I do believe that you have the power of the "edit" button and I'm positive you can figure out where I'm going with that. Great info if you want to share it to a friend via PM. I know you know Baja. I can tell that you've been down there. Now go take care of that on page one of this thread... please. Thank you.
Done. Sorry about that.. All this Baja talk is making me sad now. I have only been a couple time in 9 months with all the political sh** down there. It's driving me crazy, but I don't know if Baja will ever be back to normal. I just get a bad feeling everytime I look south. Hopefully this dudes trip will go nicely. My friend has a house down there that we always used to crash at and he still goes every week. he says that its no problem these days. I just haven't thought it was a good idea lately. Ohh well. I'm glad I clocked in all those years when I did, cause god only knows what it will be like 5 years from now. sh**, my favorite left hander down there was destroyed about 4 years ago. Glad I got it when I did. Now there is a pile of rocks and a wrecked ship.
So you spent ANOTHER couple of minutes typing another response. WOW! You are more of a loser than I thought. I can't believe you are so into yourself.... I am sorry that you are angry that you can't get back to your second home, Baja, but that little retarded Mexican boy will wait for you to return. "Almost lived there" HAHAHAHAHHAHAHA! damn you're a tool!
Hey Zach I give you a lot of credit for trying to put an end to this dispute. Sometimes 14 year olds who get ahold of the keyboard when their moms aren't home say some really immature things. Once they get a little older and a little more "experienced" (we'll call it) they come to their senses and realize they were really being total d-bags.
Attacks kill at least 21 in Mexican border cities 15 people were killed in three separate shootings Updated: Wednesday, 16 Sep 2009, 8:38 AM EDT Published : Wednesday, 16 Sep 2009, 8:38 AM EDT TIJUANA, Mexico (AP) - Firefighters found six bodies inside a burning car in Tijuana, and 15 people were killed in three separate shootings in another northern Mexican border town besieged by drug violence, authorities said Tuesday. Near Mexico's southern border, meanwhile, the bullet-ridden bodies of eight men suspected to be drug traffickers were found in a Guatemalan frontier town. In Tijuana, across the border from San Diego, four bodies were found in a burning compact car's seats and two in the trunk, according to a police report Tuesday. The victims' identities and the motive for the killings were not released, but the Mexican city is on a major route for drugs heading north and has recently seen a wave of violence between warring gangs. The bodies were found Monday night. In Ciudad Juarez, gunmen killed five people at a car wash Tuesday evening, including two brothers who owned the business, said Vladimir Tuexi, a spokesman for the regional attorney general's office. On Monday night, gunmen opened fire inside a Ciudad Juarez hardware store, killing the woman who owned the store and four other people, including a 19-year-old man, the office said. Minutes later, an armed gang killed five men riding in a pickup truck. Ciudad Juarez, across from El Paso, Texas, is Mexico's deadliest city with more than 1,300 killings so far this year. The city is in the midst of an intense turf battle between the Juarez and Sinaloa cartels. Officials held a ceremony for 1,200 Mexican army soldiers who were being withdrawn from Ciudad Juarez. The troops were part of a contingent sent there earlier this year to fight crime while the city trained more police officers. The military has trained 1,027 police officers for the city, which now has a police force of 3,025 officers, about a third larger than its previous size. President Felipe Calderon has deployed more than 45,000 troops to drug hotspots since taking office in 2006. Drug violence has since surged, claiming more than 13,500 lives across Mexico. The bodies in Guatemala were found in the San Marcos region, which has become a major transit point for cocaine shipments that often are left at sea to be picked up by local traffickers and smuggled into Mexico. Police spokesman Juan Choguix said the eight men were suspected of being drug smugglers. Guatemala has been increasingly plagued by drug violence mirroring Mexico's gang wars. Guatemalan President Alvaro Colom has blamed the drug trade for many the 6,200 homicides that occurred in the Central American country last year. In Mexico's northern state of Zacatecas, which has seen the increasing presence of the Gulf Cartel in recent years, a convoy of gunmen opened fire on two government vehicles that were heading to an event to pick up state Gov. Amalia Garcia, her office said in a statement. The governor was not in the vehicles, and it was not clear if she was the target. The government blamed organized crime for the attack. Zacatecas is a largely rural state that has seen a rise in cartel activity. On May 16, 53 inmates escaped from a prison with the alleged complicity of guards. The Zetas, a gang of hit men tied to the Gulf cartel, supposedly participated in that jail break. In the northern city of Hermosillo, the federal police announced the capture of Ignacio Paez, accused of controlling a drug trafficking corridor in Sonora state and charging migrant smugglers for traveling through the area. http://www.wavy.com/dpp/news/world_..._in_mexican_border_cities_20090916837_2870781
the place just gets crazier and crazier. its sad bc just a few years ago it really was like an extension of SD. now im not bringing my gf down or any friends that cant handle some ****, it gets hectic easy. we had some guys steal the truck next to us at la fonda one weekend, and some crazy encounters with methheads, not to count bribes from federales... you can steer clear of most of it if you know the way, fill up in SD and cross the border, haul ass thru TJ just get on the toll road and be fine... anyone who travels and surfs a lot should know how to avoid attention. Of course coming back across is always fun its like those kids from slumdog are juggling and selling jesus statues, dudes in wheelchairs doing tricks...
Baja is beautiful, plain and simple...The first two days of the trip the swell was small but it filled out nice by the middle of the week. First off, go eat at a Brazilian steakhouse called "Las Pampas" in Ensenda! Best f-ing rodigio(assorted meats) I ever had in my life and for 120 pesos which is less then 10 dollars and they have 21 meats you will not make it through, so load up on the protein. After that eat at the little taco stands and pollo places along the roadside, bueno, buenito, borato! Partying in Ensenda was cool and I found the locals to be really cool and inviting and the farther south you go even more so. Despite the fact that Ensenada is a bit of a tourist trap when the cruises come in during the day my friends and I were the only gringoes at night it seemed and had no problems aside from the typical solicitors of debauchery(if that's a problem for you? to each their own). Still it's a trip to see the locals whiling out on the strip on Sat night, oh and the women are beautiful. Plus Mexico beat El salvador Sat night so everybody had there flags and horns blazing on the car. It was fun...Ya the border towns have drug cartel violence but how many deaths are tourists? Further more how many get shot and killed in LA, New Orleans, and NY respectively? Don't let the media propagate fear to explore the unknown because more often then not you will realize people are pretty much of the same ilk wherever you might go. People just want to live there lives, make a living and support there families. Baja is dependent on tourism and there economy is down because of the American media. Besides military checkpoints are cool, just don't be stupid and you will be fine! After Ensenda Hwy 1 runs off the ocean so you have to pick and choose which dirt road you're gonna turn right on and b-line for the ocean. Only went as far south as Santa Maria, dessert Inn, forty bucks, and you can drive and explore the beach with a car if you're careful where you access. But places to stay are at a minimum the farther south you go so find something before the sunsets the Chupacabras come out.. Now I don't think I'm dropping any spots cause it was in the middle of nowhere but when San Quintin was 2-3 and Ensenda was calling the same I found some remote beaches all to myself that was holding some chest high breaks on Monday. Take the only other paved road off of 1 toward the beach from El Vicente towards Inisidiro(spelling, but for the sake of name dropping I'll leave it wrong) and drive north on the dirt roads if you dare, there's a hostel you can hold up at, no other hotels or much of anything past that...Find a beach and howl to the heavens cause you will have it all to yourselves but after a couple of miles there was a hill my traction started slipping and I was on a cliff with a Hyndai so I punked out and turned back... Went back to Ensenda, found a spot the locals shy away from for some reason, probably cause it's a bit of a paddle but it was breaking bigger by Tuesday and Wed, couple of overhead sets came on through. PM me if you want to know, I call it los Chinchilos, lol, it's the name of the gang me and my friends made up because it's so crazy down there so we thought a gang name was in order and wrote in our the inch thick desert dust on our car... Seriously though it's a good view, actually had a dolphin go under my board, three of them where messing around with me on a wave, I thought I was dreaming. And ya the whole time no one else was out there, just me and the dolphins so take a trip and show some love to the locals...La fonda and those other spots North of Ensenda looked good too but couldn't surf it cause had to get the rental back and cross the border...Next time, Baja is a trip that four days really can't do justice too so I know I will be back! We only get one life, so don't live it with fear... Ps. I use this site and forum to learn from other peoples experiences and obviously the forecasts because I love surfing and want to have the most enjoyable times possible when I explore the unkown. The best we can do is gather as much information as possible and make informed decisions as we guess which way to turn when the time to make a decision comes. I thank those that get it and share what they know and encourage those that spend time knocking others down to take a moment and reflect what it is they hope to gain by using a site like this. Pura vida!
