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shari
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Things That Go RIGHT in Baja
Inspired by Bruce's "go wrong" thread, and to counter fulana's posts about how awful she paints baja to be....I would like to hear from people about
things that GO RIGHT here. I loved it when I could have been fined for driving over a curb...but the comandante just laughed when I brought him over
some fish to pay for my bad!
The Police drive the kids who live a ways out of town to their home if they are out past 10:00 curfew...as well as take drunks home and put them to
bed instead of jail.
I love to see the teachers walking arm in arm with their students in the schoolyard...kids here LOVE thier teacher and visa versa and they show it
(without getting arrested).
I love it that everyone watches our for the kids...no need for lifeguards at the beach....
it's great you can go to someones house and get them to come and open a store or office if it is closed.
YOu can get a great haircut for $5
Ya gotta love it when you visit a lobster camp and they stuff you absolutely full with fresh lobster...for the sheer pleasure of having company
I love it when I'm at my wits end with a seemingly impossible problem and an amigo comes to the rescue assuring me there is ALWAYS a solution....and
FINDS it.
It's awesome that people like my husband and I can afford to live in an amazing place at the ocean's edge....and gorge on abalone, lobster etc.
You get the idea....
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Capt. George
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Coming home to Abreojos one trip, a bunch of our friends were chewing the fat, seen us coming, after being gone for quite a while...
Gave us an ovation as we passed. Truly they were happy to see us. A very nice feeling.
\"The penalty good men pay for indifference to public affairs is to be ruled by evil men\" Plato
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shari
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lovely Captain...like bajaboy had all that food laid out for him when he arrived...people really love each other and treat each other well and look
after each other cause someday...it might be YOU who needs help.
Gotta love it that when you want to build something ya just go buy the cement, wire, plumbing whatever...and DO IT! right or wrong, you learn by
doing....don't need no stinking permit for every little thing.
Animals sure prefer baja...no leash laws! and they get to keep their gonads.
As I go about my daily chores, I am thinking about all the wonderful things I have to be thankful for living in this country I call home...and all the
amazing people surrounding me here. I am warmed when I see mentally and physically handicapped people being cared for by their families and fellow
villagers...in normal schools, as well as elders...no old folks home for them...they grow old in a dignified manner and die with honor.
There are NO homeless in our village..what there is is compassion and respect for all....yes all...including those with vices, problems, poor,
rich...brown, white, yellow with two heads...whatever. Apart from all the problems this country has...I am honoured to live here and will try my best
to help out where I can instead of criticizing. thank you baja for giving me refuge, family and peace....as well as good waves!
baja....buena onda
[Edited on 7-15-2008 by shari]
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Diver
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Things that go RIGHT in Baja;
Oh where to start ......
Remember the story about the guy that helped fix my 2 flat tires near Asuncion ?
Or the story about the lady and kids in Cuidad Const. that took us home for lunch ?
Or the story about my son learning to kite sail at age 6-7 ?
Or the story about meeting Shari, Juan, Sirena and Martio ?
Or the story about folks helping us find our lost kid in La Ventana ?
Or the story about TRYING to catch my first YT in Asuncion ?
Or the story about when my outboard died in Concepcion and we got rescued ?
Or the story about our dinners and adventures with Pompano ?
Or the eating and whaling adventure with BirdDog, Ifly, Shari and more ?
Or the nice Mexican family that took Zack fishing when our motor wouldn't run ?
Or when Ramone dropped Ramondito at our door for a playdate with our son ?
Or when the neighbor kids adopt my kids for all their fun ?
Or when we met and partied with Miquel and Juanita and 25 other Nomads for the holidays ?
Or ..... so many things .....
You get the point !!
The good sure outweight any bad in my book !!! 
Can't wait to get back !!
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bajajudy
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| Quote: | Originally posted by shari
Animals sure prefer baja...no leash laws! and they get to keep their gonads. |
I agree with all the things you have said except this quote.
One of the right things about some communities are programs to spay and neuter dogs and cats.
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Cypress
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There's a laid-back easy going attitude when you get down deep in Baja. The deeper you get, the better it gets. Reminds me of way back when down south
in Dixie Land 30 or 40 yrs ago.
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shari
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Judy, I was just thinking about the animals points of view...why THEY love baja...I am wholy suportive of neutering and spaying but I doubt the male
dogs are!!!!
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rts551
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Good on you Shari.
All of the above. But most importantly, the people. They will do anything for you and ask nothing in return. In Abreojos, my arm gets tired just
waving to all my friends as pass my way to the tienda (cerveza of course). In the surrounding towns, nothing but help if you need it and always a
friendly smile. Many a time on my way North to Asuncion I will stop to have a beer (yes Fulano - on my ATV) and people will stop just to make sure
things are OK. I have learned over my many years in Baja to relate to the attitude that there is always tomorrow. And you know what I now appreciate
it as well!
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tripledigitken
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The good deeds of Nomads and other Norte Americanos for the people of Baja, most of which is never made public.
That bag of clothes that finds it way to a needy family, that ream of paper that lands on the steps of a local school, that mobile medical facility
that appears near a dirt strip.
Events like the Dia de Reyes which puts toys and bikes in kids hands and smiles on everybody's faces.
Ken
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stanburn
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not Baja, but I was in an Abarrotes this morning and a local guy had a Mexican 1898 1 centavo coin. A Canadian was admiring it and about 5 minutes
later the local came and gave it to him.
Potable water leak and the police came by three times and woke me up to ensure I knew about the leak? It was the water company's problem, but I
appreciate it.
Going to a soccer game and getting off the bus early and some cruisers were on the bus and tried to follow, but the bus driver wouldn't let them off
the bus. They told him they were going to the hospital, the stadium is behind it, and where I got off was 3 blocks away. He wasn't going to let them
get lost. They asked for the hospital and he was going to ensure they got to the hospital.
etc, etc, etc
Good thread Shari
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jls
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Walking the beaches with new Mexican friends and chatting like school girls even though I can not even speak Spanish. Dancing, drinking beer and
laughing with the women at the Mothers' Day party was so awesome. Meeting the desert ranchers and there family who are working so hard just to get by
and yet still oozing with kindness, friendship and simple gratitude.
Thanks Shari , I love the good stuff.
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lizard lips
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I love it when the Mexican Airlines are always on time!
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Cypress
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Any doubts about what's right with Baja?Go back to the smile photos.
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woody with a view
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no LEFTS here.....
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terrybird
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It's just nice to read a positive post, some good ones here.
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bajaboolie
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Thanks for starting this thread, Shari.
What warmed my heart the most was during our last trip. At lunchtime I mentioned to the people running the small restaurant we frequent that it was
my husband's birthday that day. We came back for dinner that night and the woman who ran the restaurant spent her afternoon baking a birthday cake
for him and we had an impromptu birthday party!
We were so genuinely touched and honored.
Bajaboolie
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jls
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Isn’t so much of life about who and not what? In Baja it is a spectacular what but a truly enchanting WHO.
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Bruce R Leech
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most things are better for me here in Mexico than in the USA that is why I am here. the best people in the world are the biggest draw
Bruce R Leech
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Ken Bondy
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Oh wow, let me count the ways:
First, and foremost, the people. The aged Mexican man in the rickety panel truck who stops at the side of the dirt road to help you change a tire,
and stays with you for an hour til it is done. The young Mexican mechanic at Mexicali who spends two difficult hours changing a tricky alternator
belt in the left engine of the Baron and then charges you $25, including the new belt. The young waiter at Cesar's in Loreto who cracks up when you
ask for a dog scrotum (saco de perro) instead of a doggie bag (bolsa de perro). The beautiful and skilled pangueros why make a living working on the
ocean. The young friendly Mexican soldiers who try to get me to trade my red Hummer for one (or occasionally two) of their drab green ones. Watching
my kids, when they were young, interact with Baja kids. Watching my kids experience all that I have in Baja.......
The scenery: On the Sea of Cortez side, the desert just seems to turn into ocean. On the Pacific side, the miles of magnificent empty white-sand
beaches, the pristine lagoon. Miles of lonely road lined with five-story tall cardons, the mysterious Picacho del Diablo, awesome from any view
including above......
The marine life: Breathtaking schools of big hammerhead sharks schooling above you at El Bajo. Huge swirling tornados of big toro jacks at Las
Animas. Sea lions swooping by and belching big blasts of air at Los Islotes. Magnificent life on the old wreck of the Salvatierra in the La Paz
channel. The unforgettable, life-changing experience of having a fifty-ton gray whale nudge your panga with her nose in Laguna San Ignacio. The
little stuff on the reefs, nudibranchs, blennies, all making a living in the ancient code of the ocean.
The places I came to love. The first airborne sight of the channels and patterns at the north end of the Sea of Cortez as you gain altitude out of
Mexicali. The first sight of the big rock marking San Felipe. San Francisquito with perhaps the most beautiful beach in all of Baja, still-charming
Loreto, La Paz, Cabo San Lucas before it became Cabo, Rancho Buena Vista, and the best of all, Punta Pescadero where my kids learned the vagaries of
hermit crab racing. Among other things.
Reading this now it sounds lame. It doesn't begin to describe all the good things I remember about Baja, all the things that are RIGHT. There is
just too much memory in there for me to make much of a dent. I love Baja dearly and am sad that I may never see it again. Just memories now. Glad I
took lots of pictures
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Bob H
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| Quote: | Originally posted by terrybird
It's just nice to read a positive post, some good ones here.
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I totally AGREE! Thanks for starting this wonderful thread Shari.
Bob H
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