to always remember they are guest and treat all with kindness. The rewards as you say are ten fold.
Also driving at night is not such a good idea.
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Humboldt Chris and Robin
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advice
relax and go slow - it's a big place and there is a lot to explore
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Debra
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I would only add a couple to yours.......Don't forget your Mexican Liabilty Insurance........and
........Don't forget to check out what is down 'that' dirt road.....you might miss something VERY important, like the time "Desert Rat" pointed out
petrified salt to us, or on that same adventure we raced (well, he raced us) a beautiful black Stallion in the middle of nowhere, or when a cute
little red-head 8yr. old named Christina translated the ancient rock art we were viewing.
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Dave
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Don't drink the water.
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Barry A.
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Location: Redding, Northern CA
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Advice
Pay no attention to your pre-conceived ideas, and go with the flow, leaving your "judgemental mindset" behind you, always use common sense, and never
give in to mordida. That should result in you having the time of your life.
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Tommy A
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Don't judge a country by it's border town's
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Tucker
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Location: El Centenario, BCS
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Don't try to save the Mexicans from themselves.
\"I think it would be a good idea.\"
-- Mahatma Gandhi, when asked what he thought of Western civilization
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Baja Bernie
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Location: Sunset Beach
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Listen Up
Listen to the people who live here. They really care about the folks who come down here and they really wish that you have a good time AND understand
what life is all about. Open your heart and they will make you feel and understand the passing of the sun and the raising of the moon. They will show
you how the tide will erase all of your hurts and anger. AND they will make you welcome to their land. What more could any human wish for .
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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jrbaja
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Lock your car
Bring big dogs
Carry a gun!!
And buy prescription medicines
Without one!!
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elgatoloco
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Wear your sunscreen. 
MAGA
Making Attorneys Get Attorneys
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capt. mike
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support development......
buy a condo timeshare....
sorry JR, couldn't resist after reading yours!
formerly Ordained in Rev. Ewing\'s Church by Mail - busted on tax fraud.......
Now joined L. Ron Hoover\'s church of Appliantology
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jrbaja
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Fair enough Amigo!
Hope you are improving rapidly.
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capt. mike
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yeah, thx - slowly...
not fast enough i fear to get a trip in before end of year though. major bummer all around.
formerly Ordained in Rev. Ewing\'s Church by Mail - busted on tax fraud.......
Now joined L. Ron Hoover\'s church of Appliantology
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TMW
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I would tell them to get the AAA guide book and read it before crossing the border.
There are many sources of info and plenty of advise from people and on the boards. Everyone has their own take on Baja. Some good and some bad. I know
people who went down and will never go again, for a variety of reasons. Others, like those here keep going and going.
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thebajarunner
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Location: Arizona....."Free at last from crumbling Cali
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you leave all your citizen rights behind. You are in their country, playing by their rules. Be cool, enjoy, be safe, buy insurance...... and drink
the water when the locals say it is safe."
(I drank tap water all week in Puebla and Mexico City two weeks ago, great stuff!)
Baja Arriba!!
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El Jefe
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Keep an open mind.
And speak Spanish as much as you possibly can.
No b-tchin\' in the Baja.
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flyfishinPam
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Carry small bills
no-one seem to be able to make change!
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Skeet/Loreto
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Finally!!!!!
The Visitors and Posters have found the True Value of Baja! "Its People".
Most of you with the true Adventuers Mind and Heart have Discovered the Compassion of the People of Baja.
For some who will be able to Learn from the People it will change their Bitter hearts and Minds into Happy, Thoughtful, respectfull People.It also
changes you Spiritually, i,e. I was given a "Spirit by a small Indian on so many years ago. The Spirit of the "Sea Eagle".
As I Posted in another Thread, take the Ten Commandants with you and Practice them. It does not have to be Religious at all, just follow them to a
better Life.
You do not have to Lie, Cheat, nor Steal to be Happy in Baja or The States.
Think about your Neighbor not yourself all the time!!
Go Adventure!!
Skeet/Loreto
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bajalera
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Hang loose and always know where the toilet paper is.
Lera
\"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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