fdt
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here are some more old La Paz photos
Here is the old light house at the muelle fiscal
Hotel Perla
Malecon
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This one is neat, with the kids at the old pier
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DENNIS
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Thanks Ferna...........
Sometimes it hurts to see what it was in light of what it is today. The old days are real Baja. Today is....different.
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A guy from Tennesee that I admire a lot, his name is Huell Howser (host and producer of California Gold on PBS) said in an interview once:
Sometimes I get depressed at how fast we’re growing, how crowded we are, how the freeways are doing when you look out and see suburban or urban sprawl
covering the mountainsides and the hillsides that 15 years ago were beautiful and undeveloped. But you can’t put the genie back in the bottle. What we
need to do is learn how to live with growth, control growth, deal with growth. Because you can’t stop people from coming here. It’s the old story: I
came to California, I’m here, now don’t let anybody else come in. That isn’t the way it works. So we have to look at this as an asset and not a
liability. We have to look at the opportunities it presents to us, instead of wringing our hands and saying, “Woe are we. If we could only go back to
the Good Ol’ Days.” Well, we can’t go back to the good ol’ days; we have to live with life as it is today, and deal with it – in a positive way.
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fdt
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A few more
This one is realy neat, with a plane right on the beach on the malecon.
Can't recognize this location, maybe lencho or jesse or someone there knows were this is
This is Playa Sur, by the old Los Cocos
These are even older
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Malecon with gas lamps in the middle, looks like it's also by the pier
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A few more
Transbordador La Paz
At the Plaza
Palacio
Señoritas de La Paz (Unas Pollitas  )
This looks like 5 de Mayo looking up from the Malecon
Downtown La Paz taken from atop the church
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Eli
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Fernando, thanks for the pictures and also the words of wisdom.
I remember in the mid "70's" when the highway pavement was completed, I was so bummed, said I would never come back to Baja, it had lost it's sence of
adventure for me, I mean the place was going to be taken over by a bunch of Winabagoites, for crine out loud, who needed that.
Well, I got over it, came home finally in "89", and it has been a wonderful, never would I have imagined what would have happend adventure every
since.
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Bob H
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| Quote: | Originally posted by fdt
A guy from Tennesee that I admire a lot, his name is Huell Howser (host and producer of California Gold on PBS) said in an interview once:
Sometimes I get depressed at how fast we’re growing, how crowded we are, how the freeways are doing when you look out and see suburban or urban sprawl
covering the mountainsides and the hillsides that 15 years ago were beautiful and undeveloped. But you can’t put the genie back in the bottle. What we
need to do is learn how to live with growth, control growth, deal with growth. Because you can’t stop people from coming here. It’s the old story: I
came to California, I’m here, now don’t let anybody else come in. That isn’t the way it works. So we have to look at this as an asset and not a
liability. We have to look at the opportunities it presents to us, instead of wringing our hands and saying, “Woe are we. If we could only go back to
the Good Ol’ Days.” Well, we can’t go back to the good ol’ days; we have to live with life as it is today, and deal with it – in a positive way.
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Love the quote and all of these historical photos! Thanks,
Bob H
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fdt
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By mistake started 2 threads on this, here is the link to the other one
http://forums.bajanomad.com/viewthread.php?tid=25817
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Sharksbaja
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What a treat! Gracias Fern.
DON\'T SQUINT! Give yer eyes a break!
Try holding down [control] key and toggle the [+ and -] keys
Viva Mulege!
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fdt. Thanks for allowing us to see all those old pictures of way-back-when down in La Paz.
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Those are terrific.
Thanks
Is that seaplane? I cant tell from the photo.
What year are those cars. That Chevy looks like an early 60's doesnt it? The other one looks like a Rambler
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Just LOVE the old photos---As Huell Hower would say, WOW.
Thanks so much. I really enjoy not only the historical pictures, but all of your posts about the history of Baja.
We will also try to keep that quote in our minds as the inevitable growth comes to Bahia Asuncion.
Muchas gracias
Diane and John
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Bob H
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| Quote: | Originally posted by jdtrotter
Just LOVE the old photos---As Huell Hower would say, WOW. |
He also likes to say "Now, THAT's Amazing!"
Bob H
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