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Ateo
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Worst Baja Camping Experience Yet........
We arrived at Las Canadas Friday. We were playing poker at a friends campsite when around 12AM (midnight) a truck backed into our camp site across
the dirt lot. At first I thought they were backing in to turn around or something.
My wife and mother in law started to gaze over there concerned. I said, "Chill out, there's noooooo way someone would pull into our campsite and set
up camp".
They started to unpack their truck, which was parked 2 feet from our tent. No exaggeration.
We went over to talk with them. They said they couldn't find an empty camp site. We told them the most friendliest manner that we just walked the
dogs and saw tons of empty spots everywhere.
They said that they would just set up their tents on the hill behind our campsite. We could not believe this was happening. Who just rolls into a
campground at midnight and parks 2 feet away from your tent? How does someone do that? Who does that?
Rude jerks do that.
Tensions started to rise. My wife started yelling at them. This went on for an hour. Security came by. They did NOTHING. They said the rules
didn't prohibit this from happening.
Violence seemed inevitable.
I was tired of arguing. I gave up and said, "F it, if you want this spot so badly you can have it." We backed the truck out and drug our tent over
to my friends site.
I went to sleep furious that night, even after some Cazadores.
Sorry for whining. 
[Edited on 9-2-2013 by Ateo]
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BajaBlanca
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Very rude and so unnecessary!
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SFandH
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I've had the same thing happen at Santispac. Three carloads of people showed up in the middle of the night and set-up camp right on top of us. I
eventually went back to sleep in our cab over camper and woke up to hear a guy snoring in a tent a foot away from my truck. I guess they wanted our
palapa, and they got it. There were others available. We were gone 30 minutes after we woke up. Very unsophisticated people. Bottom of the barrel.
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seems to happen to me more in Baja than in California
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Ateo
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Thanks for listening. 
SFandH, that's a bummer, but like you said, better to just let it go and save your sanity.
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SFandH
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Bajaboy
seems to happen to me more in Baja than in California |
Yes, it's the downside of Mexican culture. I think, I hope, the inconsideration of others that is prevalent in Mexico is becoming less prevalent.
A good aspect of American and Canadian influence.
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rts551
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Bummer. Bet your friend didn't like your encroachment on them either.
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bajabuddha
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Used to was an old saying in Baja.... "Bad roads, good people".... they sure improved the highway over the last 10 years or so. Also as my anti-hero
Ron White would say, "you can't fix stupid".
The glory of camping or trailering is, if you don't like your neighbor, MOVE. That's why I never bought in to a gringolandia.
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SFandH
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| Quote: | Originally posted by bajabuddha
Used to was an old saying in Baja.... "Bad roads, good people".... they sure improved the highway over the last 10 years or so. Also as my anti-hero
Ron White would say, "you can't fix stupid".
The glory of camping or trailering is, if you don't like your neighbor, MOVE. That's why I never bought in to a gringolandia.
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All of that is true. A problem for me is that I've had my fill of bad roads. There's a reason they call them bad.
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Wife and I were coming home from 10 day trip. (labor day weekend) So we drove in to meet up with friends, grand parents to toddlers. We were a group
parked in a circle (10 tents and Mohos). About 12:00 a party rolls in right next to us and the dunes. Their trailers is 5 feet from the only opening
in the circle. Unload the quads, 4 of them and start to ride. I kid you not, they were using the dunes and our circle as a race track. They didn't
understand way we got upset. It was not pretty but they did stop riding that night. Wife and I left the next morning, the rest of the weekend for our
friends is a great story. Now call Labor day weekend in hell. Sometimes it just happens. Sorry it was your turn.
"Never teach a pig to sing it frustrates you and annoys the pig" - W.C.Fields
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Ateo
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| Quote: | Originally posted by rts551
Bummer. Bet your friend didn't like your encroachment on them either. |
Funny thing is they wanted us to camp on their spot but I felt it was a little too tight. When I backed out to try and move to the new site, I backed
into a tree branch, broke a window on my camper shell and dented the truck. I should've just stayed on my extended family's site from the beginning.
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rts551
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ugggghhhhhh
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DENNIS
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Bajaboy
seems to happen to me more in Baja than in California |
Some them [ them is Mexicans] live like they drive. Total mememe a-holes. Racists as well.
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DENNIS
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The great cultural equalizer:
http://www.udap.com/
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Ateo
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They had California plates.
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yeah, it is all coming together now. they drive like the rules of the road don't apply to them, so why should they care about camping on top of you?
maybe they think it enhances their chances of getting ___________, fill in the blank!
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DENNIS
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Ateo
Funny thing is they wanted us to camp on their spot but I felt it was a little too tight. When I backed out to try and move to the new site, I backed
into a tree branch, broke a window on my camper shell and dented the truck. I should've just stayed on my extended family's site from the beginning.
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Sorry this happened to you, Jon. Wish you'd had my phone number. You folks would have been welcome here. Plenty of room....and cold beer.
Keep it in mind for next time.
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woody with a view
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at least Neptune granted you a pardon and let you thru the border nightmare early! i'm thinking the more you think about it the better you'll feel. if
the surf was pumping and you had a great weekend you'd still be in line.
it's the price we pay for a good time.....
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Pretty routine stuff for Easter camping.
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DENNIS
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Ateo
They had California plates. |
Most locals here do, but I see your point. Pochos and Chilangos aren't what this place is about.
BTW....Pochos are the worst racists. Men without a country, as my Mex friends call them.
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