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sanfelipebob
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Mexico Headaches
As much as I enjoy being in Mexico, it seems to get more difficult every year. Regulations, rule changes, police harrasment, mordida, drug wars,
banking changes, FM3 headaches. I just want cold beer in the hot sun with plenty of Tequila and fish tacos!!!!
[Edited on 9-9-2010 by sanfelipebob]
[Edited on 9-9-2010 by sanfelipebob]
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DENNIS
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Remember the good 'ol days while memory still serves.
As for today, it seems like expats up here on the north end who live on a harsh, limited income, have avoided lots of the over-regulation that the
better-off are subjected to.
There's something to be said about a more simple life. 
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Pescador
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And if you think it is getting bad here, have you journeyed back to the United States lately? It is almost completely out of hand there. So enjoy
paradise and don't sweat the small stuff (p.s., it's all small stuff)
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bajabass
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It is just a matter of picking your own spot. Most all problems can be avoided, depending on where you choose to be. I know the areas where both
Pescador and Dennis live. Neither is ABSOLUTELY perfect, but very close. For them it must be darn close!!! My little place in La Mision is another
little area that has been able to avoid MOST of the current problems in Baja.  I will be moving just outside La Paz soon, and it is a little close to a a big city for me, but better than living too close to
Ensenada, TJ, Cabo. All I know, is I would rather be almost anywhere there, than here in Orange County! Maybe that is why I am on the 5 south every
Friday night
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shari
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Mood: there is no reality except the one contained within us "Herman Hesse"
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I feel your pain Bob...but my headache this morning is from celebrating the WFO yellowtail bite at the Tide Pool last night with happy fishermen...woe
is me.
seriously though...yes, things are getting a bit more organized in baja now thus more rules to play by and crime...well...its up everywhere. Luckily
in our small villages we arent much affected by this so like others have said...depends on the area...try to relax and look at the bright side and
remember how crazy things are NOB too.
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sancho
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Mex Immigration inconsistency gets me in
a lather, one guy says one thing, the next
time you get another answer. I'm getting older
and less tolerant I suppose, yrs. ago,
driving to La Paz, beer in hand, no insurance,
now very cautious, paper work in line.
The live and let live attitude is what I
most enjoy
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rocmoc
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It's not getting any easier NOB! All in all you are the lucky one!
rocmoc n AZ/Baja
rocmoc n AZ/Mexico
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BajaBlanca
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Sancho - after getting the run around for years, I finally asked if we could pay a little extra and have them take care of everything for us, and they
said yes. I am not sure how much more we pay but it is so worth every peso. Now, all we do is hand over a photograph and go to the bank and pay. By
the time we return (after some lunch), it is all finito. This is in Santa Rosalia ....
next thought - can you get your paperwork done NOB ? Les got his FM3 in San Diego before we moved here FT.
good luck with all of it and yeah - don't sweat it too much ya all, life can be real short sometimes.
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David K
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I think it's funny when a guy going to L.A. Bay wants to do the right thing and stops at the border to get a tourist card... and is told he doesn't
need one!
So, per the INM official, I guess all of Baja (norte) California state is in the 'border zone', for stays up to 1 week??? 
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capt. mike
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i don't
| Quote: | Originally posted by David K
I think it's funny when a guy going to L.A. Bay wants to do the right thing and stops at the border to get a tourist card... and is told he doesn't
need one!
So, per the INM official, I guess all of Baja (norte) California state is in the 'border zone', for stays up to 1 week??? |
theeeeeeeeeeeeenk so....
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Now joined L. Ron Hoover\'s church of Appliantology
\"Remember there is a big difference between kneeling down and bending over....\"
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DavidE
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Mood: 'At home we demand facts and get them. In Mexico one subsists on rumor and never demands anything.' Charles Flandrau,
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Here's some more crap to keep things in perspective...Calif...
Cheap(est)
Bananas .45 pound
tomatoes .88 pound
avacadoes 1.75 each
oranges .59 pound
Driving in carpool lane violation 388 minimum
75 in a 65 188 minimum
coin op air or water gas station .50
car wash exterior 8.00
internet cafe 7.00 / hr.
minimum license plates 73.00
cheapest car insurance 300
Burger combo fast food king size 8.83
this sucks, I want to go home! Just as soon as my medical eqpt arrives I am the hell out of here and I mean f-a-s-t.
A stupid marine battery at costco now costs almost eighty dollars. Big Lots and other retailers have gone to hell. Prices are stupid.
%^&*!$#@%!!!!!
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woody with a view
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Don Jorge
Maybe we should all remember what brought us to Mexico in the first place. Those memories might help us all to remember who we were, not what Mexico
was or isn't. |
that's why we still go! to be reminded of how good it really is....
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wilderone
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"driving to La Paz, beer in hand, no insurance"
yeah - and no seatbelt, just giving a military guard $1 at Maneadero instead of having a visa, waving at every car that passed - because a car only
passed every 20 minutes or so.
We need to adjust to the impositions, and for me, I can return to the old days with the help of 4WD. As soon as I turn off Mex. 1 onto a dirt road, I
slow down, take off the seat belt, get out a cold beer, and let the dust settle where it may. Still plenty of dirt roads with nobody on them.
As for everyday impositions, not so bad:
Bananas .33 pound at my independent grocery that I can walk to
tomatoes - free from my friend who grows them
avacadoes - free from my mom's friend who grows them
oranges - free from my tree in my back yard
I wash my own car
Order from the $1 value menu
Try the 99 Cent Only stores - better than Big Lots
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nobaddays
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Christ, it seems like many of my baja friends are Law-breaking cheap bastards ! How many of you are WANTED or NOT WANTED in the states ?
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BajaBlanca
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it is really important to adapt to another country's culture - you cannot judge this country by the US way of living or the Canadian way of life ....
Here I go bringing up Brazil agian but it is apropos. When I was 20 I went to get a driver's license in Brazil. I had just arrived there from
studying at college at UCSD. I took some driving classes (Italy and Brazil are equally crazy for driving) and then as I was signing up for the driving
test, the instructor told me I had to pay to pass. Nope, righteous Blanca said, there is NO WAY I am paying. I drive fine and I can pass on my own.
It took the guy a couple days, but he did make it clear that if I did not pay up, I simply would NOT pass. No ifs, ands or butts. Did I like it ???
NO. Did I have to abide by the standing rules ? NO. but then I would have had to pay the cops every time one stopped me for driving without a license
- more expensive in the end !! Common sense ruled on that one.
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stanburn
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Avocados on my tree in the back, free
Limes on my trees in the back, free
Oranges on my tree in the back, free
Mangos on my trees in the back, free
just walked home with a burger and a hotdog with everything, 40 pesos.
Of course this is on the dangerous state of Colima (at least according to the USG).
I would rather slit my wrists than go back NOB.
6 years full-time in November.
[Edited on 9-12-2010 by stanburn]
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mtgoat666
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every poster on this thread is complaining about today, telling us that things were better yesterday. are y'all a bunch of old farts in rocking
chairs?
the modern world rocks! get off your fat duffs, and get out there and check out the new things! quit moldering over your beer on some dusty beach in
the desert.
while baja is fun to enjoy for a while, you guys are friggin' nuts to think that big cities in the US don't have as much or more to offer!
most of you are californicators -- get out there and sample LA and the bay area!
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bajafam
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sure, goat, but at what cost?
Can I buy oceanfront property in Cali for under 1 million? Nope. Can I build a house for under $100,000? Not likely. Can I watch my hubby get into a
stranger's car in the middle of the night to go get beer and expect him to return alive?? I'm going to go with no. Can I let my kids play outside by
themselves without worrying someone's going to run off with them or sell them drugs? Um, no. Can my family live off of $200 a week without sweating
it? Yeah, right!!!
But I can do all those things and oh so much more in many of my Baja destinations. So, I will take my baja over your big US city any day!!!
And, I'm NOT old! I'm just a pup 
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woody with a view
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hey goat,
your version of paradise (san diego?) won't let me have a beer on the beach. so you can keep it all to yourself while i hang out with 1 or 3 of my
closest friends and have the entire beach to ourselves.
oh, and use the trash receptacle, hillbillie.
[Edited on 9-12-2010 by woody with a view]
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mcfez
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Won't you miss these in Baja?
Disneyland
In and Out Burger
Drive In movies
Well kept roads
Mail service
Malls
Amtrak
I won't miss them at all!
[Edited on 9-12-2010 by mcfez]
Old people are like the old cars, made of some tough stuff. May show a little rust, but good as gold on the inside.
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