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bajabound2005
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How to Get Around the Traffic Jam between Ensenada & Maneadero Southbound
Due to the construction for the widening of the Carratera in Chapultapec, between Ensenada and Maneadero there are new huge traffic backups
(SOUTHBOUND ONLY) lasting up to and over an hour. We've found a "go around" that will save you LOTS of time. Southbound, turn LEFT at the Joker
Hotel. There is a traffic signal there. It is Blvd Technologia. Take that road as far as you can (about 2 blocks) to the T and turn RIGHT. You are
now on a road that parallels the Carratera. Take that road as far as you can to another T (note there are 3-4 stop signs along here, be on the lookout
for them) maybe 1.5 miles. There will be a Calimax on your right. Turn RIGHT again. Just past the Calimax is yet another "hidden" stop sign. Keep
going straight to the traffic signal. At the signal turn LEFT and you're back on the Carratera just past all the construction. Caution on this left
turn because it's yield to oncoming traffic on your green light. Also -- when on the road that parallels the Carratera, as you approach the Calimax
you may come across some traffic -- so far (in our experience) it's been left turning traffic and you want to turn right. So you can cut through the
Calimax parking lot (don't you hate it when people do that?)
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David K
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Wonderful, thank you!
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bajabound2005
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and if I could figure out how to use google maps like you others do I'd draw a picture!
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fdt
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Is this what you are saying?
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markshark
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excellent!
gracias amigo
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roundtuit
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Going through Oct 15 th Sunday. Do I need to take this on a weekend and how is it pulling a utility trailer.Thanks Ron
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bajabound2005
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the detour is all paved, no problem towing (just watch for those stop signs!)
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jerry
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thanks fdt and bajabound ill be using the directions
jerry and judi
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fdt
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Thanks to Bajabound2005, I had totaly forgotten to post since I know about this traffic jam, we went camping on the water at Estero Punta Banda and
had that traffic, it is ridiculous.
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danaeb
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Don't ya just love this forum? I'm heading south in two weeks for La Paz and never would have known about this. Now I do, and have a custom 'FDT'
map to boot! Thanks guys.
Dana
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DENNIS
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| Quote: | Originally posted by fdt
Thanks to Bajabound2005, I had totaly forgotten to post since I know about this traffic jam, we went camping on the water at Estero Punta Banda and
had that traffic, it is ridiculous. |
It's progress. It's your tax pesos at work and your children will appreciate it. Tell them to be patient.
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BajaVida
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is the construction still going on?
we are headed that way in a week
No se apure y dure.
Don\'t hurry and you\'ll last longer.
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bajabound2005
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I guess I should have updated this! No, it's long over but you get to enjoy the benefit of our having suffered through it for several weeks!
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DENNIS
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Actually, traffic moves through there at a good clip, even in the morning rush. They've coordinated the semaforos to the point that, given normal
traffic, one can go from Chapultepec to the big Gigante in Ensenada without getting a red light. It works for me at around forty miles per hour.
OK...Everybody laugh at once but, it's true.
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thebajarunner
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This is very good news.
Went through there a number of time last Spring and Summer,
it was a candidate for my personal "worst parts of the Carreterra" list.
(Don't know why Baja Vida is worried about this, he lets me drive and he just hangs his head out the window like my big old yellow lab and lets the
wind blow his hair and beard back around his ears. Sorta cute, actually)
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David K
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| Quote: | Originally posted by thebajarunner
(Don't know why Baja Vida is worried about this, he lets me drive and he just hangs his head out the window like my big old yellow lab and lets the
wind blow his hair and beard back around his ears. Sorta cute, actually) |
I would love a photo of that! 
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thebajarunner
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So bring your camera, David
| Quote: | Originally posted by David K
| Quote: | Originally posted by thebajarunner
(Don't know why Baja Vida is worried about this, he lets me drive and he just hangs his head out the window like my big old yellow lab and lets the
wind blow his hair and beard back around his ears. Sorta cute, actually) |
I would love a photo of that! |
We already invited you to join our motley crue.
So come along and see for yourself.
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David K
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Stop by in Oceanside on your way south and I will take it! Lunch or coffee & pie again perhaps?
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BajaVida
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I DO NOT look like a yellow lab.
A friend told me that I looked like a Mexican Wolf Blitzer--just call me Lobo Blitzer. My wife overheard someone say I looked like John Ritter and a
woman told me I looked like Al Pacino. I do not look like Mali (the yellow lab).
No se apure y dure.
Don\'t hurry and you\'ll last longer.
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bajabound2005
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what are you driving? We'll have a look when you go by; and well, we'll be the judges?
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