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John M
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Spring break crowds
We had intended to head south to, maybe beyond, San Felipe mid week next week. Then I realized, egads, the middle of spring break - and maybe it isn't
such a good idea.
Are the south campo areas just as crowded? Gonzaga better?
Or, stay home another week or two? Our intent is to camp on the gulf.
Advice?
John M
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David K
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Shell Island will be a dream spot for you guys as it always is for us! Km. 26. Of course, being an island, lunar high tide may cover the road.
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Spring break is no big deal but next week is Semana Santa and you might have to share the beach. I'm guessing Gonzaga Bay will be packed. Stay home if
you can and let them enjoy their beaches.
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if you don't want to share in the festivities theres no shortage of empty beaches......go and have a great time!
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Quote: Originally posted by Lee  | | Spring break is staggered and has been happening for the past month. Thought it was over a week ago and everyone was back in classes.
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Public schools in Taxachusetts have their Spring Break next week, i.e. the week of April 15 (a.k.a. "Patriots' Day" or "Marathon Monday"). I apologize
in advance for the influx of Boston accents SOB.
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Spring break in San Felipe!
Very doubtful, or very small crowds.
Now Cancun and a very other resorts....yes.
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willardguy is spot on with the laughing face. San Felipe will be a zoo, and Punta Final has been in the past, I'm at home now in Punta, will let you
know what happens, it won't be good.
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JoeJustJoe
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Let me laugh back at both Willardguy and Pete.
If San Felipe, is going to be a Mexico hot spot for Spring break, where are all the tourist board advertisements to the US colleges to bring them down
to San Felipe?
I don't see San Felipe, on the map as a top 10 destination anywhere for bikini clad girls in 2019. Are hotels booked solid in San Felipe and prices
raised during this Spring Break?
I do see the usual warning about Mexico, that will have some parents telling their kids not to go to Mexico during Spring Break, but what kid listens
to their parents?
Rosarito, used to be a nice Spring Break destination but for years now it has been another Spring Break, ghost town, but at least we see ads for
Rosarito. San Felipe, not so much.
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David K
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Joe, Spring Break is also Semana Santa, a time when families vacation on beaches... The ones not filled with drinking kids you seem to know about...
San Felipe will be packed with families from Mexicali and other places. The only hope for John M is to lower the tire pressure and use 4WD on his
Tacoma to escape the crowds at beach Campos and go to Shell Island where few do because it isn't easy to get to.
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John M
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lot's of opinions
Just what I had hoped for.
Luckily Shell Island isn't our "only hope" - so, if we change our thought of a camp on the beach, maybe head to Mike's instead - Pretty far from the
Sea of Cortez,
John
[Edited on 4-12-2019 by John M]
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JoeJustJoe
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| Quote: Originally posted by David K | Joe, Spring Break is also Semana Santa, a time when families vacation on beaches... The ones not filled with drinking kids you seem to know about...
San Felipe will be packed with families from Mexicali and other places. The only hope for John M is to lower the tire pressure and use 4WD on his
Tacoma to escape the crowds at beach Campos and go to Shell Island where few do because it isn't easy to get to. |
Who really minds Mexican familes vacationing, unless it's by the pool?
It's the loud obnoxious American drunk college kids most families don't want to be around.
When you hear the words spring break you think of loud college kids descending on a beach location, not Semana Santa.
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We were in SF just two weeks ago and it was just like Semana Santa. They were all set for big off road race.
Last year we came through there on Semana Santa itself and it was a great cultural experience: Vendors, Mariachi bands, and all the people camped
tent to tent on the beach, and the boats hauling water weenies loaded with kids. It was great to see all the people having fun.
You should embrace the experience.
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We are down here all week for our kids Spring break. It's always the week before or after Easter. Crossed yesterday at Tecate about 5pm and there
were very few cars.
Willl let you know what we find out. I use to go to San Carlos on the mainland a bunch over Semanta Santa, and the little town would swell from 5K to
30K. It couldn't possibly be that bad down here, I hope.
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Possibly a new height of cluelessness, if that's possible.
Completely unaware of the fact that Semana Santa trumps anything remotely related to the vastly reduced observance of Spring Break by American college
kids in Mexico. That was 20 years ago, Bloe.
But, hey, when all you do is read about places, never go there, and try to come across as some kind of "expert", this is what happens...........
Next, he'll be telling us that Palm Springs and Balboa Island are overun with college kids at Spring Break, these days. LOL! 
Do you continually embarrass yourself on this board, with your ignorance about Mexico, for our entertainment? I cant think of another reason.
Seriously, your credibility is in the crapper, here. Liberal or conservative or moderate, it doesn't matter. Your ignorance crosses all political
divides, when it comes to Mexico. 
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Nice try to discredit me Hook, but if you look at the title of John M's post he said, " Spring break crowds," He
didn't say anything about " Semana Santa, crowds.
Let me give you a definition of Spring Break, from the "Urban Dictionary, and what most of us think when we hear the words of spring break.
Again when you hear someone say "spring break," most of us think of rowdy American obnoxious drunk college kids, and easy American girls with skimpy
bikinis descending on an American or Mexican tourist destinations, and are often not welcomed by the locals.
No Hook, Semana Santa, does not also fit the same definition as spring break, unless you hate Mexican families, and want to keep away from them too,
or all crowds.
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Spring Break
"The time of school year where college aged young adults and some high school students (In March or April) descend upon vacation resorts such
as Cabo, Cancun, Miami, and other sunny locales to partake in much debauchery which usually results in hangovers, a burning sensation when urinating,
strange discharge coming from various orifices, interesting pictures, and great memories!"
[Edited on 4-12-2019 by JoeJustJoe]
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Spring break is way boarder then college kids. All elementary, middle school, and HS kids have spring break. It's a big travel week for families.
Our school district is always the week before or after Easter. We've taken a trip every spring break for the last 10 years.
On the mainland, San Carlos gets 30K+ extra ppl in the town for Semana Santa. It's rowdy as hell. What is typically a 5 min drive through the town
will take up to 2 hrs on Friday and Saturday before Easter.
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Spring break is over for California schools but semana santa is soon for the Mexicans.
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Not all Ca schools... It is this week and next week with Easter Sunday the final day, in San Diego area.
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I do not think San Felipe is much of a college spring break destination these days but it can get really crowded during semana santa. Thousands of
people from Mexicali go there. We rolled in there several years ago, unknowingly, every hotel was full, every campground was packed, the only lodging
in town was a space in a hotel parking lot surrounded by drunken Hispanic people playing music at full volume. Ended up driving to Ensenada to get a
room. It is more of a Mexican holiday than a gringo time. May be less crowded if you go farther south and get away from town. Rosarito used to get
a spring break crowd, girls walking the streets in skimpy bikinis, music thumpin, booties bumpin, but not sure it that is the case any more. It can
be a little chilly in Rosarito in the spring.
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