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Goyo
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Pot bust near Canoas
In case this one slipped by y'all, almost 350 kilos of weed:
http://www.elvigia.net/general/2017/3/1/asegura-sedena-paque...
In the event that URLs can't be posted (or I'm posting it incorrectly), in Google search: Canoas+Sedena
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David K
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LOL... was through the area last week! I could have been able to retire or just have a happy campfire, mon!
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chippy
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Happy campfire yes,retire no. Its mexican but weed.
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blackwolfmt
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WORD!!!
So understand dont waste your time always searching for those wasted years
face up and make your stand and realize that your living in the golden years
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David K
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Butt? As in skunk?? Maybe it was grown in Colombia? 
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woody with a view
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butt as in crap
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blackwolfmt
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WORD!!!!!
So understand dont waste your time always searching for those wasted years
face up and make your stand and realize that your living in the golden years
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MMc
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David, you could have wound up in a very bad place. I am glad you did not.
"Never teach a pig to sing it frustrates you and annoys the pig" - W.C.Fields
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David K
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Thank you!
If I died there then I would be in Baja when I die, and I can't think of any other place as close to heaven, as Baja California!
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sancho
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Wonder price wise, how the Mex weed compares to say Calif.
medicinal/ legal weed despensaries. I would assume US
weed is, for lack of another word, better. Is the age old weed
smuggling from Mex threatened by US legalization? Must be
somewhat cheaper if it is still coming across from SOB
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Goyo
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David, I read some of your recent trip report where you talk about that exact area. I was going to post the article in your thread but thought of
creating a new post instead. As most travelers who frequent that general area will attest, when you see Mexicans living out at the remote coast and
they are not fisherman, something is definitely "fishy" (pun intended)! Vibora totally spooks me. Too much activity from the Mexicans - none of which
involves the ocean.
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blackwolfmt
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Quote: Originally posted by sancho  | Wonder price wise, how the Mex weed compares to say Calif.
medicinal/ legal weed despensaries. I would assume US
weed is, for lack of another word, better. Is the age old weed
smuggling from Mex threatened by US legalization? Must be
somewhat cheaper if it is still coming across from SOB
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$400 Mexican brick per #, 12 to1500$ #, Colorful Colorado
So understand dont waste your time always searching for those wasted years
face up and make your stand and realize that your living in the golden years
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woody with a view
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There was a youtube video a few years back about the goings on there.
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David K
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| Quote: Originally posted by Goyo | | David, I read some of your recent trip report where you talk about that exact area. I was going to post the article in your thread but thought of
creating a new post instead. As most travelers who frequent that general area will attest, when you see Mexicans living out at the remote coast and
they are not fisherman, something is definitely "fishy" (pun intended)! Vibora totally spooks me. Too much activity from the Mexicans - none of which
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Thank you for making it a separate post.
I want Americans to feel comfortable about traveling and camping in Baja. Baja Nomad is a big part of that education from trip reports (actual people
writing about what really happens). News, fake or real, can scare away people from enjoying life. Just getting out of bed each day is a risk. Going to
Baja is a risk. Going to Disneyland is a risk. You just have to decide if news stories are going to dictate everything in your life.
I did not see ANYTHING that hinted of illegal activity. I drove to the fish camps and there were boats and the usual lobster traps, etc. This was at
Puerto Santa Catarina, Puerto Canoas, (Faro) San José (de la Piedra), and the others, many looked abandoned.
It will not help the economy and lives of the locals if we are scared to go to Baja, and it robs us of great pleasure.
There are robberies, shootings, and bad things every day here in the USA... But, I don't lock myself inside and fear going out.
The choice is yours, naturally. Just plan your trip with as many facts as possible and leave the drama back home!
[Edited on 5-4-2017 by David K]
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BooJumMan
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This last year we were in the area we had several Cessna's do circles around our camp. It was unnerving. We ended up leaving since it was just my wife
and I.
A few months before we had 2 guys up on a hill checking us out, probably 200 yards up. We waved but they just duck behind a rock, and then saw them
scurry off. They were at least a mile from the road. Very odd behavior. Driving out we were stopped by a caravan of Humvees and military trucks they
asked us if we had seen any planes or boats at the coast. We said no, and drove out of there.
I'm surprised by your arrogance DK. I have respect of your passion of Baja, but to go to this area once and act like an expert is embarrassing.
In that pre-Google Earth and social media epoch, The Code was adhered to. It was based on a simple verity: if a locale had been transformational for
you, and you had put the hard yards in to get there and to learn it, to know it, why in god�s name would you broadcast the news, thus ruining the
future experience not only for yourself, but for future adventurers?
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Goyo
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Perhaps this is the video that Woody was referring to. The Central Baja portion starts just after 12:00.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Al6xI04f3ug
As long as they don't mess with Gringos, I don't care what the locals are doing down there. I always have wondered if Gary Patton might have been in
a place at the wrong time and saw too much. I know there were a lot of theories being discussed on this forum. This isn't necessarily my theory.
We'll never know what really happened.
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woody with a view
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Yeah thats it.
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mtgoat666
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| Quote: Originally posted by BooJumMan | This last year we were in the area we had several Cessna's do circles around our camp. It was unnerving. We ended up leaving since it was just my wife
and I.
A few months before we had 2 guys up on a hill checking us out, probably 200 yards up. We waved but they just duck behind a rock, and then saw them
scurry off. They were at least a mile from the road. Very odd behavior. Driving out we were stopped by a caravan of Humvees and military trucks they
asked us if we had seen any planes or boats at the coast. We said no, and drove out of there.
I'm surprised by your arrogance DK. I have respect of your passion of Baja, but to go to this area once and act like an expert is embarrassing.
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were you camped on the coast or inland?
on that coast, i would stick to the coastal camp spots and avoid inland areas. when you camp inland where people never camp,... you risk stumbling
upon activities you dont want to stumble upon.
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shari
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I would keep these documented potential "trouble" areas in mind David if you do a tourist guide book....I always warn our guests who asked me about
places to camp...not to camp in certain places we know have ummm....possible narco activity or are particulary risky. At least they will have been
warned.
May not be prudent to lead a whack of innocent campers to into a dangerous area.
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woody with a view
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What Shari said. Better yet, leave all mention of that coast out of your book!
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