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BajaBlanca
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Santa Rosalia
On our way to Punta Chivato, of course we stopped at Santa Rosalia both going and coming. Here is a glimpse at our trek. If you don't like posts with
lots of pics. go ahead and skip this one altogether.
The first stop we made was at a student's house in Punta Abreojos . They are all competing to see who can recycle the most plastic. It can then be
dropped off at CampoFisher or in this case, we were taking it all the way to Santa Rosalia. They now have collection receptacles everywhere in town!
Here is the loot:
Here is the loot being left in Santa Rosalia to be taken to China:
Once in town we dropped by three hardware stores -here are pics of two of them:
the main square was gearing up for DIA DE REYES and boy - this is gonna be one heck of a party!
we were told that this restaurant has delicious tacos el pastor but it (as you can see) was closed for lunch on Thursday -perhaps it only opens for
dinners?
It is located on the left as you head north on main highway. go past the Chinese. go past the stop sign. it is on the left:
This is the restaurant we ate at -it has internet which I appreciate:
Santa Rosalia has some quaint old homes that I wish had their stories written in books for all to read:
we were under the impression that we had to renew out Mexican IFE cards but we are good to go:
We both admit that we are GLAD GLAD GLAD perhaps even ecstatic that we are now Mexicanos and will never have to enter this building again  ))))
Of course Santa Rosalia boasts this cute library - renovated not too long ago:
and lastly - I guess there is a tourist book that promotes the black sand beaches of santa rosalia. we, years ago, met two young ones who were ever
so disappointed as they backpacked into town just to experience the black sand beaches. We gave them a ride to Bahia Concepcion. Surely prettier than
this:
and that is all folks - hope you enjoyed this mini trek.
[Edited on 1-10-2015 by BajaBlanca]
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liknbaja127
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Very cool pictures, as always. That taco stand is a good one! Have ate there a few times. Also ate at the restaurant you posted, not as good as the
taco stand, It is a cool town to check out. lots of history there.
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I LOVE posts with lots of pictures, thank you!
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There used to be an internet cafe in the 2nd story of that green building. That was back in the day we used dialup modems.
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Black sand beach is right in front of town, south of the harbor... or was:
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BajaBlanca
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I know this beach too -which one is uglier is a toss up!
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That taco stand rocks!
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Super and neat
thks
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Had one of my best Pizza's ever in Santa Rosalia. There were Gloria Trevi photos everywhere. 1994?
Thanks for the post Blanca! Doing good...............
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Great photos and good narrative, and I wish I was there to give you a days' tour of even more of Sta. R. There is sooo much more there, you missed
the better hardware stores (right by the banks and even farther north from the town center than Chimenia).... and tacos??? Oh brudder, the best carne
asada in Baja is at the Yellow carneceria at the upper end. There are good street fish venders, wonderful small grocery stores on side-streets as
well as the larger more-known ones, and good birria and taco vendors as well.
Sta. R. is NOT known for beaches. Concepcion is. Sta. R. is COMMERCE, Mexicano style. A whole different vibe, a different culture(S) as well;
architecture, movement, flow, the antithesis to Mulege. I love them both.
Visit, enjoy, marvel. The glory to the many faceted sides of Baja. 
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I don't have a BUCKET LIST, but I do have a F***- IT LIST a mile long!
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I have always thought Santa Rosalia the most fascinating town in all of Baja, and so very unique. We spent a lot of time there way back when, coming
and going----always enjoyed it, and my friends did too.
Great pictures and captions. Thanks.
Barry
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 only on nomads! if you folks were eating tacos boy oh boy were you missing
out! up on that little side street off the bakery was the Cup 'o Pizza guy. he was unbelievable! he ran the the old Cup 'o Pizza guy out of business!
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Enlightening perspective - nice to know about the hardware store too. The plastic goes to China? At least it's not blowing around the Baja desert.
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And don't miss the cemetery on the hill--
"Jesus Sandobal, born July 29, 1904 and died April 7, 1922 at the age of 17 years. His mother dedicates this humble memorial to him."
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Way cool gueribo!
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Wow.....gotta go back in 2 weeks......can't wait! Never thought to go to the cemetary, but lots of history there.
And I thought I was gonna have zero response on this posting lol
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Quote: Originally posted by BajaBlanca  | Wow.....gotta go back in 2 weeks......can't wait! Never thought to go to the cemetary, but lots of history there.
And I thought I was gonna have zero response on this posting lol |
Blanca, its why I say "So much Baja... so little time" as the place just keeps giving and giving!
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Definitely check out the cemetery. Not only is the view spectacular but you can see how MANY people died in the mine...scary! I don't remember the
exact numbers but thousands died...not hundreds, not tens. Also go to the museum, across from the Francis hotel down a block. I assume it is still
open. Breakfast at the Francis ain't bad either....famous for their french toast.
I agree with buddha about the town. Get out and walk around, down side streets. The old wooden structures are pretty cool.
Don't forget the fried chicken place across from the train engine.
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interesting they chose to honor Mahatma Gandhi for their new library? last trip through it was under construction, anyone visit it?
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| Quote: Originally posted by willardguy | interesting they chose to honor Mahatma Gandhi for their new library? last trip through it was under construction, anyone visit it?
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It has always been called that. I think this was just a remodeling.
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