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tiotomasbcs
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I'm sorry, folks. My post from yesterday somehow was not printed. I'm with you, Tripper! In southern Baja there are lots of Groovy/Save the Baja and free Yoga and Timeshares? Somehow San Javier and Comondu may better
benefit from support and non interference?! Simply spoken just go and visit. Let's go visit, Tripper. And then we'll go down to Auggies. Sale, Tio
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Paula
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| Quote: | Originally posted by tiotomasbcs
I'm sorry, folks. My post from yesterday somehow was not printed. I'm with you, Tripper! In southern Baja there are lots of Groovy/Save the Baja and free Yoga and Timeshares? Somehow San Javier and Comondu may better
benefit from support and non interference?! Simply spoken just go and visit. Let's go visit, Tripper.And then we'll go down to Auggies. Sale, Tio |
I hope you are both able to come by and check out the "interference" I think you'll be pleasantly surprised. The crafts and food items made by San
Javiereņos will delight and surprise you. For the yoga you should go to Nopolo, and for the timeshares-- well I don't recommend the browsing or
buying or selling of timeshares. 
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Juanita
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Yes, Raices Vivas is real. When I first heard of this effort to help local communities develop marketable handicrafts I was glad for the work they
were doing but doubtful they could continue very long, as so many good intentions fade. But a couple of years later I visited San Javier with my
family and there they were, under an awning in the hot afternoon, the young woman from Raices Vivas and the local people she is consistently and
kindly encouraging. We were shown the method of making olive oil and bought wonderful olives and the oil.
The great festival of San Javier in December brings so many people to San Javier there are great crowds. For me, a smaller festival in May is a fine
idea. Perhaps our Nomad sceptics will have a chance to attend and become enthusiastic backers of this productive project, which is helping San Javier
to bloom in a very appropriate way. I see Lizette Inzuna will be teaching a children's art course. She is a terrific artist. I have one of her
paintings and enjoy it every day.
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DianaT
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Raices Vivas sounded like a good organization before whose only goal was to work with and assist the community --- kind of like a private Peace Corp.
It is good to hear from people who have direct experience with them that this is the case and we sure wish them luck. While we can't make this small
festival, we hope to visit San Javier again soon --- it has been too long.
OH, last time we were there none of the road was paved. How far is it paved now?
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Juanita
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Last spring the road was paved almost to the small capilla and I think it is probably completed by now.
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Paula
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The road is now paved up to Rancho Nuevo, and I think they have started preparations for the last five miles.
This article is in this morning's Sudcaliforniano, announcing the festival:
http://www.oem.com.mx/elsudcaliforniano/notas/n2535866.htm
Any chance of seeing you there Juanita?
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David K
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Paula
The road is now paved up to Rancho Nuevo, and I think they have started preparations for the last five miles.
This article is in this morning's Sudcaliforniano, announcing the festival:
http://www.oem.com.mx/elsudcaliforniano/notas/n2535866.htm
Any chance of seeing you there Juanita? |
Perhaps you mean 'Rancho Viejo', which is 5 miles from San Javier and the location of the first (San Javier) mission site from May 11, 1699 to 1710.
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