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DENNIS
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| Quote: | Originally posted by bigzaggin
Dennis - In 25+ years of going to Baja I have never once been to Estero...would it be a good/safe place to camp en route down?
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Probably the best. It's kinda pricey, but you arn't going to live there.
They have rooms and a good restaurant as well.
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[Edited on 1-17-2013 by DENNIS]
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Bajamatic
Has anyone stayed at the Joker in southern Ens.? Half the price.... |
On my trips to town lately as we have to pass the Joker It appears to be closed the other day it looked if the resturant was vacant.
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I like the Bahia Hotel right in downtown Ensenada. $50-$60 US a night. Secure parking right off the main drag, across the street from the big flag
pole in the park with the big heads.
Good breakfast and friendly people.
Estero Beach Resort Hotel is a place to spend a weekend or vacation, not a place to crash for the night.
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| Quote: | Originally posted by J.P.
| Quote: | Originally posted by Bajamatic
Has anyone stayed at the Joker in southern Ens.? Half the price.... |
On my trips to town lately as we have to pass the Joker It appears to be closed the other day it looked if the resturant was vacant.
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Dern and I were both just commenting on this fact over the Christmas/New Year holiday. The Joker looked closed down, a chain link fence was stretched
across the driveway, and the restaurant was empty, looked a mess inside. I'd bet my last Tab soda that the hotel is closed.
P>*)))>{
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Tab soda, anyone?
Wow, Paulina, didn't know I had a TAB lover on this board like myself...but to get back to the topic at hand, when the electricity blew out 2 years
ago I stayed at the Estero, no, it is NOT the best hotel and restaurant, the BEST restaurant in Ensenada, hands down, is the Hotel Coral. You can get
a 30% discount on the food (the restaurant is phenomenal) and the spa. The Junior Suite runs $145 American dollars a night, and is the best bang for
your buck. It is a 2 room beautifully decorated large apartment, with luxury accomodations in every nook and cranny, and a spectacular view of the
marina and bay. The restaurant at the Coral has magnificent food and pretty reasonably priced. The Estero was way run down...and was a ghost town.
Their restaurant is not the best, and service worst. Oh yes, someone mentioned Casa Natalie but that runs upwards of almost $300 American dollars a
night...plus I think they have pretty snooty attitudes so I didn't bother. Las Rosas is beautiful, and they have great Italian food, but the rooms
are very small and you could do the same in a smaller hotel.
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I second the Bahia. It's a little tired but it has secured parking.
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JOKER
The Joker is CLOSED......has been for several months.........
The Ensenada Fire Department should use it for live fire training and hopefully run out of water 
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Yes the Joker,, really going to miss this place, especially
the hourly rate for the rooms
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Oh shoot, there is a place in the middle of the fields on your way from the Joker to Maneadero that has a hand written sign on the left side of the
road that says Hotel, hourly rates...don't know what you'll find but can't be any worse than the Joker. | Quote: | Originally posted by desertcpl
Yes the Joker,, really going to miss this place, especially
the hourly rate for the rooms
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I would think not
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| Quote: | Originally posted by EnsenadaDr
...don't know what you'll find |
Ya won't find much if ya don't bring it with you. These short term motels are as much a part of Mexico culture as is "the other woman." In fact,
that's what they're for.....a place to take "the other woman."
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| Quote: | Originally posted by desertcpl
Yes the Joker,, really going to miss this place, especially
the hourly rate for the rooms
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There's always El Vaquero, right down the road
Bob Durrell
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exactly,, this is what MX is all about, well for some. like us old timers
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our favorite is the HOTEL CORTEZ
ask for the room with 2 queen size beds. It is in the back - very quiet except around Christmas time (parties parties parties) and the restaurant is
absolutely exquisite.
This hotel is on the main tourist drag - one block off the water - and is at the very end.
The rates vary but hover around $60+
Have a great trip!
Parking is underground and there is a 24 hour security guard. Since we are usually loaded up to the hilt, this works.
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Bob, I love it..you proved me right!! Dennis, why can't you stop thinking "dirt" and realize those truckers from Baja Sur might need a few hours
sleep in Maneadero? I'll tell you one thing, if I was the other woman and I was taken to a place like that, the guy would soon be the forgotten other
man. | Quote: | Originally posted by durrelllrobert
| Quote: | Originally posted by desertcpl
Yes the Joker,, really going to miss this place, especially
the hourly rate for the rooms
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There's always El Vaquero, right down the road
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Villa Fontana
The Joker - what a joke! Good-by to a nasty place!
Here's a link to a hotel right downtown that has secure parking and is in the middle of everything.
http://www.villafontana.com.mx/index.htm
Just do it!
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we always stay here. anthonys is one block west and paris is one block east, louie's tequila bar is right underneath you, and you can shop right from
your balcony !
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Playa Estero
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| Quote: | Originally posted by EnsenadaDr
Bob, I love it..you proved me right!! Dennis, why can't you stop thinking "dirt" |
It ain't dirt. It's a culture of infidelity. Ask any married woman.
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2 hr. minimum? What is one supposed to do with the other hour and 56 minutes?
P>*)))>{
| Quote: | Originally posted by durrelllrobert
| Quote: | Originally posted by desertcpl
Yes the Joker,, really going to miss this place, especially
the hourly rate for the rooms
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There's always El Vaquero, right down the road
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