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dirtbikr
Junior Nomad
Posts: 72
Registered: 11-1-2011
Location: sacramento
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Mood: start slow....then taper off!
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pop your bubble?
I am like a kid in disneyland when it comes to baja or all of mexico, love it, love it. Not to be negative and it probably will come out that way but
what if anything actually popped YOUR bubble about mexico? Sometimes when reading others experiences they would never go back. Anyways I am always in
a continual state of planning my next trip, where I'm going to go, what to do, and what to bring. I had my xr racebike stolen in ensenada a few years
ago, I still go, bring my toys, but with exrea security measures now, won't stop me.
If you\'re not living on the EDGE... You\'re taking up too much room! Its never too late for a darkside.
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Ateo
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A few years ago my truck was broken into at a place we used to drop off clothing and donations to. Passports were stolen, a birth certificate, even
my reading glasses. Bummed us out for about 2 years on Baja. We went to the police but you know how that goes. Learned to never keep anything of
value in a vehicle ever. This applies in the USA as well.
[Edited on 7-11-2014 by Ateo]
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woody with a view
PITA Nomad
Posts: 15939
Registered: 11-8-2004
Location: Looking at the Coronado Islands
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gas prices!
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Martyman
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Registered: 9-10-2004
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Getting pulled over by Tijuana cops.
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sancho
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Never had anything of negative consequence happen, SOB, never
met anyone who experienced such an incident. I do understand
the hesitation some non experienced prospective Mex Tourists
feel about Mex travel, and if something major did happen, I can fully understand
the reluctance to go back. I think many of us would feel that way
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danaeb
Senior Nomad
Posts: 991
Registered: 11-13-2006
Location: San Diego; El Centenario
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Mood: groovy
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I was served warm beer once.
Experience enables you to recognize a mistake every time you repeat it.
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wessongroup
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Posts: 21152
Registered: 8-9-2009
Location: Mission Viejo
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Mood: Suicide Hot line ... please hold
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motoged
Elite Nomad
Posts: 6481
Registered: 7-31-2006
Location: Kamloops, BC
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Mood: Gettin' Better
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I have been exploring BAja and other parts of Mexico since 1989. Six years ago my girlfriend was robbed at knifepoint by her taxi driver on the way
to the airport in San Jose del Cabo....and dumped off on the highway by the airport. She was significantly traumatized....I felt partially
responsible as I was back in the hotel with serious food poisoning and assumed the taxi drive was safe.....I wanted to find the taxi driver and kill
him.....but didn't. That made me question my travel plans for Mexico.
I kept coming back to Mexico.
Three years ago I broke my leg riding my moto in silt north of San Juanico....a week later back in Canada I had an xray and went into surgery for a
plate and seven pins on my fibula....
I came back to Baja with my motos.
Two years ago I contracted a skin infection in a hotel swimming pool in Taxco that plagued me for a month....
I will go back to mainland again but shower after using any swimming pools rather than leave pool water sitting on my skin for very long.
Last year my 690 KTM was stolen in San Felipe when I was in a bakery for 5 minutes. I freaked out.... .....and then posted reward posters around town and got the bike back within 48 hours (everyone acknowledges how
lucky I was to get the bike back).
I am taking the bike down again this Xmas for a month.
I have learned from my adventures and misadventures....and will keep going back because I really like Mexico....and will lock the bike up EVERY time I
walk away from it. I won't let any female friends take taxis by themselves any more....etc.....
Don't believe everything you think....
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BooJumMan
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Posts: 897
Registered: 8-11-2007
Location: San Diego
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What pops my bubble is the thought of nothing bad has happened to me...and I might be due. Crap!
[Edited on 7-11-2014 by BooJumMan]
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micah202
Super Nomad
Posts: 1615
Registered: 1-19-2011
Location: vancouver,BC
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...had my -very- loaded baja van swiped in TJ 3 years ago--miss the van and 'stuff',,,,been back twice since
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woody with a view
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Location: Looking at the Coronado Islands
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Ged, I'm starting to wonder about you!
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motoged
Elite Nomad
Posts: 6481
Registered: 7-31-2006
Location: Kamloops, BC
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| Quote: | Originally posted by woody with a view
Ged, I'm starting to wonder about you! |
Me too !
Don't believe everything you think....
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micah202
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| Quote: | Originally posted by motoged
Last year my 690 KTM was stolen in San Felipe when I was in a bakery for 5 minutes. I freaked out.........and then posted reward posters around town and got the bike back within 48 hours (everyone acknowledges how
lucky I was to get the bike back). |
..when I was posting rewardo flyers in TJ,,,someone rightly pointed out that they translated to -kidnap-me- posters in Tijuanese 
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vgabndo
Ultra Nomad
Posts: 3461
Registered: 12-8-2003
Location: Mt. Shasta, CA
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Mood: Checking-off my bucket list.
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I couldn't help noting recently the number of places along the highway that I had occasion to say: "Oh I sure know THAT mechanic's shop." Years of
traveling "on the cheap" means the vehicles weren't always Baja ready. I try to be ready for that. Most recently I replaced the lift pump in my Dodge
Diesel on the dusty roadside in the desert because the spare part was IN THE TRUCK. A story that might have been a Baja Boo Hoo, is often just another
good campfire story if one prepares for trouble. After our place in San Nicolas' was wasted by T S Julio, local gringos pretty much picked it clean,
but when I finally got there to pick up the pieces, it was my Mexican neighbors who came and offered to BUY what was left! I'll always be back, the
Mexican people treat me wonderfully. In the USA the majority holds the opinion that I'm not worth feeding.
Undoubtedly, there are people who cannot afford to give the anchor of sanity even the slightest tug. Sam Harris
"The situation is far too dire for pessimism."
Bill Kauth
Carl Sagan said, "We are a way for the cosmos to know itself."
PEACE, LOVE AND FISH TACOS
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dtbushpilot
Ultra Nomad
Posts: 3288
Registered: 1-11-2007
Location: Buena Vista BCS
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| Quote: | Originally posted by motoged
I have been exploring BAja and other parts of Mexico since 1989. Six years ago my girlfriend was robbed at knifepoint by her taxi driver on the way
to the airport in San Jose del Cabo....and dumped off on the highway by the airport. She was significantly traumatized....I felt partially
responsible as I was back in the hotel with serious food poisoning and assumed the taxi drive was safe.....I wanted to find the taxi driver and kill
him.....but didn't. That made me question my travel plans for Mexico.
I kept coming back to Mexico.
Three years ago I broke my leg riding my moto in silt north of San Juanico....a week later back in Canada I had an xray and went into surgery for a
plate and seven pins on my fibula....
I came back to Baja with my motos.
Two years ago I contracted a skin infection in a hotel swimming pool in Taxco that plagued me for a month....
I will go back to mainland again but shower after using any swimming pools rather than leave pool water sitting on my skin for very long.
Last year my 690 KTM was stolen in San Felipe when I was in a bakery for 5 minutes. I freaked out.........and then posted reward posters around town and got the bike back within 48 hours (everyone acknowledges how
lucky I was to get the bike back).
I am taking the bike down again this Xmas for a month.
I have learned from my adventures and misadventures....and will keep going back because I really like Mexico....and will lock the bike up EVERY time I
walk away from it. I won't let any female friends take taxis by themselves any more....etc..... |
Your story is incredible ged, almost unbelievable, especially the part about you having a girlfriend..
"Life is tough".....It's even tougher if you're stupid.....
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motoged
Elite Nomad
Posts: 6481
Registered: 7-31-2006
Location: Kamloops, BC
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Mood: Gettin' Better
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| Quote: | Originally posted by dtbushpilot
Your story is incredible ged, almost unbelievable, especially the part about you having a girlfriend.. |
David ,
Thanks for pointing that out.....as it brings to my attention something I omitted: I spent a week riding motorcycles in the desert with DT
Bushpilot...and despite that initial experience with this egghead.....I would do it again.... 
Woody,maybe I am just a sucker for punishment???
[Edited on 7-11-2014 by motoged]
Don't believe everything you think....
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David K
Honored Nomad
Posts: 64838
Registered: 8-30-2002
Location: San Diego County
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Mood: Have Baja Fever
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Nice photo of David... at Ricardo's Rice & Beans?
In all my travels to Baja since I was 16 (1974), I have had nothing bad happen to me that would scare me off of Baja travel. Being on the end of Bad
roads and 4WD camping may be why I have been 'lucky'?
After the cartel's assassination of two brother's we knew, about 7 years ago in Tijuana, and the kidnapping/ car-jacking of the McMillin friend's
truck helping at Ensenada for the 1000, south of Rosarito on the toll road... we took a Baja break for a little while and enjoyed seeing sites in the
USA instead, during our longer vacations...
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TMW
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Registered: 9-1-2003
Location: Bakersfield, CA
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In 1988 my son totaled his new truck on the way to San Felipe, he was not hurt. I did all the leg work for the paper work to get paid by the Mexican
insurance. 1990 had my truck broken into and tool box and other stuff stolen. 1993 had my 91 chevy truck stolen at Renes restaurant at Rosarito. Got
it back two weeks later. 1995 Xmas time was side swiped at La Rumorosa causing $7000 damage to my chevy. Took 8 months before truck was found and
fixed, long story. 2007 wrecked my 93 Toyota truck in Mexicali, Allstate totaled it and paid me out. 2013 lost bag with passport and money and etc and
some good people of El Rosario found it and contacted me and I got it back with everything OK. Good people in Baja. It's good to be in Baja as long as
you have insurance.
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SFandH
Elite Nomad
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Registered: 8-5-2011
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Popped my bubble? Listening to THE WORST "MUSIC" in the world at full volume from a mega bass car stereo with blown speakers parked next to my
beautiful Bahia Concepcion RV spot. And then cleaning up their mess after they left.
It happens way too much.
Mexicans at the beach don't seem to have any consideration for the people around them.
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motoged
Elite Nomad
Posts: 6481
Registered: 7-31-2006
Location: Kamloops, BC
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Mood: Gettin' Better
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| Quote: | Originally posted by SFandH
Popped my bubble? Listening to THE WORST "MUSIC" in the world at full volume .... |
What????? You don't like trumpets and accordians cranked up to 11 until 2:00 AM?
Don't believe everything you think....
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