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Jaybo
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Registered: 12-7-2009
Location: NW Oregon
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Mood: Praying for Baja!
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| Quote: | Originally posted by sancho
| Quote: | Originally posted by Jaybo
Where are the really nice toilets on the way down, preferably with Bidets and attendants? |
There are a few/ a lot of wisecracking joksters here, it's just part the game, just laugh and flow with it, not to be taken
personally. |
Sancho, I've been lurking around here for a few years now and know ALL about the cranky old farts, the jokesters, the left wing liberal's and the
right wing wacko's on here  That's why the smileys after my STFU comment It's all good and I can can roll with it all and I'm not going to apologize for
asking the "dumb" question... most everyone has been very helpful and it is all appreciated, even the "just go down and have fun and don't prepare
for the adventure comments. I do get, I really do Thanks everyone
..Jay
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DavidE
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Mood: 'At home we demand facts and get them. In Mexico one subsists on rumor and never demands anything.' Charles Flandrau,
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The way most made in Mexico toilets work down here, you don't need to spend one centavo extra to get a bidét.
But over-planning is both fruitless and silly. I have run across enough gringos down here with an almost complete lack of common sense that I can
guarantee you can wing-it just fine and have no problems.
A Lot To See And A Lot To Do
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gallesram
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I'm with you about planning for a trip to an area I haven't visited before!
I actually make this drive alone several times a year (from OC to Mulege) and it's pretty uneventful. The drive used to be a lot more challenging
than it is today; I am grateful for that, others miss the "good old days" of the unexpected. It seems that the fun and carefree feeling that keeps us
coming back is found at the destination where you spend your time; the actual journey getting there is much more mundane. Don't drive at night and
make sure your gas tank is always at least 1/2 full.
The sticker you referred to is "Sindicatura" (the Mexican equivalent of internal affairs for the police deparment) and I have one on my car; I don't
know whether it works or not but I do know that I haven't been pulled over in Baja for several years. I'd definitely go with what someone posted
earlier: if you have done something wrong, negotiate and pay the cop. If you haven't then hold your ground. If you do a Google Image search of
"Sindicatura" you'll see the sticker (shaped like a stop sign). You can print it on photo paper and tape it to the back window of your car. I know
it has helped me when driving on the Mainland; except for a few spots on the Baja (Ciudad Constitucion & Tecate) you're not likely to get pulled
over for no reason.
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Jaybo
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DavidE,
I'm not worried, and perhaps I am over-planning, but to me to me that is the beauty of BajaNomads, I can gain the experience of the people that have
done it repeatedly and/or live down there and save at least some of the mistakes, See stuff I may have missed in the years I have been lurking around
here so maybe it is fruitless and silly but I've also armed myself with some knowledge and wisdom that will make it positive for me and especially my
wife. Happy wife, happy life and all that, ya know?
Gallesram - Thanks I know it will likely be kind of mundane but it will be new
to me mundane. I just need to make the most of my time. If I could get away with taking MORE time I would but it is not my own vehicle, so I'm taking
as much liberty as I can within reason for the helpfulness of delivering a vehicle for a friend allows so with the condensed time, all of the info I can obtain to make the most of my trip is time and money in the bank to
me
Edited to add reply to g-ram
[Edited on 2-12-2013 by Jaybo]
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woody with a view
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| Quote: | Originally posted by DENNIS
Bidets?? The federal buildings bolt them to the walls and use them for drinking fountains.
Have a good trip, Jay. You'll be just fine. |
you're a sick puppy! and funny too!!!
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woody with a view
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BTW, a machete is a tool. i have a "tool" next to my seat. i gotta remember it's there every time we cross northbound where it is considered a
concealed weapon.
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dtutko1
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Jaybo
I salute your planning and preparedness w/o paranoia. There has been at least 2 armed robberies here in the Todos Santos area this winter. Lots of
small robberies every week. Do you have a dog? Not the kind that sleeps in bed w/you, but the working kind that sleeps outside. This is our 12th
winter in Baja and we are planning to be here next winter and more after that. We love Baja, the weather, ocean, the people etc, but I have found that
if you let your guard down you will be disappointed.
Dorado Don
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watizname
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I always said "the only dumb question is the one you don't ask", and the Boy Scouts taught me a long time ago to "be prepared". You're doing it
right Jaybo. 
I yam what I yam and that\'s all what I yam.
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BajaRat
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Posts: 1304
Registered: 3-2-2010
Location: SW Four Corners / Bahia Asuncion BCS
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Mood: Ready for some salt water with my Tecate
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Machetes under driver and pass seat in case we are already out of the truck. Folding tree saws in both door pockets. they cut both directions, razor
sharp. flip out like a switch blade and very difficult to disarm if you keep a firm grip. They are very scary to all but the stupid or seasoned
criminal. Mess with the Fam and we're prepared to demonstrate our commitment to personal safety. Never bring a knife to a gun fight but if that's all
you have... well... Military usually smile at us when they are checking the truck and run across them. They know its for our protection not just to
clear some brush out of the road. Love the advice of don't travel at night. Keep your speed down.... Speed kills. You have a better chance of dieing
or being seriously injured from poor driving habits than banditos. Don't stop in Los Angeles Ca. and you will have avoided the most dangerous part of
your trip. O, BTW, Have fun 
[Edited on 2-12-2013 by BajaRat]
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bajaguy
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Registered: 9-16-2003
Location: Carson City, NV/Ensenada - Baja Country Club
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Mood: must be 5 O'clock somewhere in Baja
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Green laser pointer @ Amazon.com
Don't forget, your vehicle is a weapon.......
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DavidE
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Posts: 3814
Registered: 12-1-2003
Location: Baja California México
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Mood: 'At home we demand facts and get them. In Mexico one subsists on rumor and never demands anything.' Charles Flandrau,
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You ought to have seen the "early days" when border crossing was a real adventure. The aduaneros were looking to grab a little mordida "Trailers are
not allowed into Mexico except with special permission". Tents were or were not prohibited according to whim. Entering with more than a quarter tank
of gas, your hair is too long! Let me see how much money you are bringing to Mexico, American cigarettes are prohibido, this birth certificate does
not look right, perhaps if I talk to the Jefe he may permit it, cars with ocho cilindros need special permission, where are your tarjetas de creditos
from your bank? You cannot bring books into Mexico! No lampras se gas ni estufas, stay more than thirty days you need special permission. Don't worry
amigo with my help I can arrange all this for you!"
Young folks, you have NO IDEA of what some of us had to go through. Banknotes lubricated all friction and "problemas".
A Lot To See And A Lot To Do
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BajaRat
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Posts: 1304
Registered: 3-2-2010
Location: SW Four Corners / Bahia Asuncion BCS
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Mood: Ready for some salt water with my Tecate
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Bajaguy brings up two more good points. High quality scorpion flashlight, bigger the better, the ultra violet light is blinding. 
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chuckie
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DavidE Ah! Those were the days!!! It was always enjoyable to engage in a negotiation with the man at the border...And Remember how his typing speed on
the old long carriage underwood doubled when a few bucks went into the "Por Los Nino's" jar on the desk?
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