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VOL. 3 ED. 11 • JULY 25TH, 2016 • NO BAD NEWS
Photo By: Gary Graham
Say you’re stranded on a desert island. Say all there was to eat was these spiny cactus. Would you? you probably already have sampled
them in local food. They kinda look like and taste like strips of green pepper
Banking Fraud
Let us count the ways
BY REN DRAKE HILL
Mexico is seeing a drastic
increase in identity theft, soaring
more than 600% in the past four
years. 2015 losses total more than
$7.5 million (that’s dollars, folks,
not pesos), a 19% increase over
2014. Mexico’s Commission for
the Protection and Defense of
Financial Services Users claims
that it was able to satisfy six
out of ten complaints, crediting
about $3.7 million dollars back to
victims, but that’s hard to believe
given that when we complain nobody listens. And most of those
claimed victims helped were
Mexicans and not foreigners.
In many cases the victim inserts an ATM card into a machine,
requests money, the amount is
deducted from the bank account,
but no money is dispensed. It’s
happening to people across the
board, and across the country,
regardless of citizenship
Unlike the U.S., in Mexico,
outdoor ATMs are not part of
the banking institution, and are
actually operated by another
company. Storming into the bank
will usually not help, the blank
stare from the teller being your
first clue.
In other cases cards and ID
are pickpocketed from unsuspecting dupes in crowded areas,
such as Benny Blvd on a holiday
weekend. Bury your cards deep
in inside pockets or purses. And
hold onto those cell phones!
Thieves know that many of us
now have those easy pay-byphone apps that don’t require
passwords for use. You could
be buying Starbucks for all of
Tijuana!
Helpful hint # 1: Do not let
anyone who offers assistance
with an ATM help you. Do not
relinquish your card even for a
second; these crooks are muy
fast! They may palm your card
and pawn off another to you stating, after their futile effort to help
you, that they cannot help you.
Sometimes scanning equipment is installed on the ATM,
that copies information and
withdraws the funds
w it hout t he c ard
holder’s knowledge.
Hey, it happened
to me! I accompanied my hubby to
the local Pemex and
waited for him to dart
inside for some quick
cash. Five minutes later
I received a phone call
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Pay Your Utilities
Online And In English
And from anywhere in the world
BY ALEJANDRA BORBOLLA
Good news to everyone who
knows the pain of going to pay
utility bills in person in Mexico,
especially when you have to go
to eight different places for a
single household. And those
of you who have more than one
home, well good luck with that.
Now there’s a new way of
paying household bills, and
from the comfort of
your home or
even the
comfort of a
for-eign country.
Wherever you are, you
can now keep your Mexican
home humming along by going
online. Best of all, you don’t
need Spanish and the service
is free.
SimplePay was created to
pay bills and purchase services
by using web and mobile apps.
The apps were created by two
young Mexican entrepreneurs who went to
college in the U.S.
Their advantage
t he y have is
they already
knew utility
companies
in Mexico
are a pain
in the ass,
and after
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in the
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learned AmeriCONTINUED ON PAGE 5
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July 25th, 2016
Que Pasa in Baja?
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BY OLIVER QUINTERO
Vogue promotes the wine valley. The internationally known
Vogue magazine helped boost
our local wine valley this month
with a great article titled, “Why
You Might Want to Skip Napa
and Visit Mexico’s Wine Country
Instead”. The article talks about
how you can find a more lowkey, less commercial and highly
authentic experience in the local
valley compared to Napa. To read
the full article visit: http://bit.ly/
voguevalley/
In the last couple of years the
wine valley has seen an excep-
tional growth of wineries and
restaurants and has received a
lot of coverage with the national
and international press. Try to
visit the valley at least a couple
of times a year, there is so much
going on that you will find new
things to do or to eat every couple
months.
Uber cars get hauled. The
Ensenada government targeted
Uber drivers last week in order
to fine them and haul their cars
away until the fine is paid. Several
Uber drivers were crying foul
because they did this on a Friday
afternoon, leaving the drivers
without their cars until Monday.
The way authorities orchestrated the operation also caused
outrage on social media since
they had several officials call for
Uber cars from their cell phones
just to bring the drivers into their
checkpoint where their vehicles
were taken. It’s called entrapment.
In every city where Uber
spreads to, they start operating
without the necessary permits
until they generate a good driver
and customers base, then they
start negotiating with authorities
in order to get the appropriate
permits. Of course at this point
they have some leverage because
they are offering jobs and the
people want the service to stay
in their city and are very vocal
about it.
Baja gas stations investigated. The Mexican version of
the Federal Trade Commission
launched an investigation of Baja
gas stations on reports they are
violating federal antitrust laws.
Authorities claim there have
been reports several gas station
companies have been secretly
agreeing between them to not offer discounts or better service to
their customers in order to boost
profits. If this can be proven, the
fine could be a whopping 10%
of the total sales of the gas stations involved or 10 year prison
sentence. But don’t hold your
breath: Mexican companies have
been getting away with collusion
for years.
Bighorn sheep. Our state congress agreed to ask federal and
state authorities to abstain from
issuing permits to hunt bighorn
sheep until a head count is done
to determine how many of these
critters are out there and can we
spare any of them.
The state can only suggest to
the feds, at the end of the day the
feds will have the final word on
the fate of the sheep, although
they will take the state’s concerns
into account.
It will be a tough decision for
conservation authorities since the
few bighorn sheep permits they
sell can fetch up to $200,000 USD
you know that we have our own
type of food? Well, now you do.
It’s called Baja Med and it just
celebrated its 15th birthday in
one of the restaurants of the chef
that created it.
The birthday party was at
chef Miguel Angel Guerrero’s
restaurant La Esperanza in the
wine valley, were national and
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Owners of the land, who receive a small part of the cost of
the permits, are calling the congressman irresponsible because,
they say, the species is not endangered and it affects their own
ability to put food on their table.
Baja Med food turns 15. Did
international chefs attended as
guests and cooks. Chefs of a
feather flock together or something like that.
Baja Med food fuses Mexican
food with Mediterranean and
Asian food and it’s served now
in most gourmet restaurants
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What’s Going On
In This Country?
Where do all these people
come from? The Tlalpan toll
booths on the highway between
Mexico City and Acapulco began
operations in 1952, and one year
later 70 vehicles passed through
it on an average day. Today, that
figure is greater than 35,000 in
a single day. And if you think
Gringos are important to Mexico,
don’t get too carried away with
yourself, because in those days
Acapulco was the playground of
the American tourist. Today it is
the playground of the Mexican
tourist. Acapulco is still doing
well.
Same shit different country.
The future of renewable energy
amounting to more than US $1
billion remains uncertain, because the communities where
they would be located have filed
law suits to stop them. That’s the
case with the 396 megawatt wind
farm in the Isthmus region of the
state of Oaxaca. The project has
been delayed for four years due
to ecofreaks. According to the
former president of the Mexican
Wind Energy Association, those
who oppose the wind farm are
not locals, but outside groups
with other interests.
“There are groups, not the
land owners or beneficiaries,
who oppose the project. These
political groups and non-governmental organizations provoke
complex situations to
their own advantage,”
said Adrián Escofet.
T he e c of re a k s
have a ls o ha lte d
building of hydroelectric power plants
in Puebla and Veracruz, according to the
president of the Mexican Association of
Hydroelectric Power.
There are four
such projects in those
states that have been
suspended, representing a total investment of
$272 million, and a total installed
capacity of 120 megawatts.
Up next for legal challenges
could be solar power installations. The director of the Mexi-
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July 25th, 2016
But it looks like they might make
money on it.
The project would be good
the state of Colima on Mexico’s
Pacific coast. The jig was up when
authorities discovered atypical
densities in the containers.
Much of the cocaine in Mexico comes from South America.
The drug is typically trafficked
through Mexico to the U.S. Authorities have not made any indication of who could be behind
the shipment, though its final
destination in Sinaloa state sug-
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contracts are completed, they
are expecting the projects to be
halted by a series of amparos.
Legal injunctions.
Now, who wants to write us
one more snotty letter about our
use of the word ecofreak? Bring
it on. And just be glad we’re not
calling them what they really are:
extortionists.
The Donald’s wall. If Donald
Trump becomes the next U.S
news for cement producers.
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placed to benefit, as it
has numerous facilities
close by. Estimates are it
will take more than $700
million worth of concrete
and $240 million worth
of cement to build the
wall. That would be a
welcome boost for Cemex, which is looking to
continue its recovery after
reporting its first quarterly
profit in seven years.
president and makes good on
This sneak isn’t quite sneaky
building his 2,000 mile long 40 enough. Officials found cocaine
foot wall, Mexican officials are packed in salsa that was being
swearing they won’t pay for it. shipped from Ecuador to Mexico.
217 salsa tubs, which weighed 132
pounds each, were seized.
Each tub contained a bag of
cocaine. A little more than
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gests that Guzmán’s Sinaloa cartel
could be involved. El Shorty
opened a chili pepper cannery in
Guadalajara in southwest Mexico, which he used to produce cans
labeled “Comadre Jalapeños” and
packed with cocaine, which were
then shipped to California. ,
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from our bank suggesting that
there may be fraudulent activity
on his card. Sure enough, over
$1000 was removed from our
account, going to three different
concerns in the time he was trying to remove his card from the
ATM machine. It took a lot of
work, but we eventually got our
money back.
Hint # 2: Password protect
your cell phones so if lost or stolen, the information cannot be
accessed. Yeah, it’s a pain in the
butt to wake your phone up every
time you want to use it, but it sure
beats the possible alternative!
Hint # 3: Read your monthly
bank statements carefully. Sometimes it is hard to spot an extra
dinner or gasoline purchase
tacked onto your card. And don’t
leave anything important, even
those pesky credit card requests,
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Well, here’s why one family came
BY BUNNY WINGATE TAVARES
“The stack of bills piled so high
we couldn’t see the wall behind
them”, explained Bob, an auto mechanic. Gimping along with a bum
knee and hip, he was just collecting
his last check from workers’ comp.
Wife Audrey, was a registered
physical therapist who had to work
extra hours at her job just to put
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with the house payments and utility bills. Lucky for them there were
three food banks not far from their
home, but the problem
was they only allowed
each person to chow
down once per week.
No problem there,
if they fudged their
names and addresses.
It was OK, everyone
did it, explained Bob,
as he was collecting
tins of vegetables and
soups. Sometimes a
chicken appeared if
they were lucky, but
always eggs and lots of
cakes and cookies. The
food was donated by local markets with Thanksgiving and
Christmas turkeys always on hand.
It got to be something of a social
gathering with a carpool to the
meet up most of the days.
Then there was the bartering
what each of them had extras of.
The women were getting fat and
sick of rice soup and spaghetti,
though.
The bigger problems began
when Bob’s checks stopped coming
in and Audrey, at age 72, knew she
only had so many years left to work
at a job where lifting was required.
They had family to consider and
the senior housing waiting list was
two years long. Losing their home
was unthinkable but the housing
market had tanked and no one was
buying. Bob was so worried he was
like a deer frozen in the headlights,
unable to even consider selling or
renting the home he loved.
But Audrey knew these times
called for desperate measures so she
combed the internet to investigate
possible states and towns in America where they could afford to pay
their bills. Where could they live on
their social security anywhere in the
U.S.? The answer unfortunately was
nowhere with a savings account
that would soon be gone after using
it to pay a huge mortgage, home
maintenance and winter utility bills
in the Northeast. Their friends and
family never imagined that rising
costs in the U.S. would eventually
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you use, the bubbles are
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bury their middle class status into
the dire straits of a one income
family unable to meet that family’s
bills that began to rise slowly but
surely, unnoticed, until the reality
hit them head on.
Bob fought the good
fight for many months when
Mexico was thrown into the
mix along with Ecuador and
Panama. They were watching
many of their friends losing their
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family or just dropping out
of town functions. After
many months of begging
by Audry, Bob agreed to
spend two months in Baja
close enough to the border
he could get there quick in
case of medical emergencies.
Their families, after hearing
horror stories of Mexican
beheadings, begged them to
reconsider this crazy experiment and continue on their
path to homelessness with some
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With bags packed and a two
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rented out their home and eventually sold it.
Most of the children promised
to visit. Oh, they had a few hold
outs with continued murder and
mayhem to fear but fortunately
they really never liked those relatives anyway.
It’s been five years now, with
no regrets, and with prices they
could easily afford, visits to medical
people just across the border, and
more social events than they have
time for. Some of their new friends
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states, never really accepting the
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and heart palpitations a daily affair.
But after two weeks in their
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Oscar Herrera, the CEO of
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Alejandro Vargas, age 26, is
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In Oscar’s words, “Auto pay is
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Here’s how it works: You go
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latest bill’s reference number,
amount to pay IN PESOS and
the date it’s due. Finally, click on
the checkout option, and enter
your American debit or credit
card information. The platform
automatically converts the peso/
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Every family should start
by teaching their kids to
respect everyone, rich or
poor, even to have respect
for the animals. This is the
way to start.
2. Licha Manrriquez.
Living in Baja for 23
years. Retired elementary school teacher. I do
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You can add as many services as you have, and pay in
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The company is a Limited
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Other products SimplePay
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There is a history section on the
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Ask a Mexican
1. Felipe Villelas Miranda. Living in Baja
for 36 años. Bait fisherman. Respect is a right
that everyone gains. We
must respect all people. If
that does not happen, we
will have big problems.
People are all part of us.
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respect God and my parents.
They gave me life. I respect
my neighborhood. Just like
our distinguished Benito
Juarez [liberal reformer who
served as president for five
terms] said, “Respect for
the rights of others is peace.”
Every Mexican knows these
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words and most of us apply
them.
3. Gloria Maria Calzada. Living in Baja for 26
years. Elementary school
Spanish teacher. I respect
my parents. They gave me
life and everything I know.
Much more than respect
is love. I respect children’s
rights most of all. I respect
animals, but the mosquitos,
well they are not animals.
They are insects (I kill them
all the time). This is not an
eye for an eye, but these
stupid flying insects bother
me so much that I cannot
respect them. They are so
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noisy and, they attack when
I am asleep. 4. Sara Verdugo. Living
in Baja for 15 years. University student. I respect
the police, the soldiers, and
the handsome marines. If
people do not respect the
authorities we will live in
anarchy, a confused world
ally to your service provider as
they are still working on offering
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connection with the service provider databases so the program
will know the amount due and
due date just by providing the
account number.
Then there is the SimpleFix
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plan that costs $20 to $25 a
month, and if something goes
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This part of the service is not
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This Week’s Question is:
Who or what do you respect?
without any rules. Just imagine drunken people, a drug
town, and no respect for
children, women, or animals. Yes, even though I do
not like the way the authorities are governing us, I
respect them. A warm salute
for the marines and for the
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gendarmes.
5. Iliana Velázquez.
Living in Baja for a year.
Psychologist. I do respect
my Almighty God, because
he is my creator. Well not
only for being my creator,
but for all that he has created. As a result, I respect
myself, which is a huge chal-
lenge to do daily. I respect
my fellow creatures. I respect
the environment. I separate
the garbage to send to the
recycling center. I check my
vehicle so it does not contaminate too much. That is
the way that I respect myself
and my neighborhood. 5
6. Jorge Garcia. Living
in Baja for 40 years. Artist.
I respect the family. That
is where our values begin
which allow us to have a
decent life. I came here to
Baja 40 years ago. This used
to be a virgin village where
we had a lot of freedom,
where we did not respect
nature or ourselves. There
was a lot of cocaine, marijuana and tons of alcohol,
so we lost all the decent
ways of living. It used to
be a beautiful place that
we did not appreciate.
Now we lost our chance
to appreciate it. Now we,
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the local people live in a
jail. We can´t even go to
any beach anymore, it is
forbidden to pass through
private land to there. If we
could relive the past with
honestly today we would
all be different. So respect
means for me: honesty,
care, and love. ,
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Fish Report
Coronado Islands
Yellowtail are being caught all
around the Islands in the 12 to 25
pound class, plus there has been
a fairly good showing of barracuda as well. The yellows are
mostly biting the fly-lined sardine but some were also caught
on the surface iron — same deal
for the barracuda. Water conditions around the Islands are very
good now with nice clean warm
water everywhere.
As for locations, North Island
at both Pukey Point and the Key-
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hole, and at the Middle Grounds
Ensenada
along with Genoa and the Gun
Inshore local boats are scorSite, then at South Island
ing yellowtail, barraat Ribbon Kelp and
cuda, calico bass
South Kelp; these
and bonito.
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signs of life with
18 pound yellowfin,
yellowtail, barrawhich are coming off
cuda and bonito
all be- sonar marks, breezers, puddlers,
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Nice weather, with plenty of
yellowtail feeding on the surface
in the 10 to 20 pound class. At
San Martin Island, the calico bass
are biting well on plastics. If you
plan to go, take Xraps and Salas
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squid is always good insurance
if everything goes sideways as
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their recent trip with Cedros Island Adventures.
dies are also giving up yellowtail
ranging from little 3 pound fish
up to slugs in the 30 pound class.
Most are in the 12 to 15 pound
class. Some of these kelps are also
producing dorado ranging from
3 to about 12 pound class.
San Quintin
Bahía de los Ángeles
“Pesca la Baja’s” third in a
series of five “Baja Fishing”
International Championship
Tournaments was held in Bahia
de los Angeles on July 17th and
attracted 185 anglers, a record
breaking number for the series.
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Matias Arjona Rydalch, Head
of the Ministry of Fisheries and
Aquaculture (SEPESCABC),
said that the event was held
with about 60 boats, half of
them owned by the competitors
themselves, while the rest are
local charter boats that benefit
the hotels, restaurants and commercial activities.
For the second consecutive
year, the first three tournaments
of “Fishing Baja” took place in
the Sea of Cortez, specifically
in San Felipe, San Luis Gonzaga
and Bay of Los Angeles, the
other two are to be held in San
Quentin on 19 and 20 of August,
and the grand finale which will
be in Ensenada on the 23 and 24
of September.
In Bahia de Los Angeles, for
the third successive year, Jorge
Orozco, a native of Southern
California, emerged as winner in the surface category for
Team Enfermos Sport Fishing
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We Have A Celebrity
Right Here In Rosarito
Locally world famous author has been published
BY PAIGE TURNER
Mark Zvonkovic is a retired
lawyer who holds a degree in
literature and classical language
from Boston University. He
has worked or lived in Central
America, the Caribbean, France,
Spain, and Indonesia, along
with different places within the
United States including New
York, Texas, Connecticut and
Virginia. He currently lives right
here in Rosarito with his wife
Nancy and dog Finn.
He has had his book, A Lion
In the Grass, published by Wildwood Publishing, a small independent Australian publisher
specializing in contemporary
authors of a range of fiction
genres. Their goal is to publish
stories that offer their readers
a window into places and times
they otherwise wouldn’t have
had the chance to experience.
His book follows the life of
spy Raymond Hatcher from his
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around Baja.
A million trees for Baja.
To go with our million cactus?
Our state governor, Kiko Vega,
has signed an agreement with
a Dutch company to plant one
million trees in Mexicali and in
the Juarez Sierra.
They hired a Dutch company
because they are using a new patented technology called “groasis”
that allows the tree to be left there
with just a fraction of the water
it would need because it has a
device around it that protects the
water from evaporation.
This new system guarantees a
90% survival rate of trees even in
the harshest environment.
Navy to help watch our
beaches. The Mexican Navy has
stated they will send about 250
sailors to Ensenada in order to
help local authorities watch the
beaches and avoid drownings.
The city says their usual 50 lifeguards will be helping too, and
Mark Zvonkovic, a resident of
Rosarito Beach, has just had his
latest book published
parts of the world.
But it is Raymond’s internal
musings that present the life of a
spy in a whole new perspective.
Author Mark Zvonkovic’s many
years of experience as a lawyer
in international energy transactions helped him create the
backgrounds for the missions in
which Raymond is involved and
the musings of a man conflicted
with the career he has chosen.
The book is available exclusively on Amazon Kindle. A
Lion In The Grass is Zvonkovic’s
first experience with digital publishing. His debut novel, When
Mermaids Sing, set in the secretive world of American cults,
was published in print format
in 2009, just before the wide ac-
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that they have already rescued
16 people from drowning this
summer.
Only in Mexico. In the fight
for jurisdiction over the La Mision area that the towns of Ensenada and Rosarito each want for
themselves, our state congress
has said they cannot make any
ruling now because they seem
to have misplaced six boxes
with documents Ensenada has
submitted to bolster their case.
They are asking for copies of
the documents again but people
involved in the legal fight have
said it’s just a stupid, transparent tourists. And that’s all we know
and cowardly tactic to kick the about that, so don’t ask.
problem down the road
Surf ’s up! Rosarito
to the next congress
was chosen as the
which is coming
eight most imWhy does
into power a few
portant destinamonths f rom
tion for surfing
a round pizza
now.
by the readers
come in a square of U S Ne w s
New resort
development
and World Rebox?
for Baja. State
port magazine.
authorities anThe destinations
nounced last week
were chosen not only
that a Spanish firm
w a s because of their good waves but
investing 32 million dollars to by the overall experience of tourdevelop a tourist resort on the ists on the city.
Sea of Cortez. This development
Hugo Torres, owner of the
is said to be located south of San Rosarito Beach Hotel, said that
for more than 50 years professional and amateur surfers have
chosen Rosarito because of its
great waves so close to the border.
Rosarito Malecon on hold. In
a meeting with a bunch of local
citizens, Gabriel Arvizu, head
of the state infrastructure office
for Rosarito, said the Malecon
project in Rosarito had to be put
Felipe between Mexicali and on hold because of the high level
Ensenada and it was said that it of the sea.
would bring about 5,000 new jobs
He said the plan for the projinto our state and many more CONTINUED ON PAGE 10
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Calendar of Events
All prices are in U.S. dollars unless otherwise noted.
ROSARITO BEACH
Every Sunday 4pm. Cultural Sundays in the park,
featuring local Mexican and American dancers and musicians. At the IMAC in Abelardo L. Rodriguez park, west
of Banamex. Different themes every Sunday. Sometimes
food booths, other times vendors with food carts. Facebook IMAC Rosarito. Free.
Every Sunday – 2:00 – 7:00 pm, Community Potluck
at the Alley Bar, down the road from Electra in Rosarito.
Free hot dogs. Bring any dish. www.facebook.com/
Every Monday, 11:30 am – 1:00 pm, Beginning Spanish at Club Marena clubhouse, taught by Susana Schinkel.
$6 donation. sschinkel@yahoo.com.
Every Monday, 10:45 am, duplicate bridge at the Baja
Gold Bridge Club, KM 42 on Tijuana Ensenada Libre at
the Rosarito Beach Christian Church. bajagoldcoastbridgeclub@gmail.com.
Every Monday, 1:00 – 2:30 pm, Advanced
Spanish reading/comprehension class at Club
Marena clubhouse, taught by Susana Schinkel.
$6 donation. sschinkel@yahoo.com.
Every Second Wednesday (except December). 2pm. Friends of the Library meeting at
main library of IMAC building next to Abelardo
Rodríguez Park. Promotes reading and literacy
in Rosarito. www.friendsofthelibrary.com.mx.
Carmen Dominguez, 661-612-3659. friendsofthelibraryrb@gmail.com
Every Tuesday. 830am. Board Meeting for Yo Amo
Rosarito at the Corona Plaza Hotel. See what events are
under consideration or volunteer to help plan and run
upcoming events. Great way to become involved with
you community.
Every third Wednesday (except December) 2:00 –
4:00 pm, Flying Samaritans Bingonow at Rene’s casino.
on Blvd. Benito Juarez, KM 28. Six different games. Great
prizes, food and drink specials, plus casino promotion.
All to benefit the Flying Samaritans. www.flyingsamaritansrosarito.org; susansmithz@
hotmail.com, MX phone:
661-100-6066; US phone:
1-858-240-2360.
Every Wednesday, 1:00
– 2:30 pm. Intermediate
Spanish Conversation class
at Club Marena clubhouse,
taught by Susana Schinkel.
sschinkel@yahoo.com.
theme evey month. 50/50 raffle. Live entertainment at
most events. Free for members and guests. Membership
only $15 USD per year. Beverages ordered from the Bar
at reduced Club prices.
Every second and last Wednesday, 1:00 – 3:00 pm
Cruz Roja Primo Tapia Bingo at El Pescador Restaurant,
km 44, (just north of Puerto Nuevo). Raising money for
an ambulance in Primotapia.
Every single day. AA Grupo Gringo meets daily in
their meeting hall, #16 Mar Meditteraneo (two blocks
behind Hotel Brisas del Mar). Meetings: Saturday, 3:00;
Sunday, Monday, Thursday: 10:00 am; Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday: 6:00 pm. Additional meetings in Cantamar
(just south of the footbridge) Tuesday and Friday, 10:00
am.. For more information, 661-614-1678.
Every Second Thursday. 10am. Cruz Roja volunteers
general meeting at Rosarito Beach Hotel. Provides assistance in case of accidents or disasters. www.cruzrojarosarito.org.mx. Rosie Pena, 664-976-0613, U.S. 619-6210292. wosiepena@yahoo.com
Every Wednesday, 12:00 pm. Writer’s Workshop at
Eden Restaurant, (next to Cruz Roja Thrift Store). Published and unpublished writers welcome! Bring samples
(3-7 pages) of your work to share. For more information,
contact Marsh Cassady: marshcassady@yahoo.com.
Every Thursday. 8.30am. Local Board of Realtors
July 27, Wednesday, 5:00 pm, Wateke Social Mixer at
the Alley Bar, on Calle Tijuana, down from Electra in Rosarito. Victor Loza’s birthday! $5 admission gets you free
margarita and appetizers 5:00 – 6:00 pm. Supports Baja
Sand festival in August. Live entertainment until 10:00
pm. www.facebook.com/ Baja Sand Festival del arte.
July 27. Wednesday. 5pm. French Dipp’n and golf at
Bobby’s by the Sea. French fries and French Dip sandwich,
live music, and golf! Yes, they have a range so bring your
clubs. You hit out into the weeds, but that’s not your
problem, the hired help goes out and looks for them.
Don’t Risk Jail Time in Mexico!
Every Tuesday and Thursday. 10am. Pilates
mat class at Las Gaviotas Clubhouse. $6 UDS per
class. Bring a yoga mat and hand towel. Instructor is Terri Van De Sande
Every Wednesday 11:30
am – 1:00 pm, Intermediate
Spanish class at Club Marena clubhouse, taught by Susana Schinkel. $6 donation.
sschinkel@yahoo.com.
24. Great prizes, 6 different games. Benefits Flying
Samaritans. www.flyingsamaritansrosarito.org. Susan
Smith, 661-100-6066, U.S. 858-240-2360. susansmithz@
hotmail.com
Federal law requires drivers in Mexico to have a
minimum of $300,000 Liability Insurance
3 Days Liability Ins.
Only $39 dlls
www.insuranceinbaja.com
Every Wednesday, 12:00 pm. Writer’s Workshop at
Eden Restaurant, (next to Cruz Roja Thrift Store). Published and unpublished writers welcome! Bring samples
(3-7 pages) of your work to share. Marsh Cassady:
marshcassady@yahoo.com.
Every Third Wednesday (except December). 2-4pm.
Bingo at Oceana Grill & Cafe, Blvd. Benito Juárez #907-
July 28, Saturday, 5:00 pm, “Bright Land,” a
documentary showing the spirit and creative capacity of three artisans living in Rosarito.Multimedia
tent of the Rosarito Art Fest; free.
Ph. (664) 158-0472 • In the Rosarito Beach Hotel
strip mall on Benito Juarez Blvd.
July 28. Thursday. 5pm. Expo Gastronomico at
La Candelaria Salon Jardin de Eventos. graze among
15 Restaurants’s offerings.
(APIR) meets at Oceana Grill. If you are a Realtor in
Baja, or thinking about it, meet Realtors to network
with. Good place for buyers or sellers to find a Realtor
July 30, Saturday, 12:00 – 5:00 pm, Baja Glass Studio
and Art Gallery present Designer Shoe Trunk Show featuring creations of Marlene Reyes. In the Calafia courtyard, KM 35.5. 661-613-2244
Every Third Thursday. 10 am. General Meeting for
FRAO, Foreign Residents Assistance Office. Open to the
public. Usually held at the Rosarito Beach Hotel, with
parking validated. Sometimes held at other local sites.
Breakfast occasionally provided, but always available.
Usually about 10 am. Different speakers brought in to
inform or address issues of concern to foreigners living
in Mexico. frao@rosarito.org.
Why do people
constantly return to
the refrigerator with
hopes that something
new to eat will have
materialized?
$6 donation.
1Year Liability Ins.
Only $189 dlls
July 28, Saturday, 4:00 pm. Documentary:
“Cozumel, a paradise in the Mayan Caribbean,” A
documentary about the riches of Cozumel Island. In
the multimedia tent of the Rosarito Art Fest. Free.
Every Friday. 4pm. Spanish
class main library, by IMAC,
in Abelardo Rodriguez park
behind BanaMex. Beginner
level class with Sylvia. Free
but donation appreciated.
Every First Saturday.
10am. United Society of Baja
California (USBC) general
meeting at Casa Blanca Restaurant, Rosarito Beach Hotel.
Good info for the English
speaking community of charitable, community service and
social organizations. www.unitedsocietyofbaja.org. Judy
Westphal, 661-614-1113. jawmem@msn.com
Every First Saturday. Noon-sundown. Open Studio
Art Walk, a free tour of galleries in Rosarito Beach Hotel
commercial center. Meet artists at work in their studios.
pacothepainter@hotmail.com
Every Third Saturday. 1pm. USBC, United Society
of Baja California, monthly Potluck dinner, held at La
Maroma Sports Bar, across from Burger King. Different
July 30. Saturday. 11am. Do you speak horse? English? Spanish? Equinish??? Learn how to communicate
or improve communication with your beloved horses.
All the Pretty Horses of Baja. Clinic designed to make
your horse more responsive and respectful. Clinic starts
with apps and drinks. RSVP. Suggested donation $45 pp.
July 30. Saturday. 8am to 2pm. Surf Dog Competition
at Imperial Beach. Real dogs doing real surfing.
July 31, Sunday, Rosarito Pit Bull and Bully show at
Pabellon. Music, exhibitions, competitions and more.
Suitable for the whole family. Moises Garcia, 664-4101730; www.RosaritoBullyShows.Mex.TL.
August 5-6. Friday to Saturday. Midnight Madness
Racquetball Sweet 16 at Rosarito Beach Hotel. Bring your
high heel tenis shoes to celebrate.
August 5 to 21. Friday to Sunday. Olympic Games
from Rio de Janeiro. Not broadcast by either Televisa or
Azteca.
August 6, Saturday, 10:00 am. USBC Monthly meeting and breakfast at the Rosarito Beach Hotel, Casa Blanca
Restaurant. Guest speakers. www.unitedsocietyfbaja.org.
August 11, Thursday, 10:00 am – 4:00 pm, 41st annual
Cruz Roja Fashion Show at the Rosarito Beach Hotel,
featuring hat parade and live fashion auction, plus the
ever-popular boutique (10:00 – 12:00 and 4:00 – 5:00).
$20 tickets available from any board member and the
Rosarito Thrift Store. Includes luncheon. Prizes for neat
hats. www.facebook.com/ Cruz Roja Voluntarios de Rosarito, or Paul 661-612-3455.
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Calendar of Events
All prices are in U.S. dollars unless otherwise noted.
August 12 to 14. Friday to Sunday. 5th Anniversary
Party for The Lighthouse Sports Bar and Restaurant in
La Mision.
August 13, Saturday, Baja Sand Meet and Greet at
CEART, w/the artists at CEART, across the toll-road
from Bada Bing.
August 17, Wednesday, 8:30 am – 4:00 pm, Introduction to acting class beginning to intermediate at
the Rosarito Theatre Guild, on the boulevard behind
Comex. Ages 12 – adult. Covers speaking, movement
on stage, the script, developing expressions and gestures,
interpretation and more. Advance payment
required. Members: $25, non-embers $30.00,
youth 12 – 17: $20 omelton@aol.com, or
phone: MX: 661-119-9214, US: 1-619-3566454.
August 18. Thursday. 5pm. Yo Amo Rosarito
Business and Social Mixer at Sunio Beach Club,
inside Castillos Del Mar. $50 pesos.
August 19 -21, Friday through Sunday, 5th annual
Baja Blues Fest at the Rosarito Beach Hotel. Backwater Blues Band, John Nemeth, Coco Montoya, and
many more. Friday jam session meet and greet, 7:00
– 11:00 pm, $20; Saturday Blues Fest, gates open at
10:00, $25 in advance/a little more at the gate; Sunday
jam session, 1:00 pm, $10. Best deal is three-day ticket
in advance: $45. www.bajabluesfest.org; Tickets also
at the Hotel or at ClickOn, 44.4 on the free road.
Del Mar Races, $42 USD
August 26. Friday. 6pm. VIP Dinner Under the Stars
for Baja Sand 2016. $700 pesos or $45 USD. Mingle with
international sand castle artists, dine under the stars,
among the sand figures, enjoy dinner, folkloric dance
groups, chorus line, bossa & blues).
September 23 – 25, Friday through Saturday, Playas
de Rosarito Sister Cities International Convention and
Conference at the Puerto Nuevo Hotel in Puerto Nuevo.
Workshops, social gatherings, and more. Meet delegates
from Rosarito’s Sister Cities around the world. Information: www.chprosarito.org; email: comite@chprosaarito.
org; phone: 661-614-9600, extension 1080.
August 26 to 28. Friday to Sunday. Baja sand castle
gala 2016 at Rosarito Beach Hotel, north of pier. Sand
sculpture featuring international sand castle artists and
amateurs too. Dinner and show outdoors, two days of
music, dance, art exhibits and food, and of course, the
completed sand sculptures. Takes them up to two weeks
to build each piece. Free
September 24. Saturday. 10am. Rosarito to Ensenada
Bike Ride. 50 mile bike ride along the ocean and up
through the hills toward the wine country, and into the
seaport of Ensenada.
August 31. Wednesday. 6pm. Sabor de Baja.
All-white attire requested for thefancy
party at the beachfront gardens
October 9, Sunday, Second Annual Tecate
to Ensenada Bike Race/Ride through the
wine country. Registration $50 through
July 3, $80 race day. Prizes by age class. www.
bajabikerace.com.
October 1. Saturday. Fundraising event for Baja California Spay and Neuter Foundation.
8th annual Chili Cook Off Saturday August 6th, 2016
August 20. Saturday. USBC BBQ for paid members at Leo’s. RSVP to Judy Westphal.
August 22, Tuesday, noon. Baja Good Life
monthly luncheon, at Baja Malibu Bar just north of the
Baja Convention Center. www.facebook.com/ Baja Good
Life Club. Attendees will receive free membership into
the Baja Good Life Club which comes with perks that
can be used in town. Free. Optional: The bar is sponsoring a Hearts of Baja Toy Drive, so consider bringing an
unwrapped toy.
August 24. Wednesday. USBC restaurant tour at California Fresh, across from El Nido, on Benito Juarez Blvd.
Parking i behind California Fresh. $15 USD for a special
3 course meal avalable exclusively for USBC Members.
1st, 2nd & 3rd cash prize plus people choice
Raffles to benefit the local Food Bank and La Mision Childrens Fund.
Starting @ 11:00 AM Judging @ 3:00 $20 Team entry fee
Sign up & pick up rules at LA SALINA CANTINA Km. 73
FB: /LaSalinaCantina Ph. (646) 155-8179
Every Monday. 7pm. Ceart Cine Club. Films about
dance with “Billy Elliot” April 13, “Five Dances” April
20, “Desert Dancer” April 27. English with Spanish
subtitles. Foro Experimental of Centro Estatal de las
Artes (CEART) on Blvd. Costero (Lázaro Cárdenas) &
Av. Club Rotario. Free. CEART,
646-173-4307.
Every First & Third Wednesday. 10:30am. Club Compañeros de Baja Norte general
meeting at clubhouse on Calle
Mazatlán #256 in Fracc. Acapulco, 1 mile south of Ensenada.
Lunch $6 donation. Multicultural, multilingual, nonprofit
service and social club. Nancy
McKee, 646-174-5011, U.S.
619-207-4325. cdbcnm@gmail.
comEvery Fourth Thursday.
Red Hat Society lunch at various
local restaurants. Tillie Foster,
cell 646-171-5292. bajaqueentillie@gmail.com
October 16. Sunday. Cruz Roja Soup’s On
October 28. Friday. Susanna’s pairing luncheon
at Susanna’s Restaurant in Rosarito Beach. Benefit
Baja Scholarship Foundation. $40 USD prepaid only.
BSFStudents@aol.com
September 4. Sunday. Fandango in La Mision, for the
benefit of BECA scholarships.
November 27 to December 9. Copper Canyon Tour,
including 13 days, plus 27 meals plus 14 sights plus Transportation plus Total Package. Reserve your spot today!
www.bajagoodlifeclub.com/events or tours@bglclub.com
or 686-230-9933.
September 10. Saturday. Launch Party for Gorgeous
Women of Baja at Rosarito Theatre Guild
Pearl Harbor Day. Wednesday. Flying Samaritans
Luncheon/White Elephant Gift Exchange at Las Rocas.
September 17. Saturday. 8am. Beach Clean-Up Day
at various locations. Make a team with your friends, or
just show up, and be assigned to a team, where you can
make new friends.
December 9 to December 10. Friday to Saturday.
Cruz Roja Rosarito Thrift Store: Annual Christmas Sale,
9am-5pm
Every Friday. 7:30-9:30pm. Live world and cultural
music at El Callejón Colectivo Culinario, Floresta #320
near southern Blvd. Costero extension, Fracc. Acapulco,
1 1/2 miles south of Ensenada. Free. Performer schedule
with Alex O., cell 646-101-0812. anlof9@gmail.com
Every Friday 7:30 pm. Live music at El Callejon Colectivo Culinario; Floresta #320, Fracc. Acapulco, Ensenada.
Alex Orendain, anlof9@gmail.com, 646-120-8004; www.
elcallejoncolectivoculinario.com.
July 17. Sunday. 11am to 8pm. Sakura Fest 2016 at
Plaza Civica de las 3 Cabezas
July 23. Saturday. 5 to 11pm. Summer Fest 2016 at
Playa Hermosa. ,
of the Rosarito Beach Hotel. Pairings of some of the best
local chefs with local wines.
August 25. Thursday. Dorothy Southern Bus Trip to
ENSENADA
October 12 to 15. Wednesday to Sunday. 7th
Annual Int’l Mariachi y Ballet Folklorico Festival at
Rosarito Beach Hotel. Three days of workshops for
voice, instruments and dance, followed by concerts
on Friday on Saturday nights. Mariachi Mass on
Sunday. Family-friendly event. Tickets prices for all
budgets.
December 10. Saturday. Holiday Home Tour for
Friends of the Library. ,
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What’s a Wateque?
Doesn’t matter a whole lot, since you’ve
missed it anyway. Might want to skip this story
BY DANIELLE WILLIAMS
You may have wondered
about these events which for the
last two consecutive years, just
around the time of the spring
equinox, are advertised as “wateque”, One might think they
are some New Age observance
accompanied by pagan rituals.
Nope, its just another word for
a party.
Last year saw four such parties, while this year there will be
five. This year, for clarification
purposes, the subtitle “mixer”
was added. Both the term and
translation of the term do not, in
my humble opinion, do justice to
bashes so memorable for having
raised the notion of fun to frenzy.
Wateque (really “guateque”
that has been Gringo-ized for
easier pronounciation), was
the brainchild of Victor Loza,
president of Baja Sand, the sand
castle event coming up August
26 to 28. The wateques are mixers that were created in order to
raise money and awareness for
the three day event.
These wateques have been
an excellent means for pressing
volunteers into service – who
could refuse in the midst of such
revelry? Dozens of worker bees
are needed to run the event
smoothly.
The Rosarito Baja Sand, now
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in its eighth year, is the largest
free-to-all family event to be held
here. It will be on the beach in
front of the Rosarito Beach Hotel.
Last year’s attendance was 10,000
and even more are expected to
turn out this year. Organizers
say it’s the largest sand festival in
Latin America.
Generally on the third Thusday of the month, wateques have
sculptorers, hailing from different parts of the world, arrive on
August 12 for the harrowing task
of creating behemoth creations.
They have to be transported,
housed and fed for two weeks.
The logistics of such an event
are huge, but Victor Loza and his
team are undaunted as evidenced
by this year’s motto: “The Sky is
the Limit”
And, so, what do you think?
Are you glad that finally, after
all the wateques are done, you
finally know what the word
means? Naw, we didn’t think
so. Pay attention when the sand
castle contest rolls around, that’s
the big even anyway. august 26 to
28, in front of the Rosarito Beach
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been held at restaurants such
as Baja Calypso, Paradise Cove,
and KM42 Bar and Grill. The
cover fee is $5 and the restaurant provides a complimentary
margarita and appetizers for the
first hour. Musicians such as
Philip Aldana, Gabriela Medina,
Holly Avila, Christopher Spanos,
Zachary Guy, and Zebra Knight
among others have volunteered
their talent.
The last wateque of this year
was held July 21 at the Alley, a
relatively new venue on Calle
Tijuana, formerly Footprinters,
run by the dynamic duo of Sara
Vega, known for her non-profit
organization of Sara en Movimiento, and Anthony Ruiz, former director of FRAO. They have
invented the concept of returning
part of the proceeds from their
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For the Baja Sand organizing
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festivities before the Big Day. Or,
actually, the Big Three Days. Lots
of work lies ahead. Some 12 sand
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in your mail room trash can. You
don’t think someone may root
through the trash looking for
gold? If you don’t have a home
shredder, tear everything up and
burn it in your fireplace or over
the sink.
Hint # 4: Join a bank in Mexico tied to a bank in the U.S., and
make funds transferable between
the two accounts / banks. Then,
eschew the ease of the ATM, and
withdraw funds directly from the
bank teller. Much safer! You say
you don’t want to open a Mexican
bank account? We live in a border town. Consider withdrawing
extra funds while in the U.S., and
hide it under your mattress.
You worked hard for your
money, protect it. If you’re like me
you don’t have a lot to waste! ,
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Why Not A Drive
Down The Baja?
It’s a charming drive that takes you
through many eco systems, showing a
diverse landscape
BY DAVE KAMENA
When was the last time you
“did the Baja”? We left with just
one week and not much money
and had an absolute blast, so I
feel like convincing you to make
a trip before it gets too hot,
or you get too old and creaky.
(Wink, wink)!
If you have driven down the
peninsula all the way to Cabo,
you know it’s a long slow drive.
12 hours south of here you come
into a beautiful little pueblo
called San Ignacio. It’s green
and leafy, set in the middle of a
dusty desert oasis It’s not quite
halfway to lands end.
San Ignacio is an absolutely
stunning town with an ancient
mission overlooking the sleepy
town square. A river rises up
out of the desert and feeds a
tranquil lagoon fringed with
date palms. The dates are all
over the ground. My two year
old picked one up and ate it ants
and all. I have pictures of it to
show her in a few years. There
are tons of campgrounds around
the lake, and there are lots of
hotels and restaurants. One favorite with Americans is Ignacio
Springs Yurts. It’s a collectinoof
comfortable yurts sprinkled
through the tall palms. Their
good is gourmet. Cost is about
$100 a night for two people.
After a quick stroll through
the open mission, (don’t miss
it), and through the winding
Nice Try
gardens, most travelers get into
their cars to continue on to the
warm blue Sea of Cortez. I
personally always feel a sense of
loss as I leave the town; it seems
like a place you need to spend
more time at for some reason.
Maybe it’s why the padres built
a mission there?
Before the carraterra reaches
San Ignacio, (there is just one
road all the way down Baja, so
it’s not like you’re going to get
lost), there is a paved turn off
to Punta Abreojos which means
point open eyes. The name very
well may have come from the
tearing wind that rolls off the
mountains and rips through
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Well, maybe not that nice,
it didn’t work
Cocaine was found packed into 217 barrels of salsa shipped from
Ecuador to Mexico. Their first clue might have been, why would
someone ship salsa to Mexico? That’s like taking sand to the beach.
A sandwich to a banquet. A date to an orgy.
Author’s son takes a dip in the springs at San Ignacio
after driving 12 hours to get there.
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FISH REPORT...
continued from page 6
with a 33 pound yellowtail.
Scoring Second place was Paul
Chee Abel Chavez with another
yellowtail tipping the scales at
31.9 pounds; and the third took
Ismael González Zacharias,
with another one weighing 29.7
pounds.
In the Bottom Category, fiirst
place went to Earl Roberts, who
arrived at the scale with a 26.4
pound grouper. Second place
was captured by Arturo Honold
Guajardo Dominguez, with a
24 pound cabrilla; while third
place was presented to Zozaya
Alejandro Lopez, with another
18.9 pound grouper.
In the bottom fish category,
first place went to Maximiliano
Magaña Solorzano, with a pargo
weighing 15.4 pounds, while second place went to Karol Carrasco
Javier Hernandez, with another
12.1 pound pargo.
Surface species for children
was won by Victor Manuel Zazueta Lucero, who caught a yellowtail weighing 22.4 pounds,
followed in second place by Ivan
Coria, with one weighing 21.8
pounds.
Cedros Island
Recently fishing has been
great at the Island with sunny
afternoons and highs in the
70s. A group of four Dads along
with their off-spring found the
perfect platform for father/son
or father/daughter bonding by
fishing together on pangas on the
North End of the Island. Most
of the yellowtail and calico were
hooked with live mackerel and
most of the group caught their
personal best in at least one of
the categories. Others found
more fish are being spotted along
the front side of the Island at the
South End. They reported plastics and rip baits worked great for
the calicos. Still some threshers
were being spotted along with a
few striped marlin.
Gary Graham, gary@garycgraham.com. ,
WHY NOT A DRIVE DOWN THE...
and waves that left me bug
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the region every afternoon.
As a longtime windsurfer and
kiter wind like that means pure
adrenaline. I was lucky enough
to have some friends from Telluride, Colorado who had a
place in town and some windsurfing equipment so we got in
a day of blasting 25 mph winds
the end of the town and there
are roads leading off into
adventure.
Every empty
road in Baja
seems to lead
to something
else, so ponder a thousand miles
of peninsula
on both sides
with most of
it empty, Who
knows what lies
past that next hill? ,
I don’t like making plans
for the day. Because then
the word “premeditated”
gets thrown around in
the courtroom.
eyed with adrenaline (thus; open eyes). I
caught my best long board wave
of the year off a reef/point break
before breakfast with a light
offshore breeze. The water was
colder here than in Ensenada, so
be ready for a painful surprise
after driving 10 hours south!
There are a lot of sweet little towns and places to drive
through on your way to Baja
Sur, (it’s subtly a very different
place than Baja Norte), and it
would take an entire tour book
to cover half of them. (There
are lots of great books out there
too!).
I have to include Guerrero
Negro as a side note to this
month’s piece; this town is the
usual jumping off point to the
famed whale trips. It’s always
been windy, dusty, and expensive for us. This time we gave it a
chance and stopped at a Chinese
restaurant, (a great yardstick of
a town’s charms, no?) and found
the people to be friendly (all
over Baja, as you know), and
the food to be great. Drive to