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dervish
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| Quote: | Originally posted by fdt
When? April 2005.
How? I decided to sleep after we left La Paz and say a prayer at the Virgen del 36 on our trip back north and asked Simone to drive.
What? Well she didn't make the right turn twards Loreto at Ciudad Insurgentes, she kept going straight.
Were the Hell am I? That's exactly what I said when I woke up and looked at the road, it seemed so narrow and the vegetation was creeping into the
hwy. It took me a little while to figure out because there was no trafic either and a lot of potholes. I asked her were we were and of course she said
"How should I know, I'm just driving" 
So we stoped and then i figured what had happened, we were at Km 60 on the road to La Purisima |
I made the same mistake except it was southbound, only 3 weeks ago. How did I miss the sign and made that right turn instead of left is still a
mistery. We kept on going and after about 60 miles I pulled over to chek on the map after spotting a sign to La Purisima.
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BAJACAT
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Registered: 11-21-2005
Location: NATIONAL CITY, CA
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I was leaving La Paz going towards Cabo San Lucas. I took the firts left and end up going to Los Planes.I had to go across the sierra until I reach
San Antonio,and then to CSL.Of course I never told my wife I was lost.hehehe
BAJA IS WHAT YOU WANTED TO BE, FUN,DANGEROUS,INCREDIBLE, REMOTE, EXOTIC..JUST GO AND HAVE FUN.....
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Oso
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Registered: 8-29-2003
Location: on da border
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Mood: wait and see
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Last November coming back from the race.
I took the "shortcut" from above Colonet to Valle Trinidad but took a left fork, beguiled by freshly graded roads, thinking "cool. they've improved
this route" Well they improved a route into an Ag valley with tons of onions...
All my childhood I wanted to be older. Now I\'m older and this chitn sucks.
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Oso
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Registered: 8-29-2003
Location: on da border
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Mood: wait and see
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No picture? Well anyway I was seduced by the improved road to the onion fields and ended up at a dead end. Backtracking I found where I should have
gone to the right a bit further past the "Peor es Nada" store on the unimproved road to V. Trinidad. On reflection, this is only a shortcut in terms
of mileage, possible gasoline expenditure and relative "adventure". In terms of time, it's probably a wash. This road has not been scraped in recent
years. It is passable without 4wd, but very rough in places, a bit hairy in places and very very slow.
All my childhood I wanted to be older. Now I\'m older and this chitn sucks.
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BMG
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Posts: 1776
Registered: 6-10-2007
Location: La Paz / Bahia Asunci�n / Away from home
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We got lost somewhere around La Paz.
Decided to buy a house so now instead of lost, we're home.
I think the world is run by C- students.
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Cervisin
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Registered: 8-13-2007
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Mood: Mañana... quizá
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..geeze - I'm lost since I'm here...
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Santiago
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Skipjack Joe
At San Roques I headed out in a thick fog to the island directly in front of us. I figured I couldn't miss the darn thing. I just kept going for about
45 minutes figuring I should be there by then. We stopped, looked around at the grey around us and tried to get our bearings from the sun. Then we
went on again for another 20 minutes or so. Still no island. I must of missed it I told Alex. We debated about what to do. I decided to follow the
waves back towards where we started. After a really long ride I spotted another boat. It turned out to be Juan with his client Santiago, but I didn't
know that. At almost the same time we saw the southern tip of the island, which by now was to the north of us. We stayed close to it from then on and
eventually hooked up with them at the north end of the island, still not knowing who they were.
Three days later Santiago came by and I told him about it. We stood at the beach looking at the island and he said:
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Well, to be completely honest, I would probably have run into you if it wasn't for Juan and his hand held GPS. When the fog lifted a bit I do
remember thinking "Wow - who is this guy in a tin boat and a kid wondering around out here?" Funny how the island seems huge from shore but tiny when
it's pea soup......
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