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TedZark
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San Quintin Beach Hotel
I have forgotten the name of the hotel on the beach near San Quintin that used to be a government hotel? What is it?
How would you compare that to staying at Jardins ? I have a friend visiting from abroad that I would like to show a nice day in that area (after a
couple days at Rancho El Coyote).
Please share the name or URL if possible. We need WIFI to keep in touch with business interests (after two days offline at El Coyote), but just
email - doesn't need to be super broadband.
Gracias!
[Edited on 7-5-2020 by TedZark]
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If it's the place I am thinking about the names have changed and it is now Mission Santa Maria. Maybe at one time the La Pinta.
https://www.misionsantamariahoteles.com/
https://www.tripadvisor.com/LocationPhotoDirectLink-g499404-...
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David K
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San Quintín.
It has been called these names:
Hotel El Presidente, opened in 1974 just after the Transpeninsular Highway did.
La Pinta
Desert Inn
Misión Santa María
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motoged
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Better food at El Jardin....better view at "La Pinta"
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TedZark
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Perfect. BajaNomad to the rescue. Thank you.
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We stayed at the Mission and were so happy there.
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El Jardin has soul, great room prices and rooms and food next door... Santa MariaMission la pinta (whatever) has the beach.
I would choose El Jardin again next time although can't go wrong with either.....pick la pinta ro sleep and walk and eat at Jardin 
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TedZark
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I've stayed at Jardins a couple times, but never at Santa Maria - how do you get out there?
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Turn west at the large Los Pinos Pemex a bit south of San Quintin. A couple of miles, on south side.
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Quote: Originally posted by SFandH  |
Turn west at the large Los Pinos Pemex a bit south of San Quintin. A couple of miles, on south side. |
This is Km. 11... the road to the hotel is paved and 3 miles in. The Cielito Lindo motel/ bar/ cracked crab dinners is also reached off this road.
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TedZark
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Gracias!
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Ted,
I dare you to go to Cielito Lindo for Happy Hour....
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TedZark
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because...
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TedZark
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I just want to know. Are there super margaritas? Dancing girls? Dancing margaritas?
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The bartender is very generous with the tequila in his margaritas... I dare you to say to the bartender "mucho tequila por favor". I made that
mistake once..... The following day was messed up as far as off-road riding ability was concerned
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TedZark
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I'll keep your advice in mind. Perhaps not in spirit though.
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| Quote: Originally posted by KasloKid | | The bartender is very generous with the tequila in his margaritas... I dare you to say to the bartender "mucho tequila por favor". I made that
mistake once..... The following day was messed up as far as off-road riding ability was concerned |
Not all 'tequilas' are created equal. One of the earliest lessons I learned in Baja was to 'call' your tequila. The Rosarito Beach Hotel circa 1976
had live band and $5.00 cover got you two drink coupons. "Margarita's" served up in a champagne glass. I was the designated driver so I would only
drink one. I am a big guy so I would get a good buzz but always chased with agua con gas. Anyone of my friends, girlfriends and seemingly anyone else
who drank the second one would be wasted. It got to the point that when I would take friends I would take their money and tell them they got ONE drink
ticket and after that they had to buy their own beers. I watched the bartender and noticed that the 'tequila' being used was of the rotgut cane liquor
no name variety typically in a plastic bottle. I took to calling it embalming fluid. I also observed the same phenomenon at other bars all over Baja,
including Cielito Lindo. If you don't call you don't know what you are going to get and chances are it's lesser quality 'mixto'. Things are a bit
different in this century but I still see call because I still see some weird looking bottles behind the bar at same places. Having said all that if
you have 3-4-5 margarita's with quality tequila you may still have a date with the porcelain throne.
Moderation in all things. 
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TedZark
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Well, if I am conquering the "porcelain throne" I want only the best!
Not really. Usually three, puts me to sleep.
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Memories from Cielito Lindo
A long departed Baja buddy, Dennis Moody, and I were returning from La Paz having helped mark the Baja 1000 back in the very early 80s. We got
separated from the guys with the money and figured that we needed a stop. We were nearly broke, but always a few pesos for a margarita saved up. We
sat down in the bar at Cielito Lindo, wondering how we'd get enough Pemex to make the border - who is also sitting there - none other than Coco. I had
know him from a couple of years earlier in Ensenada at the campground there. He graciously loaned us $40 - plenty in those years for gasolina to make
Chula Vista, and he bought our Maggies besides.
John M
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| Quote: Originally posted by elgatoloco | | Quote: Originally posted by KasloKid | | The bartender is very generous with the tequila in his margaritas... I dare you to say to the bartender "mucho tequila por favor". I made that
mistake once..... The following day was messed up as far as off-road riding ability was concerned |
Not all 'tequilas' are created equal. One of the earliest lessons I learned in Baja was to 'call' your tequila. The Rosarito Beach Hotel circa 1976
had live band and $5.00 cover got you two drink coupons. "Margarita's" served up in a champagne glass. I was the designated driver so I would only
drink one. I am a big guy so I would get a good buzz but always chased with agua con gas. Anyone of my friends, girlfriends and seemingly anyone else
who drank the second one would be wasted. It got to the point that when I would take friends I would take their money and tell them they got ONE drink
ticket and after that they had to buy their own beers. I watched the bartender and noticed that the 'tequila' being used was of the rotgut cane liquor
no name variety typically in a plastic bottle. I took to calling it embalming fluid. I also observed the same phenomenon at other bars all over Baja,
including Cielito Lindo. If you don't call you don't know what you are going to get and chances are it's lesser quality 'mixto'. Things are a bit
different in this century but I still see call because I still see some weird looking bottles behind the bar at same places. Having said all that if
you have 3-4-5 margarita's with quality tequila you may still have a date with the porcelain throne.
Moderation in all things. |
Thanks for your cautions and take on having a good time.
I've spent more than a few years owing a hotel with a busy bar and if I was being served cane liqour or mixto, I'd know it. We'd always ask for top
shelf tequila and start off with a shooter, then a marg or 5 with the same tequila. No bottle lime juice.... fresh squeezed limes. Should'a stopped
after 3....
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