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thebajarunner
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Baja Cactus bano
Miracle of miracles..... after pestering Antonio all these years to fix up the "gents" we drove through two weeks ago and lo and behold the project
was in full swing. There was a guy, standing on a short scaffold, plastering the front of the bano.
Well, true to form, ten days later, Northbound, stopped for fuel and the same guy was standing on the same scaffold, still plastering the same spot.
Which just proves that even a progressive guy like Antonio still moves in "manana time"
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Russ
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I noticed the same guy, probably, in mid March and then again early April. They're telling every one to use the hotel bathroom. Progress is really
slow! I've seen a whole station go in faster
[Edited on 4-7-2012 by Russ]
Bahia Concepcion where life starts...given a chance!
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tiotomasbcs
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Like the Lone Ranger maybe David K can move into town and get the problem fixed!! How bout a foto. Manana isn't as bad as the offensive smell of
Pine Sol and urine?! It has been an ugly scene there in the Pemex for a while. Tio
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DENNIS
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You guys were in such a hurry that you didn't notice the mason on the scaffolding was a statue. Antonio is into art these days. 
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Udo
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Even last December, that same bańo was under construction.
So I used the bushes behind the building.
My wife went next door to Mama Espinoza's.
Udo
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Bob H
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Udo
Even last December, that same bańo was under construction.
So I used the bushes behind the building.
My wife went next door to Mama Espinoza's. |
Well, it's nice to know that Mama's place is good for something these days....
The SAME boiling water that softens the potato hardens the egg. It's about what you are made of NOT the circumstance.
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woody with a view
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Bob H
| Quote: | Originally posted by Udo
Even last December, that same bańo was under construction.
So I used the bushes behind the building.
My wife went next door to Mama Espinoza's. |
Well, it's nice to know that Mama's place is good for something these days.... |
Jesus Christo!!!!
i LOVE you guys!!!! since La Mijita's better days i am in the court thinking that ER is one of the armpits of the world.... i hate to turn the page
like this, but JC, if it wasn't for the last chance gas/supplies, ER would be just a sharp left turn on the way to somewhere else........
[Edited on 4-8-2012 by woody with a view]
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David K
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How many times does Antonio's invitation need to be posted...? Walk into the motel lobby, and use the bathroom in there, the door is to the left of
the front desk. If you have not stayed there, ask to see one of the rooms, if vacant...
The Pemex bathroom will be finished MAÑANA!*
*(in Mexico, mañana doesn't mean 'tomorrow'... it just means 'not today'!)
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Pompano
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New bathroooms at Antonio's Pemex in El Rosario
El Rosario. Following my custom of filling the motorhome and pickup with gas and diesel at the Baja Cactus Pemex
station ... which is as honest as it gets on the Baja Road:
Below: Just stopped Baja Cactus Pemex station 3 days ago on the route north. April 26, 2012.
The new bathrooms look good...and are completely finished inside. Just some finishing touches left outside...paint, plaster.
Above: While topping off my Cummins with diesel, I met Antonio doing the same to his truck.
Below: My caravan member, Scot, took this photo of us. Antonio told me of the many new construction and addition delays caused by having to deal with
endless Pemex red tape. "You can't pound a nail without an okay from Pemex headquarters. Literally any change or addition has to approved beforehand
and the request is definetely treated as a 'manana' type.
I can certainly sympathize with Antonio as I've had those same exasperating delays in getting things done while having to follow bureaucratic,
red-taped rules.
Antonio is a real gentleman and always a pleasure to meet.
[Edited on 4-29-2012 by Pompano]
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DianaT
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That is VERY good news---- We will go back to stopping there for gas.
[Edited on 4-29-2012 by DianaT]
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BajaBlanca
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finally !! good on you for taking the photos so we all know and good on Antonio for finalizing !
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Ateo
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Sweet. My wife and daughter will be stoked to hear this. No more pulling off the side of the road south of El Rosario to look for a bush.
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goldhuntress
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Funny, just last night my BF called and said "Good news, the worst baños in Baja are being remodeled!"
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fandango
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is the womens room done as well? why no photos?
sbwontoo
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Udo
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Just use the women's at Mama Espinoza, next door.
Udo
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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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Baja Cactus is one of the few gasolineras I trust. It feels strange to say to the gasolinista "lleno con verde por favór"
A Lot To See And A Lot To Do
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Pompano
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| Quote: | Originally posted by fandango
is the womens room done as well? why no photos? |
Why no photos of the womens room? Hmmmm....
The fixture selection is still going on?
Here's your fandango photo.
I do what the voices in my tackle box tell me.
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thebajarunner
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Since I started this thread....
Maybe this can bring it to a happy conclusion.
Great photos,
Nice job Antonio
Now, those unplastered spots appear to be the same ones the guy was working on when we drove South mid-March, and the same spots same guy still
working on last of March,
and here we are at end of April, same spots, no guy working.
In some cultures it is not ever appropriate to completely finish a job, for various reasons, like getting the tax appraiser to get a new number, etc.
Is there a reason that this seems to be the permanent "un"finished job>>>
just wondering, but all in all looking very nice.
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Bajahowodd
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If I'm not mistaken, there appears to be urine in the toilet in Pompano's photos..
I will certainly agree with Pompano's assessment of Antonio being a gentleman. But, as someone posted earlier, it seems that some Pemex station get
built in less time than this bathroom project. And, I have a difficult time believing that Pemex would have such rigorous red tape for an improvement
to an existing station, especially considering it's run by a long time franchisee.
And although the tile and stainless look really nice, our friend Pompano didn't post any shots of actual TP or soap or towels. Just saying that tile,
stainless steel and waterless urinals still don't allow you to clean up.
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surfer jim
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TMI....(too much information)
I can still remember the time I got locked INSIDE the bathroom and was unable to OPEN the door from the inside.
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