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Gulliver
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My technique for avoiding theft is simple. Where would a thief look for a mark? Be somewhere else.
Poorly supervised camp grounds. Pulling up to an empty beach on Conception and going kayaking (lost a laptop and a camera that time).
Completely out of sight and far from a town of any sort works great for me. Never had a coyote or a snake steal a thing from me!
The probability of theft drops exponentially as you leave the vicinity of any sort of public drinking place. These are low rent younger males who have
time on their hands.
Same as stateside. When I was a kid there were laws criminalizing 'no visible means of support'. The laws were abused and went away but there was a
reason for them. A guy with less stuff is all too often going to try to take your stuff. It's the human condition.
Oddly enough, a really poor guy often doesn't steal. It seems to me as though the guy who has a little and thinks that a generator or a camera or an
outboard motor will solve all his problems that looses his self respect.
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redhilltown
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It is a bit out of the way but if you have some time, just turn right at Santo Tomas and head down to La Bocana...stay on the beach or at a cabin of
(God) and Mr Gomez...or take a right and continue on to Puerto Santo Tomas and check in with Sam at his place...camping or houses...about 45 mins
from the main road.
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bajaguy
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Hot Springs??
Anywhere along the road to or at the hot springs in Canyon San Carlos, behind the Baja Country Club.
There are several unimproved camp spots along the stream and a small store at the hot springs
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bajalearner
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| Quote: | Originally posted by redhilltown
It is a bit out of the way but if you have some time, just turn right at Santo Tomas and head down to La Bocana...stay on the beach or at a cabin of
(God) and Mr Gomez...or take a right and continue on to Puerto Santo Tomas and check in with Sam at his place...camping or houses...about 45 mins
from the main road. |
Time is what I what I have most of and this is the type of camping I am interested in. I'm heading out Thursday from Tijuana. I'll look up this
area. Thx
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David K
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Santo Tomás Options, 25 miles south of Ensenada
The El Palomar Campground at Santo Tomás is on Hwy. 1, entrance is on the left (east), across from the El Palomar Restaurant/ Curio store/ Pemex
station. This is 25 miles south of Ensenada.
The ruins of the third site of the Santo Tomás mission, moved here in 1799, is just north of the campground by the tall palm trees.
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A quiet campground is on the running stream, 3.9 miles west of Hwy. 1, in an oak tree grove... take the La Bocana/Puerto Santo Tomas road west from
Hwy. 1 where you enter the big valley. Go 3.4 miles to a side road left, across the creek, past a ranch and to the picnic/camp area.
The remains of the first Santo Tomás mission (not much left) is in the big clearing south of the trees, founded in 1791. The second mission site is in
the pepper field passed on the La Bocana road, 2.8 miles from Hwy. 1. Nearly nothing remains there, either. Photos at all three: http://vivabaja.com/missions2/page8.html
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DENNIS
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| Quote: | Originally posted by bajalearner
| Quote: | Originally posted by redhilltown
It is a bit out of the way but if you have some time, just turn right at Santo Tomas and head down to La Bocana...stay on the beach or at a cabin of
(God) and Mr Gomez...or take a right and continue on to Puerto Santo Tomas and check in with Sam at his place...camping or houses...about 45 mins
from the main road. |
Time is what I what I have most of and this is the type of camping I am interested in. I'm heading out Thursday from Tijuana. I'll look up this
area. Thx |
Twenty miles of washboard between HWY-1 and the water. Be prepared.
"YOU CAN'T LITTER ALUMINUM"
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bajalearner
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| Quote: | Originally posted by DENNIS
| Quote: | Originally posted by bajalearner
| Quote: | Originally posted by redhilltown
It is a bit out of the way but if you have some time, just turn right at Santo Tomas and head down to La Bocana...stay on the beach or at a cabin of
(God) and Mr Gomez...or take a right and continue on to Puerto Santo Tomas and check in with Sam at his place...camping or houses...about 45 mins
from the main road. |
Time is what I what I have most of and this is the type of camping I am interested in. I'm heading out Thursday from Tijuana. I'll look up this
area. Thx |
Twenty miles of washboard between HWY-1 and the water. Be prepared. |
Muchas gracias. Nice to know that.
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J.P.
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Gulliver
12 miles South of Maneadero on the left (East side of the road). I believe there is a sign. After you turn off of the the highway then within a block
or less you turn left in under the trees. Lots of concrete fire thingies. Some garbage cans. I park wherever I want to as I've never had to share the
place. Sometimes the rope is tied up across the entrance. I just untie it, park, and walk across the side road to the ejido office. Maybe there will
be someone there. It's Baja.
I drive a class B with kayaks on top towing a cargo trailer and I have to be aware of limbs overhead. |
I have drove past that place a bazillion times but never stopped there. If you are going south its a little before Santo Thomas on the left. there
is one of those international markers you know the ones that are blue and have a image of a teepe and swimmer.
We don't do that much camping for me roughing it is when you stay at a Holiday Inn That doesn't have A Swimming Pool.
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David K
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I think it was Ateo who posted a 'horror' story about camping at La Canada... just too noisy and no rest all night long.
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J.P.
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| Quote: | Originally posted by David K
I think it was Ateo who posted a 'horror' story about camping at La Canada... just too noisy and no rest all night long. |
For most of the year the place is mostly deserted. as far as road noise goes if you camp close to the hwy. yes but the place is huge and on the back
side there is some pretty remote places. The place Probably isn't for everyone it's family oriented I have ben out there with some local Mexican
friends and actually it's pretty nice 
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David K
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Agree J.P., I think Jon's family pulled in on a busy night... and the horror story was he had set up a spot just for his family, and in the night a
local family pulled in right next, almost on top of them, and cranked up the musica (as I recall)... when there was no need to invade their camp site
like that.
This can happen anywhere in Mexico... we were the only campers at La Perla, Bahia Concepcion when, just before sunrise, a car drove by and the musica
blared from it and then from the fishermen shack several hundred feet away, and didn't stop! LOL Viva Mexico!
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J.P.
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| Quote: | Originally posted by David K
Agree J.P., I think Jon's family pulled in on a busy night... and the horror story was he had set up a spot just for his family, and in the night a
local family pulled in right next, almost on top of them, and cranked up the musica (as I recall)... when there was no need to invade their camp site
like that.
This can happen anywhere in Mexico... we were the only campers at La Perla, Bahia Concepcion when, just before sunrise, a car drove by and the musica
blared from it and then from the fishermen shack several hundred feet away, and didn't stop! LOL Viva Mexico! |
This is true we camped at the Pesca rv park in San felepi on a Mexican Holiday. a young couple from Mexicalle pulled in next to us and set up they
secured their tent to the bumper of our M.H and set up their huge boom boxes. they cooked and partied all afternoon and asked us to join them. the
remarkable conclusion to this tale. They turner off the Music promptly at 10pm.
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David K
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That was amazing they turned off the music so EARLY!
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redhilltown
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| Quote: | Originally posted by DENNIS
| Quote: | Originally posted by bajalearner
| Quote: | Originally posted by redhilltown
It is a bit out of the way but if you have some time, just turn right at Santo Tomas and head down to La Bocana...stay on the beach or at a cabin of
(God) and Mr Gomez...or take a right and continue on to Puerto Santo Tomas and check in with Sam at his place...camping or houses...about 45 mins
from the main road. |
Time is what I what I have most of and this is the type of camping I am interested in. I'm heading out Thursday from Tijuana. I'll look up this
area. Thx |
Twenty miles of washboard between HWY-1 and the water. Be prepared. |
No...not even close. Just drove it and drive it often. Like all dirt roads it can change during the year but the cement plant at Punta China and all
Ejido farming collective keep it (relatively) very well maintained. It degrades a bit after the turn off to Punta China but still quite do-able by
most cars/trucks etc.
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Alm
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Did anybody notice that the OP have already left for Mexico 2 days ago? 
As quiet camps go, I'm surprised nobody mentioned Mona Lisa next to Estero Beach, in the same Chapultepec sub-district. I think there is one more camp
to the North of Estero, and then Mona Lisa. Quiet - because the owner lives there. They rent the beach to day-picnic people, but those are not too
loud and don't stay overnight. Gated, hot showers, and prices half of what Estero is charging.
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DENNIS
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Alm
Did anybody notice that the OP have already left for Mexico 2 days ago?
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Ohh...that doesn't matter. Usually we post just to hear ourselves talk. You know that.
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DENNIS
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Alm
As quiet camps go, I'm surprised nobody mentioned Mona Lisa next to Estero Beach, in the same Chapultepec sub-district. I think there is one more camp
to the North of Estero, and then Mona Lisa. Quiet - because the owner lives there. They rent the beach to day-picnic people, but those are not too
loud and don't stay overnight. Gated, hot showers, and prices half of what Estero is charging. |
El Faro is out there as well.
Estero Beach isn't the only thing that has changed out there. Mona Lisa used to be a hotbed of drug activity. The owners son was killed in these
activities and only a couple of years back, there was a gangland hit near there.
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Alm
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Yes, I think El Faro is the one between Estero and Mona Lisa. I stayed at Mona Lisa in 2013, and it looked quiet, those events that you mentioned
must've happened before 2013. Don't know if it's changed since then. At Estero Beach I simply can't justify the prices, they charge more than in the
US, for God's sake.
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DENNIS
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Alm
At Estero Beach I simply can't justify the prices, they charge more than in the US, for God's sake. |
Yeah...Novelo doesn't need anymore money than he already has. He prices everything to keep the locals out.
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sancho
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| Quote: | Originally posted by DENNIS
Ohh...that doesn't matter. Usually we post just to hear ourselves talk.
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Who needs logic here, let us blowhards babble on. I don't believe
Extero allows tenting any longer.Another in the same area is
Corona Park. Hey D , are the vendors still at the Blowhole?
[Edited on 11-12-2014 by sancho]
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