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SoCalAl
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Alfonzina's Closed to Public Access?
Hello All,
It has been a few years but I am back.. The World can only keep you long from the beauty of BAJA.. Juan Ornelas and I went to Alfonsina's this
past weekend as an excuse to try out the new road (highway) and were disappointed to find out we could not enter at 8PM. there was a security guard
posted and we had no choice but to return to San Felipe.  Visited Punta
Bufeo which was nice but extremely windy. What is happening here... Is this what is going to happen to all these awesome places we used to visit now
that the road is here?
Ahh Baja.... Where you can hear yourself think & commingling with the locals will humble you.
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ehall
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Would the guard at the gate not let you in?
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motoged
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Did the guard not allow entry for Alphonsina's? I was there in the day time in February and was allowed in with a friendly wave when I explained I
was going to the hotel....maybe something is different after dark???
Don't believe everything you think....
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woody with a view
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the guard will radio ahead informing them you are coming in.
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chuckie
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I got there just before dark in April, and was told there were no rooms, he was reluctant to let me in but did....
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ehall
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We told the guard we wanted breakfast and we had no problem getting in.
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willardguy
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you gotta know the secret handshake
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JZ
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The restaurant closes at 8pm sharp. If you don't have a reservation there's nothing else for you to do there?
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Bwana_John
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Papa Fernandez also has a new "puerta" that they lock at night, and reopen in the morning.
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neilm81301
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Must have paved the road....
.. ya think that's it? Bad road/good people.... good road??
Neil
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David K
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| Quote: | Originally posted by neilm81301
.. ya think that's it? Bad road/good people.... good road??
Neil |
You girly-men wanted a paved road... well, you got what it brings!
Alfonsina's (no ph in Spanish for the f sound) is a private home area, plus a motel and restaurant. Obviously if the restaurant is
open and the motel has vacancy the guard will let you in.
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David K
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Bwana_John
Papa Fernandez also has a new "puerta" that they lock at night, and reopen in the morning. |
So sad and un-Baja-like... Once a 'land of hardly any fences'!
Good roads bring ALL kinds of people!
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redhilltown
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| Quote: | Originally posted by David K
| Quote: | Originally posted by neilm81301
.. ya think that's it? Bad road/good people.... good road??
Neil |
You girly-men wanted a paved road... well, you got what it brings!
Alfonsina's (no ph in Spanish for the f sound) is a private home area, plus a motel and restaurant. Obviously if the restaurant is
open and the motel has vacancy the guard will let you in. |
The correct spelling is "girlie men". There is no "Y" for macho posturing. Well...hmmm...better let that one go...
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chuckie
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I would...
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Mula
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That Cabo Pulmo area is all fenced off and all the keep out and no trespassing signs make it feel very forbidding to drive around there. And that was
2 or 3 years ago. . . . Very few places to access the beach.
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chuckie
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I found it difficult to even find a place to run my dog on the road North from San Felipe. When I went through a gate into an empty area, I was
visited almost immediately by some private security guys. Very polite but watched from a distance until I left....
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meme
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Have friends from here in SF that stayed at Alfonsinas & camped & fised for 3 days there. So no problems getting in. Maybe it was because it
was at 8:00 p.m.?
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SoCalAl
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I thought about a bit more and realized that the privatizing of all this land is probably good for the economy but for the "Baja Explorer", it is a
pay as you or forget about it. I miss the days when you could drive up to where ever you wanted and just enjoyed the pristine beauty without a worry
as to anyone kicking you out or stretching out their hand for a fee. Baja, though
is still beautiful, just have to make different arrangements or straight out buy your own little piece of it.
Ahh Baja.... Where you can hear yourself think & commingling with the locals will humble you.
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mcfez
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The Baja is what.....1100 miles long? A fence here and there....gate there and here? Plenty of open un-intrusive land. On the Sea of Cortez side.....I
can access 99.9% of the area. I love that new paved road......so you all can address me as Girlie McFez 
[Edited on 5-2-2014 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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JZ
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| Quote: | Originally posted by SoCalAl
I thought about a bit more and realized that the privatizing of all this land is probably good for the economy but for the "Baja Explorer", it is a
pay as you or forget about it. I miss the days when you could drive up to where ever you wanted and just enjoyed the pristine beauty without a worry
as to anyone kicking you out or stretching out their hand for a fee. Baja, though
is still beautiful, just have to make different arrangements or straight out buy your own little piece of it. |
We rode out to Rincon around BoLA on a day ride last week. They have a guard gate at the entry. He asked what we were doing and we said we just
wanted to go to the beach. He let us in but said we had to be out by 4pm when he was leaving and asked us not to go near the houses. Sounds good we
said.
We road two bikes slowly through the neighborhood and made it down to an opening on the beach. A truck with us pulled in about 10mins later.
My son rode on the beach for about 3mins right by the truck.
Some gringa woman from a nearby house came out and just stared at us. A piercing stare. I sat in the bed of the truck drinking a beer and waved at
her. No expression change, no movement. A blank mean stare for 10mins straight. Finally she and another woman came over. The 2nd woman explained
that they had just raised and graded the road into Rincon and asked us kindly to not tear it up with our bikes, which I agreed to.
The 1st one tersely asked us 30 questions about who we were, why were there, who we knew, where we were from, did we live in the Bahia, on and on. I
mostly just said we'll be leaving soon and ignored her. Wow, she was something else. The Mexicans I was with were pretty furious. I'd still like to
kick her in the ass for being a burro.
[Edited on 5-2-2014 by JZ]
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