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fdt
Ultra Nomad
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Registered: 9-7-2003
Location: Tijuana, Baja California
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Yes, you can bring youre camera. I don't know of any such rules.
A well informed Baja California traveler is a smart Baja California traveler!
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Ken Cooke
Elite Nomad
Posts: 8946
Registered: 2-9-2004
Location: Riverside, CA
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Bump to the top, brother...
I'm pulling out tomorrow morning, and I can't wait. I will call you, Fernando when I roll into town. 
Ken
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Ken Cooke
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| Quote: | Originally posted by fdt
Yes, you can bring youre camera. I don't know of any such rules. |
Cool. Its packed, and ready to go.
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Ford
Junior Nomad
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Registered: 1-2-2007
Location: Northern California
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Hey Fernando,
I forgot to mention that I threw in some used clothes just to secure the toys....Do with what you will.
Thanks,
Ford
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fdt
Ultra Nomad
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Location: Tijuana, Baja California
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Thank you Ford, we received the packages. Please Ford, check your'e U2U.
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fdt
Ultra Nomad
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Location: Tijuana, Baja California
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Our official Drop off location for toys is Jackson Hewitt at 1655 Broadway, suite 10 in Chula Vista is open today the very last day to deliver toys
Saturday Jan 03, 10 Am to 1PM.
If someone is interested in donating at this time and can not take in toys, here is the paypal acct for this toy drive.
toydrive2009@ultimatebaja.com
Thanks for making this toy drive possible
Feliz Dia de Reyes 2009.
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Ken Cooke
Elite Nomad
Posts: 8946
Registered: 2-9-2004
Location: Riverside, CA
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I'm leaving later this morning, amigo. Can't wait!
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BAJACAT
Ultra Nomad
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Location: NATIONAL CITY, CA
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Sorry Ferna this year I will not bee attending your event, I hope everything will work out for you Vato.Will wait for your report..
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fdt
Ultra Nomad
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Location: Tijuana, Baja California
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To bad, maybe next time, but it's not my event, Baja Nomads make it possible. Doug Means and myself had a meeting to discuss this and other stuff over
3 years ago. It was just an idea.
http://forums.bajanomad.com/viewthread.php?tid=21378#pid1972...
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fdt
Ultra Nomad
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Location: Tijuana, Baja California
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Free tour, free food and drinks and best of all very happy children
Whoever is interested in participating on the Baja Nomad Dia de Reyes Toy Drive give away, please tell me as we have the tamales ready and the tour
bus that will take us and the toys with a police escort. We leave from the Mexicoach terminal on Avenida Revolucion at 9:30AM tomorrow Sunday January
04. For those that are comming from the US, I can pick you up at the Border Village parking lot in San Ysidro on the US side at 9AM, and you do not
need to bring your car and we return you back to the border at the end of the event.
If you can walk across I can meet you at the border as you walk into México.
I need to know now.
Fernando
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fdt
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bajabound2005
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wish we could be there, Fernando, but Bajamigo's big red beast is stuck at Beachbum1a's house with a HUGE electrical problem. Can't even get the darn
thing to start!
Friends don't let friends drink white zinfandel.
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fdt
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we have the bus, we can just go pick you up 
Next year.
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Miette
Junior Nomad
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Location: Mendocino County, CA
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I am following your progress through the posts, and I am smiling just at the thought of these children.
Just imagine their excitement!
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fdt
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Today is that long awaited toy giveaway.
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fdt
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Iflyfish
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fdt
Thank you for your great effort on behalf of the children of Tijuana, you are the best!
Thank you for providing Nomads with a way to give to such a worthy cause.
Iflyfish
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Ken Cooke
Elite Nomad
Posts: 8946
Registered: 2-9-2004
Location: Riverside, CA
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I was at the event today. You all missed out on so many happy children and families. I videotaped everything. Expect a nice YouTube video in the
near future. I'm still in Tijuana, and having a great time despite the cool temperatures.
Ken
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Ken Cooke
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I had a good time. Too bad more 'Nomads weren't there. I will definitely be back next year. Viva Tijuana!
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Ken Cooke
Elite Nomad
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Dia De Los Reyes Toy Drive w/FDT
On Saturday morning, I left for T-I-J-U-A-N-A. You know, that place, full of killings, mass murder, for what could be described as an event which
showed the positivity and cariño y amistad of two neighbors who live side by side, but rarely venture out to greet each other.
At 11 a.m., I left my safe, predictable neighborhood in central Riverside for what has been described in the Los Angeles Times as, "...second only to
Baghdad in kidnappings." I drove to Tijuana regardless the latest crop of news articles describing a mega city in decay.
I arrived at my friends home in Soler after stopping for insurance at Instant Mexico in San Ysidro. Business there has been off, with the parking lot
remaining mostly empty throughout my time there visiting with my friend Janice.
Two lanes entering Mexico were closed, and a soldier holding a semi-automatic rifle stood at the entryway, waving motorists through the countrys once
cheery entrance.
When I arrived at my friend Chris' home, his wife was finishing up a late lunch she had prepared for us. Steaming hot vegetables, baked fish, rice,
beans, and tortillas (which we picked up at the neighborhood store). After lunch, we ran a few errands, returning to his house with the local police
tracking down a criminal - sirens blaring, pickup trucks flying past us at 40-50 m.p.h. on a 20 m.p.h. street.
We stayed in and by 9:15 a.m. the next morning, we were driving to Discoteca Leyva's underground parking lot on Calle Revoluccion - directly across
from a patient Fernando who was puffing on a cigarette and talking logistics. We left by 10 a.m. for a brief tour of Tijuana - visiting highlights
such as the Jai-Lai Palace, The CECUT Museum, L.A. Cetto Winery, Tijuana Brewery, and Fernando's hillside home. Fernando's Hillside Home?
Fernando's wife Simone, daughter Sylvia, son Fernando Jr., joined Fernando's other daughters (whose names evade me at the moment), and we loaded up
the Mexicoach motor coach which doubled as a Dia De Los Reyes pickup truck. With bicycles and gifts finally loaded (with help of Nomad Scott who was
shuttled across the border from San Ysidro, CA), we continued on to Lomas Taurinas - the cite of a horrifying murder of a candidate for the Mexican
presidency in 1994. Fact: Luis Donaldo Colosio Murrieta (February 10, 1950 – March 23, 1994) was a Mexican politician, and PRI
presidential candidate, who was assassinated during a meeting on his presidential campaign in this mostly poor Tijuana colonia.
As we turned our last turn and headed towards the tiny Catholic church which housed our group for roughly 2 hrs., children stood in the tiny park,
waiting for our arrival). Smiling, pointing to their parents, the children began to run alongside the Mexicoach until we came to a stop at the bottom
of the steep hill. Finally parked, it took roughly 20 minutes to unload the bus. Once inside, the children were hardly able to sit still, unable to
contain their enthusiasm and excitement that so many Nomads packaged (with the help of Mrs. FdT's gift wrapping/labeling abilities).
As a form of welcome, the children performed a special dance they had learned, and with packages sorted into age groups, and boys or girls gifts,
the excitement began. As I videotaped the event, off towards the main entrance, a special excitement brewed - DOUG MEANS entered the building!
Driving directly from El Rosario that morning with Michelle and his little son, Doug looked road-weary, but satisfied to have made this important once
a year event from such a long ways off.
First toys, then bicycles were given out to children of this hard-scrabble Lomas Taurinas area. A special corn and Chocolate drink was served along
with a sweet Mexican pastery to the families and children, then Tamales and Coke Classic to the Nomads and staff who organized this event. The church
staff, parents, and children thanked us for our generosity. The photos show the happiness we were able to spread to our neighbors south of our
international border.
After our brief lunch, we borded the Mexicoach, and promptly dropped Scott at the pedestrian line before returning to Calle Revoluccion where we had
to return the bus by 2 p.m. From there, Chris' family and I said goodbye to Fernando and his excellent staff he assembled for this successful day.
Everything went smoothly - reminding me of David K and Antoñio Muñoz's "Taste of Tijuana" 2006 event.
From el centro de Tijuana Chris' family carried me to Restaurante China de Oro an excellent Chinese buffet in the center
of Solern (directly across the street from Smart and Final). For $5, I had a complete buffet meal - just like the old days in 'Vegas! After
typing this article, I plan to walk to the neighborhood market for a few cervezas and call it a night...or weekend - since, tomorrow I return to the
land of predictability. Good thing I live so close to Tijuana.
[Edited on 1-5-2009 by Ken Cooke]
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