Every time I drive the Carreterra, it just keeps getting better and better.
Just a couple of short (one mile) stretches of dirt south of Ensenada and on the road to Tecate.
6 checkpoints, moderate searches at the first 5, then waved through south of Tecate.
Stopped near K70 on the Tecate road at a shack called Puesto Los Reyes, where the gentleman/owner peeled some cold green tunas for a nice snack. 20
pesos/kilo.
He also had excellent olives home-cured without salt brine. 20 pesos/pint.
These olives were very enjoyable, with the consistency and faint flavor of butter-sauteed morels, a vaguely nutty taste.
Olive oil from L A Cetto was 80 pesos per 750ml wine bottle. I may never buy olive oil in a store again!
Local honey was 60 pesos for the same-size bottle.
As for the trip, almost no delays. Tecate crossing was 45 minutes at 445 PM Wednesday.
I stopped at Puerto Escondido/Rattlesnake where the water was 90 or so and the air likewise, breezy and humid. Conejo was gorgeous with a nice
southwest swell from a storm, and no-wetsuit water...well, for a time.
Camped near Catavina way off road in the boojums...absolutely gorgeous and cool at night.
Stayed at Hotel Villas in San Quintin, first on the right after the bridge as you head north. Nice AC, clean, blackout curtains, good water pressure,
instant hot water, 460 pesos single non-smoking, crappy cable but good fast wifi. Very quiet, even though it's close to the road.
Ocean in San Quintin was cold (in the 50s, maybe) and fog was persistent.
Picked up drugs for friends. Antibiotics were available with a prescription (35 pesos) covering 3 regimens (box/bottle containing twelve or so).
Tamiflu was 523 pesos for the ten-pill regimen. Sorry, I didn't check the viagra prices.
The Tamiflu is hard to find. I ended up a couple of miles towards Tijuana at Farmacia Benevides, I think.
Border patrol checkpoint on 8 in AZ was very cursory with no delay...it's just too hot even for the dogs.
Gotta get out of Phoenix. I was right on time for record-breaking heat, and it's monsoon season, with humidity and dust storms added. Fly-fishing,
here I come...Martyman - 8-9-2012 at 09:59 AM
Tunas? Thanks for the info and yes the LA Cetto olive oil is very nice.woody with a view - 8-9-2012 at 10:08 AM
tunas are the fruit of the nopal cactus.
vandy - 8-9-2012 at 10:48 AM
The tunas I got were about hand-grenade size, light green, with large seeds that you swallow whole, like a guava.
They were absolutely delicious and coldly refreshing, with a consistency of a perfectly ripe honeydew melon, sweet with a hint of kiwi/sugar-snap pea
flavor.
I think it was Carl Franz who mentioned his favorite flavor pink popsicle: TUNA
Great fun to order in a paleteriaBornFisher - 8-10-2012 at 08:23 AM
Thanks for the report, bet ya had a good old time!
Bummer about no report on viagra prices though!!! tripledigitken - 8-10-2012 at 09:50 AM
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Originally posted by woody with a view
tunas are the fruit of the nopal cactus.
