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I've stayed at the Hacienda many times over the years. On each trip, I've spent time with Alfonso Cuesta. A very interesting man. He was a pilot that would land his plane right on the beach in town. Took his family in the plane on vacations around Mexico. The last time I met him he was building a neighborhood in the desert outside town with just the help of one other person. Took us (myself and traveling companions) out to see it.
Unfortunately, from his son, I learned he died a few years ago at more than 90 years old. I'll miss him.
Found this reference to him and the hotel in the book "Baja Legends" by Greg Niemann.
Read excerpt here: hacienda_hotel.pdf
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Excerpt from Nicholas D. Kristof as published in the New York Times on May 30, 2009.
Here are 15 tips for traveling to even the roughest of countries — and back:
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A few route maps collected from past trips.
- California and Arizona dirt roads 2011
- Northern California and South-East Oregon 2011
- MSTA STAR Christie Lodge Avon CO 2012
- MSTA STAR Holiday Inn Rapid City SD 2014
- Baja Spring 2018
- Canada 2018
- Continental Divide Trail plan 2019
- Continental Divide Trail route 2019
- Vancouver Island 2019
- Colombia 2021
- Baja Spring 2021
- New England 2021
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