Puerto Penasco, Sonora, Mx ... Ghost Town
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lagrimas85
AKA Carnac
Muerto Penasco
playaperro
El Pirata
Queto Penasco....
lagrimas85
AKA Carnac
Playa,Mas facil cambiar la letra P por un M.
playaperro
El Pirata
no coprendo...ando muy cruedo
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mexicoruss
Lovin it in RP!
I think if you look beyond the tourist zone you will see a town that is very much alive and although limping along is not far behind its counterparts in the States. The administration is doing a good job of taking this "time down" to remodel and to make other necessary improvements to not only the tourist zone but the area where we live too. The new shopping mall/Movie theater is still being built despite rumors it had halted. The new bodega arrera is well on its way. Construction has restarted on the Solace Towers on Whale Hill. The remodel on the Malecon is moving along at a rapid (although not fast enough for some) pace and it will be beautiful. Actual tourism numbers were up this year over last year, however it is national tourist not Americans visiting Penasco. Yes it is tight, yes seeing the infrastructure of unfinished buildings is gross to the senses, but all in all Penasco is still here and when the gringos are ready to start traveling again Penasco will be here to warmly welcome them.
lagrimas85
AKA Carnac
All heavy equipment is working, I have been trying to get a grader and front loader for a month and they are all working. Mostly on the new road that starts on the new highway from El Golfo and goes directly to Sandy Beach. I think it pops out of the desert at the circle k.
mexicoruss
Lovin it in RP!
Yes you are correct, that brings the coastal highway into town near the Sandy Beach resorts which is good for us cause we live on the road to Sandy Beach resorts but on the other side of the tracks. When we come back into town form Tijuana or wherever we went and use the coastal highway we have to go way out of our way to get home. When that rod from Laguna Shores to Sandy beach is done it will save us 15 minutes or more which is great!
Lots of stuff going on here! Lots of improvements!
"The rumors of my death have been greatly exaggerated"
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PintoPoint
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Last time I measured it, it was 6 miles shorter from the new highway to the circle K.
Rick
Cholla Bay
Rick
Cholla Bay
Roberto
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Billy Bob;
Any idea of the route through town? I guess I always thought it would connect up to the road off 8 to the Mayan and Caborca and bypass the town. I have also heard that the railroad was to be moved out of town and the highway would take that route through town??
lagrimas85
AKA Carnac
Roberto Joe, the peice they are working on now goes to the circle k round about for cali. drivers to have a straight shot to Sandy Beach without going thru town.
Im glad to hear that there is still things going on. My wife just got back from twelve days at the house and she said that the beach was pretty much empty every day and almost no one there. She is so worried for all the people that live and work there that they will be able to hold on until the economy improves. The bad press isnt helping either. We are going to continue going down as often as we can anyway and hope for the best.
Smilin' Jack
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With about 80% unemployment, the people need JOBS! It's a great community of hard-working labor resources. Government funded construction projects are OK, but it's an illusion to depend on the government for economic support. Private industry is the only source of real economic development and stability. The local economy can't be solely based on tourism. Diversification is required for stability and long term growth. It would be great if just a few of our manufacturing industries would divert some attention from China to the labor resources south of our border. Improved economic opportunity will divert attention away from illicit sources of income. It would be a win-win situation for all of us. Feeding the poor is fine and noble, but it does not solve the long-term problem. It would be much better to provide them with the resources to be able to feed themselves.
AZ ROB
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I have considered diverting some equipment south of the border to help with the burdon of import/export taxes for a company we do work for who is based in Mexico. But I found this to be a difficult task when it comes to the labor force, permits, materials, as well as the power needed to run our equipment... Great plans just sometimes don't work out..
mexicoruss
Lovin it in RP!
I am sure if it is a viable plan that are mechanisms in place to do what you want. The paper work here can be daunting but a lot of it is formality and a tether to the old days. I often joke that Mexico needs one entire state set up as a large warehouse in which to store all of the required paperwork for everything. We have pulled a few things off but it takes tenacity and vision, oh and some friends along the way. I am always interested in anything to do with import export or business that benefits Sonora, keep me posted.
Rob,
There are several people on here that are dual cirizens that live full time on PP....They could and would be glad to help...
There are several people on here that are dual cirizens that live full time on PP....They could and would be glad to help...
AZ ROB
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I guess I need to spend a few days following the paper around to see if it is a viable option. Our customer would like it they are in TJ. Of course they would like it better if we were on the other side of the Sea of Cortez...My biggest problem was getting the raw materials needed to manufacture the parts that we make
lagrimas85
AKA Carnac
I would be very careful about taking a part of a sucessful business across the border, ask Intesys Technologies in Mesa what happened when they tried to cut costs and moved part of their business to Mexico they didn't last to long. I had a lumber and steel business in Mexicali in 89 and 90 and wound up paying bribes galore to cross my semi loads of lumber and plywood. I mentioned in another thread that I paid 14,000,000 pesos one time it was to cross 2900 sheets of plywood (that was when I quit). I also mentioned a bribe of 50,000 pesos to expedite a business license the guy wouldn't give me. But back then the peso was 3000 to 1 14,000,000 =4200.00 dollars about 1.50 a sheet 50,000 pesos was a little over 16.00 in 1990 I still work in Mexico but I dont want anything to do with cross border business and the politics involved. Just my experience and it was actually different and a lot of fun being the plywood king of baja california for a while.
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