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BajaGringo
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You travel only at night?
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DENNIS
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i think it's the general concensus here that one shouldn't drive the highways at night but, to each his own.
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EnseNADAslim
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Doh!! Sorry, I edited to what I meant to say,,,but yea, sometimes we make the drive at night, but I do everything to avoid it, which includes staying
over in San Diego.
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BajaGringo
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I do like to leave real early in the AM when heading south - between 4-5:00 AM
I can beat the trucks out of Ensenada...
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Bajahowodd
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Ensenada is pretty quiet. Mostly because the the only tourists are coming off the cruise ships during the day. Local business groups need to do some
advertising. I know the worldwide economy is in the dumper. But what better than to launch an advertising campaign that dwells on the safety of
Ensenada and the 14-1 peso??
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BajaGringo
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You have a point - few outside of Mexico are even aware of the current exchange. Of course that is largely due to their own economic situation being
in the dumpster...
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Woooosh
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Bajahowodd
Ensenada is pretty quiet. Mostly because the the only tourists are coming off the cruise ships during the day. Local business groups need to do some
advertising. I know the worldwide economy is in the dumper. But what better than to launch an advertising campaign that dwells on the safety of
Ensenada and the 14-1 peso?? |
I'll bet more than half of them don't even eat a meal off the ship. I'll also bet there are a thousand panhandlers and trinket
salesmen/women/children waiting at the pier to scare the ones that are getting off back onboard. I'll bet no one is going to be generous and offer a
crusie ship passenger 14 pesos to the dollar, or even 13.
Which reminds me- Is the La Fonda restauranr near La Mission STILL giving 10:1?
It does seem stange that onvthe two days a week there is car traffic on the main drag through Rosarito- every school, church, football team and rehab
group has their cups out at every stop light and stop sign. It makes traffic worse, makes people feel guilty if they don't give to them all and
doesn't encourage return visits IMHO.
I did see city people passing out tourist information one day at the first stop sign in town- and that was nice and smart actually. The cup clanging
evry hundred yares... not so much.
\"The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing\"
1961- JFK to Canadian parliament (Edmund Burke)
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BajaGringo
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As tourism is down, business overall is down and that usually trickles down to donations as well. I am sure these organizations are feeling the
pinch...
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Dave
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You ever been on a cruise?
| Quote: | Originally posted by Woooosh
I'll bet more than half of them don't even eat a meal off the ship. |
The food is excellent and you can eat all you want. How do you compete with that?
I wouldn't get off the boat.
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Bajahowodd
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Having been on a number of cruises, there is the nagging feeling about getting one's money's worth by scarfing up as much of the ship's food as
possible. Was actually on a Mexican Riviera cruise many years ago where the ship never served a single Mexican item. But how can a passenger on a
cruise be in Rome and not have some Italian food? Ditto Athens and a real greek salad or souvlaki. Just a couple of examples. There's a relatively new
cruise line in Europe named Easy Cruise. It has a new perspective. You pay by the night for the cabin. Everything else is charged as you buy it. They
are very successful in the Mediterranean, as the ship basically hits a diffferent port everyday. So, rather than be stuck with breakfast in the dining
room, and being charged for it, you can have your omlette in Santorini. Don't know if this will catch on. But this sort of approach can certainly help
merchants in ports of call.
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