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[*] posted on 7-18-2015 at 05:59 PM
Historical Dump in Bahia Asuncion


On our way home from the beach swim yesterday we came across this sight.




It was a weird garbage dump as there was nothing but old...real old cans. Juan explained that it was the dump for the original Cantina and the cans were over 50 years old! There were thousands of cans...a whole lotta cerveza was drank there! Nothing but a piece of flat bare ground where the bar was...if cans could talk eh.




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[*] posted on 7-18-2015 at 06:09 PM


Pretty cool.



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[*] posted on 7-18-2015 at 06:15 PM


It is hard to say nice things about an abandoned dump, but at least it is not a bunch of plastic blowing around the dessert. If the price of scrap metal gets high enough, it might even get cleaned up at little or no cost.

I saw that dump when I stayed at your camp (La Sirena?) I will stop by again in the fall and do some more exploring.




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[*] posted on 7-18-2015 at 06:27 PM


Quote: Originally posted by shari  


if cans could talk eh.


Go into a bar today and listen. Probably the same thing is being said today. Prices are going up, the politicians are crooks, something is wrong with the car, fishing is good/bad, and that Canadian babe at the end of the bar looks like she's lookin'. :lol:
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[*] posted on 7-18-2015 at 06:58 PM


There are several of those dumps around which are almost exclusively the same type of can. A steel can with an aluminum top and a removable "pop top". I was curious and assumed they had all come from the same source which only sold one kind of beer. These cans were common starting in about 1960 and were phased out in the mid 70's because of the litter of the removable tops.

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[*] posted on 7-18-2015 at 07:12 PM


"Kicked off my flip flops, stepped on pop top"

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[*] posted on 7-18-2015 at 08:15 PM


I just thought it was kinda cool as a rusting heap of cans provided me with a cool story about the history of our village....there is always more than meets the eye eh!



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[*] posted on 7-18-2015 at 08:56 PM


Dig it. I may need to come down and do some archaeological work. I bet we could piece together entire people's lives by the stuff dumped/buried there!!
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[*] posted on 7-18-2015 at 09:50 PM


that is a lot of cans! a lot of stories!




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[*] posted on 7-18-2015 at 10:16 PM


Another few hundred years or so, we'll call it a 'midden'. True story. Only Grandma ain't buried in it like a few other older ones I know of....



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In San Roque, the families used to just throw their garbage over the side of the hill next to their houses into the arroyo. I have actually seen people still do this! Sometimes Juan and I would pick around down there and he would find stuff from his childhood...he has his brothers old baby shoe in his truck still!

a question...would metal junk collectors be able to cash in on rusty cans like these?




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[*] posted on 7-19-2015 at 07:21 AM


sure Shari...but only for their scrap metal (non-aluminum) by weight value.
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Quote: Originally posted by shari  
In San Roque, the families used to just throw their garbage over the side of the hill next to their houses into the arroyo. I have actually seen people still do this! Sometimes Juan and I would pick around down there and he would find stuff from his childhood...he has his brothers old baby shoe in his truck still!

a question...would metal junk collectors be able to cash in on rusty cans like these?


In Southeast Utah we called that "Navajo Recycling"... toss it in the wash and let The Great Spirit do the rest. From lower San Jan River arm of Lake Bowell is a gorgeous hike up Moonwater Wash... sheer canyon walls for miles, and the farther towards the top you got, the more human detritus you'd encounter.

Far's your question of recycling, I doubt that material would be viable for recycling, and if so, wouldn't bring as much dinero as something like aluminum..... that, coupled with how far it would have to be transported for cashing in on (at least Vizcaino or Guerrero) it'd be more for gas than gain. I'd recommend a) it's just part of 'days-gone-by' as a curiosity, or b) 4 hours on a backhoe w/ a few rakes, and problem solved.




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[*] posted on 7-19-2015 at 08:04 AM


All cans, Shari? No bottles?

It is interesting and the more remote and older the better!

I need to get down in that area....one of the larger pieces of Baja I have not been in.... South of Bahia Tortugas south to north Isla Magdalena along the Pacific coast is an area I have not seen at all. Big chunk of Baja I need to see.
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I hear that all the time from ole baja travelers..before it was the road from hell so not many people entered but now that it is all paved...we are seeing folks like you Fatboy who always meant to explore this area. I get to hear some pretty good yarns about their old baja experiences!

Now it is so easy to access that many baja aficionados come in to stay here instead of GN! So see ya soon for a cold one amigo!




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[*] posted on 7-19-2015 at 04:16 PM


scrap metal was paying 200 a ton or better in Chicago don't know where you would take it to in Baja.
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[*] posted on 7-19-2015 at 04:32 PM


Mostly rust,little metal left...no value



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[*] posted on 7-19-2015 at 04:41 PM


Quote: Originally posted by chuckie  
Mostly rust,little metal left...no value


...kin'ee like us, eh? A little metal left.... :smug:




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[*] posted on 7-19-2015 at 04:45 PM


Quote: Originally posted by shari  
In San Roque, the families used to just throw their garbage over the side of the hill next to their houses into the arroyo. I have actually seen people still do this! Sometimes Juan and I would pick around down there and he would find stuff from his childhood...he has his brothers old baby shoe in his truck still!

a question...would metal junk collectors be able to cash in on rusty cans like these?


Am I correct in assuming that Juan's family. Arce, is part of the ejido that stretches South for many miles? I ask, because we came upon Arce clan down in Punta Abreojos. Thanks.
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but now that it is all paved


Well that is a bummer for me.....I was hoping for something like the drive north from Santa Rosaliita north along the pacific which I have done a few times now....oh well still want to do it....
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