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white whale
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Water and fruit
Water: Anything like we'd see north of the border? Potable or not. U fill type.
Fresh fruit: roadside pop up stores. I assume the grow season is all year.
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David K
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What is the full question? Are you asking if they have water? Yes, bottled and self fill. Just like north of the border. You are allowed to bring your
own food and water into Mexico, too.
Roadside stands that sell fruit? Some, but more typical are fruit stores in most bigger towns.
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tobias
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I cant wait to go back to having papaya for breakfast every day. Just a few more weeks
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white whale
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Yes maybe light on my question details. So a u-fill water spot is just as good as bottled in a store? I was thinking about the rotopax water packs for
camp setup.
What do the veterans do for for water fill and storage? Is a u fill something you would commonly see? Are they stand alone or inside a store?
Fresh fruit , best spots for, or is quality everywhere.
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Yes, is H2O, just like in the USA!
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Yes. They also have supermarkets, c-stores, fruit stands, street vendors
Your assumption is wrong!
Woke!
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mtgoat666
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Quote: Originally posted by white whale  | Yes maybe light on my question details. So a u-fill water spot is just as good as bottled in a store? yes
I was thinking about the rotopax water packs for camp setup. thats a pricy water jug! i use plastic jugs you can by at Target for a few
bucks
What do the veterans do for for water fill and storage? fill, drink, repeat!
Is a u fill something you would commonly see? Are they stand alone or inside a store? most every town has a water store
Fresh fruit , best spots for, or is quality everywhere. depends!
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John Harper
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Huge difference. In Mexico, they call it agua. Can you believe that?
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Look for the purificado, Most towns have one.
Believing is religion - Knowing is science
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"Get off the beaten path and memories, friends and new techniques are developed"
Bajazly, August 2019
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Depending on where you're going, there are fresh water wells too. In Catavina there is a nice one very near Sta Inez. Mision San Borja has a well.
Vizcaino has fruit vendors near the gas station with oranges. Just outside Ensenada there are a couple large fruit/vege stands. Pineapple and
avocados should be in now. I take canned stuff and dried fruit too if I'm between markets or fresh stuff isn't fresh.
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sancho
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The water stores I generally deal with have the, I believe,
osmosis filter system, most locals get water there, can't
remember exactly, $.20 a gal? Mas o memos. 5 gal. water jug from home. I assume some/most winter
fruit comes up from the mainland. I try to buy from roadside
stands, if available, quality can very, not that you asked, but don't expect to get
fruit or food for some mythical low price
[Edited on 1-11-2018 by sancho]
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bajabuddha
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| Quote: Originally posted by wilderone | | Depending on where you're going, there are fresh water wells too. In Catavina there is a nice one very near Sta Inez. Mision San Borja has a well.
Vizcaino has fruit vendors near the gas station with oranges. Just outside Ensenada there are a couple large fruit/vege stands. Pineapple and
avocados should be in now. I take canned stuff and dried fruit too if I'm between markets or fresh stuff isn't fresh. |
Update on the Santa Ynez well/tap. It's in the center of their courtyard, a single standing water spigot. Back in the day it was "Agua Dulce", the
best water in Baja, and I would always stop there to fill my jugs. Last time ( a few years back) it tasted terrible and I got the Revenge from it. I
believe it was from all the free ranging cattle now allowed to wander the property; there were cow patties everywhere, and it has possibly leached
into the groundwater tables... dunno how deep their 'well' actually is. I noticed the Rancho has deteriorated over the years, and maybe the water
purity as well; use at your own risk. This is only one person's experience.
I don't have a BUCKET LIST, but I do have a F***- IT LIST a mile long!
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I agree on the Santa Ynez situation but you should see what a disaster the son has made of Don Eddie's in San Q. It's not worth the cost of diesel to
level it.
Every beautiful beach in the world needs a few condo towers - NOT.
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Just before Sta Inez - you can see the water flowing across the highway - a sandy turn-off goes toward the arroyo where there is a government
solar-powered pump (I saw it used to fill very large pilas, but don't know how it works), and a few yards away there is the barrel with the water line
connected to the source (unplug it and it will gush forth to fill smaller containers). Been there for years, and I've always drunk the water with no
problem. I've never used the spigot at Sta Inez that you refer to.
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I don't know what you want to fill into but we always do 5 gallon bottles, like in office coolers. Can only speak for Mulege and Santa Rosalia but
good water very, reasonable price.
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| Quote: Originally posted by BajaMama | | I don't know what you want to fill into but we always do 5 gallon bottles, like in office coolers. Can only speak for Mulege and Santa Rosalia but
good water very, reasonable price. |
Purificados may not be able to provide the empty 5 gal garrafons...so you should be prepared with your own agua containers.
Don't believe everything you think....
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white whale
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Thanks for the replies. Back to the purificados, they are automated....
coin operated type, stick your jug underneath the spout. Or something else. Is this part of public services or private businesses?
How does the baja water situation compare to other parts of Mexico?
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mtgoat666
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| Quote: Originally posted by white whale | Thanks for the replies. Back to the purificados, they are automated....
coin operated type, stick your jug underneath the spout. Or something else. Is this part of public services or private businesses?
How does the baja water situation compare to other parts of Mexico? |
water vendors have real people to fill your jugs. they take cash.
you should just go and travel -- sometimes you need to figure it out as you go, and experience an adventure outside of your normal box!
Woke!
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will do for you, but what together we can do for the freedom of man.”
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white whale
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| Quote: Originally posted by mtgoat666 | | Quote: Originally posted by white whale | Thanks for the replies. Back to the purificados, they are automated....
coin operated type, stick your jug underneath the spout. Or something else. Is this part of public services or private businesses?
How does the baja water situation compare to other parts of Mexico? |
water vendors have real people to fill your jugs. they take cash.
you should just go and travel -- sometimes you need to figure it out as you go, and experience an adventure outside of your normal box!
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Oh I see I posted on the Baja Snark board. My mistake. Site owner - 666 has declared your board sort of useless because you should all just figure it
out yourselves. Knowledge is so overated - and I'm like a really smart guy, I know the best words believe me ... Printed guide books/maps? why bother
just head south.
Glad you mention "real people" because there are alot of fake people. I'm convinced that fake people are doing all this "fake news" stuff I keep
hearing many people talk about.
Thank you 666! What a box!
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motoged
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The Goat's info was relevant ....some of the Nomads are short of patience with newbies (which we all were here at some time) when common sense
questions surface....or ones that can be sorted out with a bit of Googling or on the first day of your travels.
Some Nomads are wary of possible trolls looking to set up conflict on this forum....and then playing victim...
Hope you get fresh water and veggies/fruit on your trip.
Don't believe everything you think....
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bajagrouper
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Well not all food..........
http://rockypoint360.com/what-food-can-i-bring-across-the-bo...
I hear the whales song
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