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blackwolfmt
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Location: On The Beach With A Blackwolf
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Mood: dreamin of Riden out a hurricane in Baja
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I'll bet if Baja fuel prices were like they are up north things would be way different
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Ateo
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Ok, maybe I overestimated by 100...........
Christmas break.
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bajajudy
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Quote: Originally posted by Bob and Susan  | actually in mulege...there's lots of foreign plated cars and trucks in town.
you can hardly park
the bank ALWAYS has a big line
Alyth and Albas (grocery stores) always have 2-3 people in front of me
the hardware store is busy all the time
comex (paint store) is doing one of its best years
there's lots of construction around too...people are spending money
it is true the caravans of motorhomes and trailers are not here anymore
but that's the rv industry all over
today the neighbor went out fishing just after 6am and returned before noon with 5 yellowtail split between 3 fisherman
it's a good year for mulege |
La Tienda must doing ok. Claudia just ordered more books.
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chuckie
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I guess I don't believe most of that...The YT maybe....From what I hear more of an exodus...But I'll be there in a couple of weeks to see for
myself...
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shari
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Location: bahia asuncion, baja sur
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Mood: there is no reality except the one contained within us "Herman Hesse"
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here in Bahia Asuncion we had the busiest Xmas holiday season ever with really interesting guests from all over the world...mostly young-uns which was
cool and epic fishing! It has slowed down now but still steady.
Talking to the whale operators in GN, they have less reservations than last year and are a bit worried about the downturn again in tourism due to gas
prices and cartel activity down south.
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Bajaboy
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lots of bicycles on the highway....must have passed 10-15 last Thursday.
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shari
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Mood: there is no reality except the one contained within us "Herman Hesse"
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We chatted with a big group of buff young folks from Seattle riding to Venzuela!
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Bajaboy
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Yep, that was the group I saw. They all looked to be having a good time.
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pauldavidmena
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I will be among the paleface invasion in ten days time. 
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David K
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Go read the Talk Baja page on the horrific multiple (3) bicycle/ (3) auto pile up on Hwy. 1 on 1/6/15. My worst fears about the safety of riding bikes
where there is no shoulder seems to be valid with the evidence presented? 9 dead according to the Jan. 9 post on Talk Baja (in the thread on the
Desert Hawks rescue)!
https://www.facebook.com/groups/TalkBaja/
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Bajaboy
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Location: Bahia Asuncion, BCS, Mexico
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| Quote: Originally posted by David K |
Go read the Talk Baja page on the horrific multiple (3) bicycle/ (3) auto pile up on Hwy. 1 on 1/6/15. My worst fears about the safety of riding bikes
where there is no shoulder seems to be valid with the evidence presented? 9 dead according to the Jan. 9 post on Talk Baja (in the thread on the
Desert Hawks rescue)!
https://www.facebook.com/groups/TalkBaja/ |
Saw lots of dead cows along the road, too!
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bajabuddha
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You can't eat the backstrap off of a bicyclist; not enough marbling.
I don't have a BUCKET LIST, but I do have a F***- IT LIST a mile long!
86 - 45*
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aguachico
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I average 5 trips south of el rosario a year spreading at least 1000-$2000 per along the way. The single biggest deterrent is FUEL costs. I run to
Bahia Tortugas and back on about 150 gallons of diesel. Hopefully the strong dollar rate will hold as I would like to go to Mag Bay this year.
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bacquito
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Agree!!
bacquito
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tyguypb
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i just got back from driving from SD to Cabo and back, it seemed to me like The gringo bite was wide open. but then again, i truly have no frame of
reference... Bahia Concepcion was quite packed.
as per the fuel bit, i put 2700 miles on the odometer and dropped 470 USD at the pumps. getting only 20 MPG avg with my subaru 
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Lengua
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What are fuel prices in BCS Lapaz-Cabo? Are they that much higher than Baja Norte? 
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Pescador
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Don't know who figured no caravans this year as there was one from British Columbia yesterday that had the gas station in Santa Rosalia blocked up for
an hour and a half. Around 30 or more units that I saw.
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David K
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Posts: 64749
Registered: 8-30-2002
Location: San Diego County
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| Quote: Originally posted by tyguypb | i just got back from driving from SD to Cabo and back, it seemed to me like The gringo bite was wide open. but then again, i truly have no frame of
reference... Bahia Concepcion was quite packed.
as per the fuel bit, i put 2700 miles on the odometer and dropped 470 USD at the pumps. getting only 20 MPG avg with my subaru |
If using the liters pumped figures off the Pemex pumps to figure your mileage, as a lot of stations have inaccurate pumps favoring the station owner,
you will think you are getting terrible mileage. If you know how many gallons (liters) your tank holds, at the various points on the gauge, then you
may come up with a better rate for your Subaru.
For example, I know that when I am down to the 1/4 tank line on my gauge, I have used 13 gallons. When I filled up at that point in Tecate, I recall
they got close to 16 gallons in!!! That will make you think you are getting terrible mileage! Call it the having fun in Mexico tax and don't let it
spoil your trip.
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David K
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Posts: 64749
Registered: 8-30-2002
Location: San Diego County
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Mood: Have Baja Fever
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Gasoline prices are government controlled and all Pemex stations are locked at the same rate, nation-wide... although Nomads post some small
differences, sometimes. Perhaps that rule is changed in anticipation of the soon to be free market with competition in gas sales coming soon?
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alacran
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Registered: 9-22-2011
Location: Mulege
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Well B & S, being in the real estate business in Mulege, still you should not tell stories.
I live permanetly in this town for the last 11 years, and know it since 1973.
The count of tourists is way, way down.
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