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Don Alley
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Isla Cerralvo renamed!
They have renamed Cerralvo Island, off La Paz. It's now Jacques Cousteau Island.
I'm going to keep using the old name 'cause I'm just an old fart.
http://www.cousteau.org/news/cousteau-island
[Edited on 12-4-2009 by Don Alley]
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Don Alley
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Really. I'm not kidding.
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Don Alley
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Hey, I have an idea. Let's rename ALL the islands!
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Don Alley
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The white sand beach on Gilligan's Island, near Loreto.
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I think you're on to something, Don. I'll vote for Gilligan's Island, I'm sure the local pangas will be offering three hour tours.
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Crusoe
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What a shame!!!! Why can't the Cousteau family just leave the Sea of Cortez alone!! It just irks me to the core. As it seems they have renamed othger
Islands in Figi and all over the world after themseleves. They are just to self indulgent to just let it be. You just KNOW some Mexican officials got
a pay off. Too Bad. C
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I am still going to call it Cerralvo Island just as it will always be Muertos Bay to me, not that made up name by developers, Bay of Dreams. Whats
next, Hawaii being called Don Ho Island? Catalina being called Buffalo Island?
We don't stop playing because we grow old;
we grow old because we stop playing
George Bernard Shaw
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I'll tell you whats next!!!!!....La Paz will be renamed LA JOLLA and Ensenada will be called 1000 Oaks..... And back to the a-hole Cousteau
Society..... they will end up building an escape resort on the South end of Isala Cerralvo so that a bunch of rich pasty French Fags can come an argue
back and forth about the bad quality Mexlcan food they were just served and they just won't like the smell of the marine air either..... Lets see the
Cousteau Society get rid of the seiners out of the protected areas and Mex. Marine Parks and lets see them go after the corupt Mexican fishing
regulators. Don't hold your breath!!! C 
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Crusoe
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I'll tell you whats next!!!!!....La Paz will be renamed LA JOLLA and Ensenada will be called 1000 Oaks..... And back to the a-hole Cousteau
Society..... they will end up building an escape resort on the South end of Isala Cerralvo so that a bunch of rich pasty French Fags can come an argue
back and forth about the bad quality Mexlcan food they were just served and they just won't like the smell of the marine air either..... Lets see the
Cousteau Society get rid of the seiners out of the protected areas and Mex. Marine Parks and lets see them go after the corupt Mexican fishing
regulators. Don't hold your breath!!! C
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Don Alley
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From Wikipedia:
| Quote: | | There is growing resistance to the name change among the citizens of the nearby coast, in the state of Baja California Sur, who were not consulted;
they insist on keeping the name "Isla Cerralvo". Senator Francisco Javier Obregón Espinoza has introduced a resolution in the Mexican Congress
requesting the name change be reversed.[2] Leading Mexican intellectuals such as Miguel León-Portilla (a former UNESCO director) have also voiced
opposition to the name change. |
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacques_Cousteau_Island
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Crusoe, don't hold back... Tell us how you really feel!  
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Martyman
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Those frenchys should stick to what they know best...winemaking and kissing.
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Ah, come on Don!!Thats Carmen and I know it?? 
Happiness is just a Baja memory away...
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Martyman
Those frenchys should stick to what they know best...winemaking and kissing. |
If you follow this story you will find that the PR and announcements are rife with misinfo and confusion, who renamed it? By whose declaration? For
what purpose? Who paid who? Why? It has been suggested that the misinfo is part of the huge scam/theft, a plan to first confuse, make the opponents
weary and then to rename it again, perhaps soon, in order to claim the mineral and land resources etc... It's quite sad state of affairs and certainly
not something to be taken lightly. It's quite unfortunate.
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Don Alley
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Sallysouth
Ah, come on Don!!Thats Carmen and I know it?? |
Close, but, that's the island formerly known as Coronado.
I don't yet know what the new name of Carmen is or will be.
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Don Alley
Close, but, that's the island formerly known as Coronado.
I don't yet know what the new name of Carmen is or will be.
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DA: is this it?
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We spent a considerable amount of time in and around and on Isla Del Carmen in the mid 70's. The Salinas family owned it then, and it is my
understanding they still do. We made friends with the caretakers and fisherman familys there at that time. We were not allowed, and told not to walk
around after dark, because we might get run over by an unlit airplane attempting to land. My oh, My oh, My..... Beautiful spot!!! ++C++
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They should keep the name Isla Cerralvo, and give the name Cousteau to a reserve section or area surronding the island the honorary title.
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How about renaming a bahia in Baja Sur from Bahia de Los Muertos to Bahia de Los Suenos, just a sales pitch.
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