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bajabound2005
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iflyfish---what kind of tacos?
skipowell -- how about a private winery tour in the Valle de Guadalupe? Don't do the tour the cruiseship offers. Contact Steve Dryden: http://www.bajawineandtours.com/
He'll take you to some cool places that you may not otherwise ever see. And what day of the week (Wednesday or Saturday)?
[Edited on 10-11-2010 by bajabound2005]
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Bajablanca will be there in January on our way back up. Hope to sip some of those wonderful pithaya margaritas.
Bajabound 2005. Isn't it wonderful to be asking the question, what type of tacos. So many tacos and so little time. I asked the question open ended
because I am an omnivore when it comes to tacos. Fish tacos of course are a staple in the Baja, but a good lengua and el pastor are always hard to
bypass. We will certainly visit the corn fungus taco stand mentioned in an earlier post, those are too good to pass up.
Suggestions in Ensenada?
Iflyfish
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bajabound2005
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Al pastor --- Tacos Original in Chapultepec. Coming from Ensenada, it's on the west side of Mex 1/Reforma, 1 block before the turn off to the Estero
Beach Hotel. Closed Wednesdays. Al Pastor is usually ready by 12:30 p.m.
Fish tacos...for something a little different: Marco Antonio's on Rayon between 3rd the 4th. Open daily except Sunday, 9:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m. They
are usually out of food by 12:45. They have a nice selection --- salmon or tuna steamed in white wine, shrimp in chipolte cream sauce and a number of
other delectable bites.
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skipowell
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So many great ideas
I am leaning towards the Guadalupe Valley wine tour
but the film is on my mind (would it have English subtitles?), then there would be time to eat tacos and try out Gypsy Jan's reccomendation (I am
consistently a fan of her choices)
Baja bound- we will be there next Wednesday ( I am in Hawaii visiting parents this week, getting on boat in Long Beach next Monday)
Thanks
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bajabound2005
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unfortunately,the earliest showing of that film is 9:15 PM!
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| Quote: | Originally posted by skipowell
try out Gypsy Jan's reccomendation |
"Tacos De Huitzi-----" is only open Fri. through Sunday."
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back from Ensenada trip
Thanks for all the advice
we ended up doing a variation of Dennis' bar walk
but I have to ask how did Denny's make your list of suggested bars??
We ended up walking past the place and when we saw the name I felt compelled to stop only to fortunately find that the STRIP BAR was closed. Not
exactly what four girls in Ensenada quite had in mind!
The day in Ensenada was fun, cant quite say the same for the cruise ( I will NEVER go on another cruise again in my life)
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How about a little info on the cruise? What went wrong? We have talked about taking one of these...and just don't get off the ship.
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| Quote: | Originally posted by skipowell
we ended up doing a variation of Dennis' bar walk
but I have to ask how did Denny's make your list of suggested bars??
We ended up walking past the place and when we saw the name I felt compelled to stop only to fortunately find that the STRIP BAR was closed. Not
exactly what four girls in Ensenada quite had in mind!
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Do they strip in there? I didn't know that. I thought they only rented companionship. You have to admit, it's right in the center of the tourist
zone. I haven't been in there for a loooong time. I've seen a few boat people going in and out of the place in the past. You know....curiosity....a
mid-day cold one....a yearning for some traditional Mexican raunch. The place is harmless.
Anyway, the other suggestions were legit. Too bad you missed Hussong's, but I guess you can catch it in Vegas now.
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| Quote: | Originally posted by surfer jim
How about a little info on the cruise? What went wrong? We have talked about taking one of these...and just don't get off the ship.
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No one should ever equate those three and four day cruises from LA as anything like a real cruise. There are so many different styles of cruising, and
many sizes of ships. And, considering the many varied itineraries, the thought of taking a cruise and not getting off the ship??
Been on many over the years. Favorite by a mile was on a small Princess ship (less than 700 passengers) balcony cabin. Boarded in Rome, disembarked in
Athens. Stops in the Greek Islands, transited the Bosporus through Istanbul whilst having brunch on the balcony. Other ports included one in Bulgaria,
and two in Ukraine. Yalta is magnificent.
Main excuse for those short cruises in to overeat and drink too much. But just think how terrible it would be for Ensenada if people stopped taking
those ecruises.
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cruises
in response to surfer jim- first I agree with what bajahowod said about cruises.
The best part if the cruise is getting off at the ports.
as far as the 4 day Mexico cruise goes I should share there are some good things also. The service and crew were great, The food and entertainment
is mediocre (but then what should one expect for $400). Surprisingly the prices for drinks on board were reasonable What I really didn't like was all
the sales hype it felt a bit like time share sales. Every hour or so they are reminding you of something that is for sale. The Spa was a joke, the
worse Facial i ever had and it was over $100. The cabins are okay (do not even consider going with an inside cabin without a window as the window is
your ticket to sanity) spacious enough but the circulated air gets to me after awhile. Cruise ships are into big group sitting at meal time. Our
group of 4 were assigned to a 10 top and four of our table mates were obnoxious. That our group and the other two people had to request a table
change (which they nicely accommodated) but it made it awkward as we kept running across the people we didn't want to sit with and they kept asking if
we were going to be with them that night. You would think with the ship going to Mexico that the dinners would include a Mexican entree, no such luck
just low quality food made to sound gourmet and excessive use of salt for flavoring. Musical show was so corny we actually walked out, comedian was
okay but you have to appreciate the f*** and c*** word to appreciate his humor as it was used in every joke. Liked the live music but the sound
system they had to play through wouldn't allow the musicians balance the vocals with the instrument which were actually good!
We have done a 8 day cruise in the Caribbean (Holland America) and pretty much everything I shared about the 4 day hold true only that ship had over
3000 people and often multiple cruise ships at the same dock and when you get off the islanders hound you to buy their wares. The entertainment was
better and the food more varied (often reflected the island we had visited that day)
One trip I would do over again my father in law took us on (Clipper Cruises). we left from Costa Rica on a small ship with only 120 passengers and
went to some amazing ports as well as through the Panama Canal. We had wonderful food and wine. This ship didn't have a pool or any big shows but the
places the ship could get into made up for that. Went by motorized canoes to part of the Darien jungle, saw so much wildlife.
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La Cetta is a wine store just North of downtown
Ensenada. A short cab ride.
They have wine, tasting, smoked meats and cheeses and condiments and bread. You can make yourself a nice picnic.
It's a very nice, clean store. $$
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there is / was an excellent gigalo service close to where the
cuisers disembark, Servicios Sancho kind of rings a bell,
or was it Sancho's vicios...?
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Iflyfish
Bajablanca will be there in January on our way back up. Hope to sip some of those wonderful pithaya margaritas.
Bajabound 2005. Isn't it wonderful to be asking the question, what type of tacos. So many tacos and so little time. I asked the question open ended
because I am an omnivore when it comes to tacos. Fish tacos of course are a staple in the Baja, but a good lengua and el pastor are always hard to
bypass. We will certainly visit the corn fungus taco stand mentioned in an earlier post, those are too good to pass up.
Suggestions in Ensenada?
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Fish -- Tacos Fenix, by the hardware store at the corner of Juarez and Espinoza, Ensenada.
al Pastor -- Tacos Los Poblanos, Maneadero (south end of town).
\"Without deviation from the norm, progress is not possible.\" -- Frank Zappa
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Thanks for details.
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