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[*] posted on 12-5-2008 at 08:31 AM


Mike, it's LOCATION, LOCATION, LOCATION :yes::light:

You have a plane, so moving to any location is muy rapido!:spingrin:




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[*] posted on 12-5-2008 at 08:09 PM


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thx Ken, my they have gotten high on price.:o
2 people in a palapa have to spend $40 now?
i could go with $10 to set up a tent on a nice beach but....dang, i will miss those old bat and termite infested huts! we used to pay $20 total for a hut and that was not too long ago.


Personally, I liked LA Bay much better, because I loved looking at the islands, and having a little infrastructure isn't necessarily a bad thing. PSFO had cold showers, the drive felt excessive, and the people running PSFO charged our group for the full use of a palapa because we huddled under the awning of Palapa #7 because it was raining, and all of our gear was getting soaked.

I know the economy is tanking right now, but the management wouldn't budge on charging us the money. I paid it myself, but I was a little surprised with the hard-line attitude we were fed. Live & learn, I guess.




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[*] posted on 12-6-2008 at 07:41 AM


that sucks - what they did was abusive, Genaro RIP would never have done that.
there is talk of a makeover for PSFO given the apparent scuffle in the ownership family. i hope someone with a lick of sense takes charges, cleans it up, puts in friendly service oriented management and makes it the go it once was!!
i hope you told the SOB you would not be coming back. Some Mexicans could use a dose of business education.




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More on the plane crash here: http://forums.bajanomad.com/viewthread.php?tid=35715



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[*] posted on 12-6-2008 at 11:23 AM


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that sucks - what they did was abusive, Genaro RIP would never have done that.
there is talk of a makeover for PSFO given the apparent scuffle in the ownership family. i hope someone with a lick of sense takes charges, cleans it up, puts in friendly service oriented management and makes it the go it once was!!
i hope you told the SOB you would not be coming back. Some Mexicans could use a dose of business education.


It was a tense discussion, but not from my end. I was intending to tip the people there, but after being told several times (like I'm an idiot) that our group used the Palapa, I considered the extra $20 to be a conribution to their children's Elementary Education scholarship fund.




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[*] posted on 1-13-2009 at 09:03 PM
What a difference 8 weeks makes!






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Above the airstrip was a recent addition - a $6 Million dollar airplane which had to crash land and overshot the runway.


That explains what I saw! It was a bit more disassembled when I got there. At least I assume that guy in the red truck is stripping off parts rather than trying to rebuild the plane :)



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[*] posted on 1-22-2009 at 10:35 PM


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Above the airstrip was a recent addition - a $6 Million dollar airplane which had to crash land and overshot the runway.


That explains what I saw! It was a bit more disassembled when I got there. At least I assume that guy in the red truck is stripping off parts rather than trying to rebuild the plane :)



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Geoff,

Thanks for the update! I appreciate your time in showing the progression of this airplane project that is underway.

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[*] posted on 1-25-2009 at 05:54 PM


We were in San Francisquito a few weeks ago - it is per person, both on the beach and the palapas. We camped where the old camping palapas used to be but its a hoof the banos!

The plane was gone when we were there. There was a helicopter and a mining exploration company based in Chihuahua there.

We also noticed the Campo San Rafael sign but didn't stop in to say hi.
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[*] posted on 1-25-2009 at 08:19 PM


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We were in San Francisquito a few weeks ago - it is per person, both on the beach and the palapas. We camped where the old camping palapas used to be but its a hoof the banos!

The plane was gone when we were there. There was a helicopter and a mining exploration company based in Chihuahua there.

We also noticed the Campo San Rafael sign but didn't stop in to say hi.


What where the temps? Did the get the hot water working for the showers?
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