Mula
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Saturday Market Lopez Mateos
Every Saturday we have a market by the plaza in Lopez Mateos.
The Plaza:
The Tamale Lady:
Alex and Cynthia having breakfast at the Tamale Lady's.
The Tostada/Gordita Ladies:
Saturday Morning Breakfast: Gorditas . . .
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DianaT
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NICE, very nice. Thanks. If we make it down that far this year, I will be sure we are there on a Saturday!
[Edited on 11-7-2013 by DianaT]
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Mula
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The Market is always on Saturday mornings, only. From about 7am to 11 or 12 noon.
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Nice Cher . . . a pretty place
American by birth, Mexican by choice.
Signature addendum: Danish physicist — Niels Bohr — who said, “The opposite of one profound truth may very well be another profound truth.
Jeff Petersen
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Can't wait. Count us in.....soon.
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Amazing! Lots of produce and goodies .... Thanks for sharing! I want to visit soon, I was in La Paz and one of the participants at a conference we
were at, wants to start a joint effort to clean up villages in Baja Sur! I just love that thought.
Could you post more pics of the village? Gracias.
[Edited on 11-9-2013 by BajaBlanca]
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DianaT
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| Quote: | Originally posted by BajaBlanca
Amazing! Lots of produce and goodies .... Thanks for sharing! I want to visit soon, I was in La Paz and one of the participants at a conference we
were at, wants to start a joint effort to clean up villages in Baja Sur! I just love that thought.
Could you post more pics of the village? Gracias.
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I loved all the pictures from that conference --- what a great thing and I know you and some of our friends who attended that conference will NOT give
up.
I really can't wait to get back to Lopez Mateos as it really looks a lot different than it did several years ago --- or maybe it is my memory. 
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| Quote: | Originally posted by BajaBlanca
Amazing! Lots of produce and goodies .... Thanks for sharing! I want to visit soon, I was in La Paz and one of the participants at a conference we
were at, wants to start a joint effort to clean up villages in Baja Sur! I just love that thought.
Could you post more pics of the village? Gracias.
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We had a Canadian move into our village for a short time and she started the same kind of a "cleanup project" but the talk among the locals was of a
much different nature and was seen as a level of discrimination. But they took it laughingly and decided that they would wait till the Gringa came
back next year to help them clean their yards again.
I keep my yard clean because that is the way I like it, but I have a great deal of respect for someone who wants to keep theirs in some other
manner. If they choose, they can call me fastidious and a clean freak, but I have to be careful not to call them something in a very subtle way.
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Mula
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In San Nicolas at the main big fish camp and in Ramaditas, the fishermen are waiting for the government to come in and clean up their beaches and
areas. Happened once years ago and never since.
We (gringos - for lack of a better word right now) tried to clean up San Nicolas before the 1st San Nicolas Day Fiesta back in 2010 - and were told
we were taking work away from Mexicans and that the foliage debris was food for the animals and to leave it.
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Pescador and Mula,
The conference Blanca was talking about was a conference of Mexican nationals from different places. The people representing Bahia Asuncion are some
of the leaders of the local Costasalvaje. This was definitely NOT one of those gringo things that you describe so well.
This movement is homegrown and is organized and run by the Mexican nationals. In Bahia Asuncion they have not only sponsored clean-ups, they have
organized educational programs for the schools, they have had workshops for the community on recycling, composting, etc., they have started a
community garden behind the house of one of the leaders who attended that conference, and more.
Maybe Blanca will post one of her pictures.
I understand very well what both of you are saying, but this is different and is the way to go --- a Mexican movement, led by the Mexicans. Many of
them do care and want to make positive changes in the environmental.
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Mula thanks for sharing the market that we missed on our short visit to Lopez Mateos last month. Also want to thank you and your husband for your
hospitality at your lovely home. The crab was delicious.
This spring I'll be coming back this time for probably 2-4 weeks along with a partner to start looking for preferably a long term lease or perhaps a
place to buy. I'll be towing my boat this time for Chico to guide us thru the labyrinth of the bay. I haven't had much luck getting ahold of Jeff
about his place so perhaps you can help me out on this matter.
I keep having the mangroves calling me back. Loved the short time I spent there and look forward to calling Lopez Mateos my future Mexican get-a-way
home.
Dennis
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Mula
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Chico is going to his home in Nayarit for May and June, I am pretty sure.
Jeff will be here Tuesday, so will see what he is up to.
We will be happy to see you again.
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Wow, how big of a community do you have?
Thanks Diana, I will start another thread on the conference.
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Mula
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The census says there are 2,500 people here.
But I think it is closer to 3,000 or more.
We have a fish cannery which employs one or 2 people of every household and so the community is pretty stable. Nice houses and vehicles.
The cannery has 3 large boats that go out for sardines and tuna. When there is no fish, they can other things like chicken and beans.
We have large families and big schools.
It's a very tight community with a special mass at 11:30 Sunday mornings for the kids.
The Mayor (Delgado) and the Padre are very strong.
There are also several Christian churches in town and this area was just opened to the Mormon Missionaries.
There are no cantinas in town. They were closed down more than 20 years ago because of too many problems.
There is a day time fish taco stand and the BajaMar Restaurant open daily year round. But otherwise, no restaurants. Norma makes Sopes, Tostadad and
Flautas on Saturday and Sunday evenings only at her house.
During whale watching season there are several Co-Op restaurants. But they are only open for the whale season and then closed.
Baseball and soccer fields and stadiums are pretty new and well maintained.
More and more Americans and Canadians are coming in every year, but no organized ex-pat community events or get togethers.
October, November and December are the best fishing for the big guys out at the banks and for live bait fishing with live shrimp in the mangroves for
snook, corvina, grouper and snapper.
Shark, shrimp, lobster seem to be the main stay of the fishing industry. However shrimp are pretty far and few between again this year. And 150
pesos a kilo for mediums. No large guys to be had so far. Lobster season starts the 15th of Nov.
We are 1/2 hour to Insurgentes with it's Ley Express and more and more services all the time. 1 hour to Constitucion and 3 hours to LaPaz, and 2
hours to Loreto.
And a much more comfortable summer temperature and climate than a lot of places in Baja.
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Thank you for the very complete description of the town. 
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