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pangamadness
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Rafas
Anyone remember the discotec in Cabo on the beach. Estreas or Rafas? Not spelled correct. Was the Disco under the stars on the beach. Fun time.
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capt. mike
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Bajalero
That's what the sign read at Bill Alvarados' bar in his hotel at P. Chivato and believe me , it was true .
There was nothing better than pulling in there years ago , after a long hot drive and surviving what was then definately a sixpack and a half
washboard dirt road, that wound it's way from Palo Verde through the cardon forest, out towards SanMarcos Tierra and then southeast to Chivato.
Sitting in the bar in the afternoon, after a hard , hot day fishing (is that possible?) looking across the expanse of water at the mouth of
conception or being there closing the place down playing liars dice with Pedro , Raul ,Chuy , Jesus and later Saul ( who now has the palapa in
Mulege) it was a great place at a great time.
Thanks Bill
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Lero - you are so right on the money here, i love all those guys - how did they put up with that drive daily to work there?? flying in to chivato
since 1981 has been one of my highlights of baja.  now it is frickin
ruined only because the new owner is a jerk stuck up italian who don't like usa peoples or mexicanos.
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roundtuit
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pelican gets my vote for mulege. andeles in puerto vallarta. ride the donkey into the bar (mrs roundtuit) with people yelling nice ass. also singing
the who the ---- is alice with 60 other drunk gringos. good thing hotel was downhill.
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Baja&Back
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How's this for "old time"?:
Chuy's beach bar in Cabo - 1975.
He owned the hotspring where Hotel Hacienda is now. All us freaks camped around the spring, sat in the "hot tub" and he would serve us bucket beer
(Carta Blancas, I think), buckets of boiled camarones & roll fatties for us all!!! Cost maybe $10 / day for everything
He also had a beach palapa in the sand if you wanted to bake. The visiting yachties would come ashore & party, too.
Those were the days, My Friend ...
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DENNIS
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Seems like the old days had a lot of bars called Chuys. Downtown Ensenada, Chuys Bar. Years past, it was out by the Propane plant.
Gone now but not forgotten. It was THE hangout for the expats in the 70s and 80s.
Chuy Arce........ A gentleman, for sure. DEP
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tripledigitken
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Ahhhhhh! Punta Chivato Hotel circa late 80's
| Quote: | Originally posted by capt. mike
| Quote: | Originally posted by Bajalero
That's what the sign read at Bill Alvarados' bar in his hotel at P. Chivato and believe me , it was true .
There was nothing better than pulling in there years ago , after a long hot drive and surviving what was then definately a sixpack and a half
washboard dirt road, that wound it's way from Palo Verde through the cardon forest, out towards SanMarcos Tierra and then southeast to Chivato.
Sitting in the bar in the afternoon, after a hard , hot day fishing (is that possible?) looking across the expanse of water at the mouth of
conception or being there closing the place down playing liars dice with Pedro , Raul ,Chuy , Jesus and later Saul ( who now has the palapa in
Mulege) it was a great place at a great time.
Thanks Bill
All gone now and built up and infested with all the sorts I thought I was avoiding when I went to Baja |
Lero - you are so right on the money here, i love all those guys - how did they put up with that drive daily to work there?? flying in to chivato
since 1981 has been one of my highlights of baja. now it is frickin
ruined only because the new owner is a jerk stuck up italian who don't like usa peoples or mexicanos. |
I did not have a picture of Bill's piece of heaven otherwise I would have chosen it also.
I agree with you both of course. My first exposure to the Mulege area was camping up the beach from the hotel. Drinks around the pool watching the
sunset, a perfect moment. Do you guys remember the manx cat that was a regular there back in those days? I still have one of Bill's tee-shirts.
Very sad what it has become. The locals don't even go there now, as the owners don't make them welcome.
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Bajalero
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| Quote: | Originally posted by tripledigitken
| Quote: | Originally posted by capt. mike
| Quote: | Originally posted by Bajalero
That's what the sign read at Bill Alvarados' bar in his hotel at P. Chivato and believe me , it was true .
There was nothing better than pulling in there years ago , after a long hot drive and surviving what was then definately a sixpack and a half
washboard dirt road, that wound it's way from Palo Verde through the cardon forest, out towards SanMarcos Tierra and then southeast to Chivato.
Sitting in the bar in the afternoon, after a hard , hot day fishing (is that possible?) looking across the expanse of water at the mouth of
conception or being there closing the place down playing liars dice with Pedro , Raul ,Chuy , Jesus and later Saul ( who now has the palapa in
Mulege) it was a great place at a great time.
Thanks Bill
All gone now and built up and infested with all the sorts I thought I was avoiding when I went to Baja |
Lero - you are so right on the money here, i love all those guys - how did they put up with that drive daily to work there?? flying in to chivato
since 1981 has been one of my highlights of baja. now it is frickin
ruined only because the new owner is a jerk stuck up italian who don't like usa peoples or mexicanos. |
I did not have a picture of Bill's piece of heaven otherwise I would have chosen it also.
I agree with you both of course. My first exposure to the Mulege area was camping up the beach from the hotel. Drinks around the pool watching the
sunset, a perfect moment. Do you guys remember the manx cat that was a regular there back in those days? I still have one of Bill's tee-shirts.
Very sad what it has become. The locals don't even go there now, as the owners don't make them welcome. |
Mike ; That bad road is part of what made it a great place but it was/ is murder on vehicles . But you got to know everyone working out there because
you always had to stop and help someone broke down and needing a ride to town or a tow. Hope they never pave it . Hell the neuvo riche in their
shacks on shell beach can't wait to pave it and b-tch about it all the time . I've gotten to where I just speed up and dust em instead of stopping to
help and have to listen to the incessant whineing about the condition of the road and no electricity. The way some of them act it's as if someone
dropped them off in the middle of nowhere and said you have to build a house here. I think 95% of them have done so simply because their friends did
so., not because they really appreciate the(somewhat) remoteness and primativeness of the area. Hell , some out there are even starting HOA b.s.
Can you believe that! Can't wait! Ye Hah! yippee- ky- yay bring it on p i n c h e grringos!
anyway, end of that rant
Re: the hotel , you ought to be there sometime when the Sicilianitas show up. Just don't leave the duct tape at home 
TDKen ; Yep , Bill loved his cats. I had fun going out with the guys and road hunting liebres with a 22 to feed the darn things. With the winds of
change knocking at the door in just about every nook and cranny in Baja, I don't think that ambiance that was created there is possible anymore . I
mean , can you really relax now? The time when you found a favorite place and could go back to it again, pretty much as it was, is over.
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aquaholic
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This is not exactly Chivato a bar story, but "pre-bar" memories...during the years when Bill was working hard to get the Pta Chivato Hotel open, we'd
frequently stay at the 'Big House' with Bill and Doc Lyons. Having drinks on the patio in front of the house and throwing the catch of the day on the
barbeque was a true piece of heaven. Not many went out there in those days, except a few who camped on the beach northeast of the hotel. I'd anchor my
boat next to the old pier, and we'd dive and fish San Marcos, the small islands, and the north side of the point...that was before it all got "found".
In those days there were lobsters in the rocks in front of the Hotel...days long gone by...the tail-less cats were there, though...
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Cypress
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Had a good time hanging out at the Giggling Marlin in Cabo San Lucas.
Another bar had a rooster on clean-up detail. 
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osoflojo
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I agree with dorado dan, second vote for El Toro Bravo in Cabo.
pangamadness - was that the one next to where the Office is now? If so I cant remember the name either.........
Best people watching in Cabo the Tanga Tanga.
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The Gull
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Von
Anybody ever go to La Barca Bar in the 70s and 80s south of Renes in Rosarito? |
Yes, just so I could stumble out and have carnitas at 2 am, next door. After La Barca burned down, Bada Bing took the spot.
�I won\'t insult your intelligence by suggesting that you really believe what you just said.� William F. Buckley, Jr.
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Crusoe
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Also.......Early 60's- The Long Bar in T.J.. Unbelvable on a Sunday afternoon after the bull fights. Lucky for alot of folks there was no D.U.I. laws
that were enforced that heavily in those days.
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DENNIS
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Does anybody remember the Zona Roja in Mazatlán called Campo Siete? I wonder if it's still there. I'll bet it is. Talk about memorable
bars...........
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