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Thank You Antonio
Nice letter in the latest Off-Road magazine from Ken Neal a reader who was part of the Rip to the Tip group. They stayed at the Baja Cactus hotel in
El Rosario the night before crossing the border. When he got to the border he realized he did not have his wallet. He called the hotel and talked to
Antonio and was told they found his wallet and would get it back to him. He had $1000 in cash and credit cards in it. Antonio hand delivered the
wallet to Celia at the binational emergency office in Chula Vista who in turn UPS it to his Mesa AZ address. Antonio had called Celia before talking
to Ken because he had found her emergency card in his wallet. Note everything was still in his wallet, money credit cards everything.
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bajajudy
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Now that is the kind of story I like to read!
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bufeo
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Great little vignette, TW. Good to hear those instead of all the negative stuff happening.
Allen R
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mcfez
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This is the Baja I am used to...............even in SQ.
5 stars for Antonio.
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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David K
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| Quote: | Originally posted by TW
Nice letter in the latest Off-Road magazine from Ken Neal a reader who was part of the Rip to the Tip group. They stayed at the Baja Cactus hotel in
El Rosario the night before crossing the border. When he got to the border he realized he did not have his wallet. He called the hotel and talked to
Antonio and was told they found his wallet and would get it back to him. He had $1000 in cash and credit cards in it. Antonio hand delivered the
wallet to Celia at the binational emergency office in Chula Vista who in turn UPS it to his Mesa AZ address. Antonio had called Celia before talking
to Ken because he had found her emergency card in his wallet. Note everything was still in his wallet, money credit cards everything.
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It is this kind of extra effort that we as a group of Baja travelers should reward with our business... anywhere it happens! VIVA BAJA CACTUS, EL
ROSARIO 
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Curt63
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Did they complete the trip and make a video?
Im guessing the boys hearts dropped out of the ride when Ox died.
No worries
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Hurray for the "Good Guys" in Baja like Antonio and Hurray for T.W. for sharing this. A little of the good takes some of the bad away and we need as
much of the little good to continue if other Nomads know of others doing as Antonio did. Just GREAAAAAAT!! Take Care&Travel Safe---"No Hurry, No
Worry, Just FUN" bajafun777
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Skipjack Joe
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| Quote: | Originally posted by bajajudy
Now that is the kind of story I like to read! |
Absolutely. Baja Cactus has been taking it on the chin a bit here recently and I'm glad to read this to balance things out.
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This is the kind of news I like to read.
Maybe Antonio can give some details on the recovery/return.
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Neal Johns
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I don't know a better person than Antonio.
Neal Johns
My motto:
Never let a Dragon pass by without pulling its tail!
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Curt63
Did they complete the trip and make a video?
Im guessing the boys hearts dropped out of the ride when Ox died. |
Yes they did and they paid tribute to Ox in Cabo San Lucas.
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kimberlymichael8
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Cudo to Antonio, we will plan to stay there next trip.
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BigOly
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This is great to hear.
I don't know how many times(many) I've started to walk out of a restaurant in baja without my camera bag to have someone run out to give it to me.
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toneart
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I will never forget Antonio's kindness and help while I was so sick in my room with food poisoning. I always plan my trips down and back with a stay
at The Baja Cactus.
Thank you for reporting the good news, TW.
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BAJACAT
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The article stays that he has own that wallet for more than 25 years, it was a gift from his Grandfather before he die..he had never part from it
since .. alot sentimental value involve.He was asking for ideas on how to reward this nice people in BajaCactus,,Thanks Antonio and staff @ El
Rosario...
BAJA IS WHAT YOU WANTED TO BE, FUN,DANGEROUS,INCREDIBLE, REMOTE, EXOTIC..JUST GO AND HAVE FUN.....
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WHAT A SUPER STORY !!! amazing and fantastic and yup, Baja Cactus Antonio comes through again
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