azucena
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Cabo Pulmo Development halted
The developers of the proposed Cabo Dorado resort have withdrawn their proposal due to " well founded " environmental concerns. They are however, back
at the drawing board to try to come up with a more environmentally sound project, so they will be back. The problem is water water water... not enough
to sustain even a small development Stay tuned!!!
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Udo
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What a surprise!
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bledito
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it,s never going to be over will there,s a way
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Whale-ista
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thank you for the update.
I'll be heading to Cabo Pulmo soon. Kayak is already packed, will be loading other items soon.
I've learned not to assume places like Cabo Pulmo will always be there. The last time I visited Cabo San Lucas, 1982 or thereabouts, it was a sleepy
fishing town with palapas on the shoreline, housing restaurants that fixed whatever the fishermen brought in that day.
I still have a photo, somewhere, of the ferry coming into town. The Finestera hotel was one of two large hotels in town...
About the same time, while driving south, we camped at Nopolo, south of Loreto, at the end of the road that I think now connects to the hotel, golf
course etc. There were some construction fences in place, but we just parked the Westie and fell asleep.
I remember waking up and walking around the inlet near the mangroves, admiring the egrets and herons catching large fish and struggling to swallow
then. Meanwhile, 100 yards away, bulldozers dug up the plants, and fires were lit to burn them so they could complete the "development."
I hope the hotel/golf course is good for the local economy, and hope the birds have found other places to eat. It taught me a lesson: see Baja while
you can, and never assume your favorite places will still be the same when/if you return.
\"Probably the airplanes will bring week-enders from Los Angeles before long, and the beautiful poor bedraggled old town will bloom with a
Floridian ugliness.\" (John Steinbeck, 1940, discussing the future of La Paz, BCS, Mexico)
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Bajahowodd
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Actually back in 1982, there were three "major" hotels there. The Finesterra, The Solmar, and The Hacienda. No marina. Just a swamp.
That being said, the explosive growth in Cabo can be easily matched or possibly exceeded in the Riviera Maya/ Playa Del Carmen area. We went into
Playa Del Carmen off a ferry from Cozumel in 1982. Three rickety buildings was what it consisted of. Surrounding it was undeveloped jungle. Go there
today, and you will find tens of thousands of hotel rooms, timeshares, and condo, along with a plethora of international chain restaurants.
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My first visit to East Cape was in 1969. I hoped then it would not become a mega resort. Moved here in 1994 when there were 2000 people in his little
pueblo. Just dumb luck on my part that after all these years the giant marina project here is stalled after 9 years of unsteady growth and the town
now has only about 2300 people. Had I the power to see what I had, asked the Gods to keep it just as it lays, I would feel smart/lucky now. Must have
been the lucky part. If you doubt me, just ask my wife.
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In my brief 5 1/2 years living in downtown La Paz, the city's economy shifted dramatically toward malls and megastores, away from downtown and
family-owned concerns. Whether one thinks that is "good for the economy" depends, in my opinion, on whose economy one is speaking of--the majority of
Mexicans, or the upper crust of any nationality. I decided to leave, since if I wanted "all the comforts of home" and a dispossessed working-class to
provide them, I would have stayed in the USA.
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BooJumMan
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Are there any articles on this project really coming to a hault? I am actually really surprised.
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azucena
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I found an article in the Vallarta Times by googling status of Cabo Dorado project . Also , heard from several friends there that the project has been
withdrawn, but everyone knows they will try to present another proposal. when I left there in early May it was still a go.
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Bajahowodd
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| Quote: | Originally posted by susaninlapaz
In my brief 5 1/2 years living in downtown La Paz, the city's economy shifted dramatically toward malls and megastores, away from downtown and
family-owned concerns. Whether one thinks that is "good for the economy" depends, in my opinion, on whose economy one is speaking of--the majority of
Mexicans, or the upper crust of any nationality. I decided to leave, since if I wanted "all the comforts of home" and a dispossessed working-class to
provide them, I would have stayed in the USA. |
That's what happens when the oligarchs run things. Just like NOB. These folks are looking at a global economy for their profits, and the citizens of
any one country can eat mierda. Profits rule and much of it is shoveled offshore.
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azucena
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Exactly
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