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MitchMan
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On my first to Loreto in the 80’s, I fished with Alfredo’s fleet. He would send around a truck to pick you up at your hotel (my favorite was the old
Mision hotel) at about 6am and take you to his house which was an old out post type of raised tropical house in an acre yard really close to the
malecon just north of where the marina is now. All the anglers would be there with great anticipation waiting to sign in, pay the fee, and get your
panga/panguero assignment. Then they would drive you to the beach (right about where the marina is now) and you would board your panga and away you
went. Caught my limit of big Dorado every time.
Alfredo had it all, a beautiful American wife, two absolutely beautiful daughters (I heard that one time and another, that each were named “Miss
Baja”), a thriving panga business ( do the numbers for that time, he had to be netting close to $1,000 USD per day), and a great big spread in Loreto.
I was so grateful to him for having such a successful first week, I decided to go to his house just before my plane left for Los Angeles to thank him.
It was about 3pm on a Thursday, I walked into his yard and there he was, bare chested, bare footed wearing only cutoffs, and barbecuing a bunch of
Dorado filets dipped in a delicious looking sauce. I thanked him, started to leave, then I turned around and yelled out to him, “Tell me, Alfredo,
what do you do when you go on vacation?” He laughed out loud, looked up at me and said, “Man, I’m always on vacation”! I will never forget that.
That’s the moment I knew that having a place in Baja was intelligently the right goal for my life.
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vandenberg
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| Quote: | Originally posted by capt. mike
what is that white multi story structure north of the departure end on RW 36 left side?
a condo deal??
is it selling? |
Mike,
You must mean the New Hotel Santa Fe. That also belongs to the Villa group. They use it for their sales people.
It's a fairly nice hotel with reasonable rates.
Just what Loret needs, another hotel. The dozen or so tourist have plenty of choice.
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capt. mike
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thx, so it is open now?
didn't look like they have a beach, well how could they - the town is east of them. duh....
sure seemed to go up fast.
lots of hotel rooms yes.
i was at Oasis last month and it was deadsville. The bartender who's name eludes me but he's worked there 40 years!! knew all the icons like alfredo
etc... he said it is the slowest he has seen. And they are getting the message and dropping rates.
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vandenberg
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| Quote: | Originally posted by capt. mike
he said it is the slowest he has seen. And they are getting the message and dropping rates. |
That's a surprise. Usually when they only have a few rooms occupied, they raise the rates to make up for lost revenue.
Mexican reasoning.
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