Easter is Sunday, April 4th. Is it the week before or the week after that one might expect the "craziness" of people on the road drinking and
driving, crowds, etc., etc.?
I will be driving from Loreto to the border approx. Tuesday, April 4th.
Any special activities in Loreto anytime from March 30 thru April 4th?
Thank you
Howard AKA Bubbanoproblemo2 - 3-7-2010 at 04:09 PM
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Originally posted by Howard
Easter is Sunday, April 4th. Is it the week before or the week after that one might expect the "craziness" of people on the road drinking and
driving, crowds, etc., etc.?
Howard AKA Bubba
You
mean that's not every day?? "Is it the week before or the week after that one might expect the "craziness" of people on the road drinking and
driving,"El Jefe - 3-7-2010 at 04:21 PM
Every Mexican in the world goes to the beach and camps out starting the Thursday before Easter and through the weekend. It's really fun to see them
coming in with their vehicles loaded with everything including the kitchen sink and the queen sized mattress, chairs, tents, toys, firewood and
related gear. One year I counted 60 dome tents on our quarter mile beach. The men will get busy setting up the camp while the kids run off to play and
the moms and grandmas start cooking. Once the camp is set up the men retire to their beers, the grandmas sit down in their special chairs, the kids
keep running amok and the moms just keep cooking. Just like our family vacations of old. Doesn't seem like much of a vacation for mom.
It can be a fun time to enjoy the carnival like atmosphere. Just don't expect it to be your typical quite, isolated Baja beach experience. And yes, a
good time to stay off the roads.Howard - 3-7-2010 at 05:24 PM
So it's pretty much done Monday or Tuesday after Easter?
Thanks for your reply.tiotomasbcs - 3-7-2010 at 07:23 PM
Get this right! The week leading up to Easter! Antes! Before . If you go Afterwards the landscape looks like a Bomb went off! Vacacionistas
Trash! Cases of empty Tecates, torn clothing , littered beaches & reverberati8ng noise! Vagabundos The Earth shudders!BAJA.DESERT.RAT - 3-8-2010 at 05:09 PM
hola, i believe the mexican partying starts a week before until a week after easter. i'm not catholic but good friday and palm sunday also comes to
mind in the way of celebrations.
i have heard the mexicans come all the way from tijuana to the beaches of the east cape and some just camp out under tarps. beer cans, bottles and
trash everywhere ! maybe the lagging economy will deter many ?
i have been told to make sure you have supplies of water and gas before they start to arrive as when they leave, they do take up a lot of gasoline.
we try and not do a lot of driving during that time period, especially friday and saturday nights.
