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[*] posted on 11-5-2007 at 06:12 PM


I believe the original question was "what smells in Norte Americano that take you back to Baja...if this is correct it seems to be a tough one to respond to.
I can think of nothing...Baja is to unique.
I have a little Baja soap....I think I need a fix...:biggrin:




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[*] posted on 11-5-2007 at 06:18 PM


Darn it...I left the bag open...only a little fix. :lol::lol:
Foca may not last long....




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[*] posted on 11-5-2007 at 06:35 PM


That's allright, Al. We'll leave that one alone.
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[*] posted on 11-5-2007 at 06:42 PM


cilantro... on carne asada... yummmm!!!



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[*] posted on 11-5-2007 at 07:28 PM


Many years ago when I lived in Wyoming we moved to an old farm house where we had to burn our trash. It had been a long time since I had been in Mexico and it was the furthest thing from my mind.
The first time I got a face-full of trash smoke, I though I had been smothered with Eau D'Tijuana.

Instant transport.




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[*] posted on 11-5-2007 at 07:36 PM


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Originally posted by DENNIS
I don't know exactly what it is but, years ago I would stay at the California Motel on the north end of Ensenada. The nights were full of the pungent air of shoreline, much like I remember as a kid in Balboa. The nights gave up the aroma of the sea. When I pass by there today, I still smell this. It brings back so many memories.


I must have stayed at that same motel. It was at the base of some cliffs cause dad and I would walk along the top and I remember the smell also.

It was the smell of rotting kelp. Marine biologists call it the wrack. It's actually quite pleasant to my way of thinking.
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[*] posted on 11-5-2007 at 07:57 PM


Probably the same place. Right on the edge of thirty foot cliffs.
"Wrack?" I'll remember that. Thanks.
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[*] posted on 9-23-2019 at 05:01 PM


Happy Birthday DENNIS, we miss you. It's 5PM, so cheers your way. What have you been up to???



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[*] posted on 9-23-2019 at 05:24 PM


Nice tribute post from 2007! :light:



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[*] posted on 9-24-2019 at 09:13 AM


For a lot of my Vietnam veteran friends the smell of burning diesel fuel and sh*t takes them back in country in not a good way.
Smell is a big time PTSD trigger.

You want major stink, go to India and stand by the lower Ganges River.
Everyone in Turkey smells like tobacco too.






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[*] posted on 9-24-2019 at 11:08 AM


Quote: Originally posted by David K  
Nice tribute post from 2007! :light:


Yes indeed:saint:
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[*] posted on 9-24-2019 at 07:14 PM


Happy birthday Dennis. We miss you, kid.
Reading this thread brought back others, Oso for one, that I miss too.

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[*] posted on 10-2-2019 at 01:37 PM


Some Baja smells have no equivalent. Driving past El Suazal always had a unique fragrance, some disliked it but I always took a deep breath of the briny and loved it --
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[*] posted on 10-7-2019 at 09:44 AM


after years of traveling latin america, the smell of burning plastic/trash is a nostalgic smell for me

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[*] posted on 10-7-2019 at 09:48 AM


i also like the smell of cocaine



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