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Old 08-01-2003, 01:10 PM
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Question Los Alcorrizos - any advice? - is that a good place to stay?
My new map shows a few little towns. One is named "Los Alcorrizos" the others in the area are so small that they don't have names on the maps i bought here in California. Anyway that looks like where I want to stay for the week. Does anyone know that area?
Can you offer any advice...
Thanks, K
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Old 08-01-2003, 01:18 PM
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Default I think that is "Los Alcarrizos" and
I would not stay there, but some of the missionaries that have worked there can point you in the right direction, I am sure.

Dare we ask why on earth you want to stay in that area??

Good luck, since I am sure you can find lodging there, and there are good folks all over this place...You'll see.

HB
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Old 08-01-2003, 01:51 PM
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Wink sure you can ask
Missionaries, Ok, I'll try that. Do they have e-mial?

Not only can you ask, but i'll tell you. I get to come for the Pan Am games. I'm a Massage therapy specialist, that's a massage person with lots of extra education. I look on it as a way to take more sports medicine classes. Anyway, I volunteered so i can help anyone and everyone. I'm going because my client is competing with her horse. There will be 4 of my regular clients and 3 sometimes clients there. The directions we have are 18 km out on Duarte Hwy and turn where the powerlines cross the Hwy. Palmarejo Equestrian center.

I have a wonderful list of things i want to see, and buy. But spending several extra hours every day on many guaguas is not on it.

My list includes odd things. Like; seeing Larimar in the rock formations. A pinon walking stick or two. Tree frogs, lizards, bugs, watching Oxen if any. Eating every kind of fried sweet potato i can find and Agave. I'm a country gal and a hippy, what more can i say?
Oh, I was an Agriculture major, then an Animal Health Technichian, then a Microbiologist, then a massage therapist. [I miss spellcheck] My card reads "Effective Muscle Therapy, that Feels Great" and I try to live up to it every day. Many of my clients have 4 legs and bite. I have a license plate holder reads "I'm not wierd i'm gifted" but i don't have it on my car, an '85 Toyota truck... and i think of my work at horse barns as my own brand of sheltered workshop.
Thanks, k
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Old 08-01-2003, 09:40 PM
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I think what you refer to is Los Alcarrizos, next barrio after you pass Herrera. I know the area very well. It's not for tourists.
Try to find a hotel close to Stdgo. If you're going to a ranch or high scale property in Los Alcarrizos, then is fine. If you didn't make reservacions in a good hotel it'll be difficult. Good luck.
I hope your client win a medal.
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Old 08-01-2003, 11:13 PM
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Unhappy OK so it's a bad area, what are my choices?
Yep, it is Los Alcorrizos. Sorry tiny print and aging eyes.
Thanks ya'all,

HB - I respect your advice. If it is too bad for HB, I should rethink this. But JIC, how do I contact Missionaries? Walk in to the center of town and ask?

Josue Collado - I'm trying to avoid XS transit time. STDGO, it may be too far, we are told it is an hour by taxi. Much more by guaguas, I assume. Would horse ranch people, be offended if i walked in and asked to rent a spare room or servants quarters? [I probably would be uneasy with that here in LA.]

Everyone -
Should i rethink this?
Are there better areas, that are still close to where i need to be 1-4 times a day?
Are there better areas out past Los Alcorrizos?

Ya'all a broom closet would be fine. I'm not coming for the accomodations, they have hotel rooms in LA. I learned to travel from my Father who swapped well drilling and whiskey still fixing with the hillbillies i knew. And my Mother who would wait in the car for 3 days while he hiked in to check a mine. [And My own tiny horse ranch does not have airconditioning, niether does the 10 ton Crawler I use to move dirt.] I'm coming for the island especially the countryside. The Pan Am games are just the excuse.

Keep talking, i'm listening and planning, Thanks, K
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Old 08-01-2003, 11:29 PM
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Default Re: sure you can ask
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Originally posted by Kay
I'm going because my client is competing with her horse. There will be 4 of my regular clients and 3 sometimes clients there.
Los Alcarrizos is a rough area. Unless you know someone that lives there you probably don't want to stay there. Where are your client's staying at? If they are competing they must have some accomodations lined up.
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Old 08-01-2003, 11:43 PM
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Unhappy Yep, they do, I don't
Yep, but They needed fancier diggs than i do. And they have 4 generations of family coming with them. I'm short on money and not so picky.

Safe from knives and rapists would be nice. Purse snatchers I can deal with. I'm used to LA where there are good areas close to bad ones.

What else is close?
Thaks, K
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Old 08-02-2003, 01:13 AM
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Default Just a note about the Larimar!!
If you want to see it in actual rock formations I hope you're a scuba diver. My understanding is that it is only found beneath the sea surrounding the island.
Good luck on finding a place to stay!
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Old 08-02-2003, 03:56 AM
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Talking Larimar and Luck
Thank you, with you wishing me "Good Luck" [and all the good DR1-ers advice] I'm sure I will find both a room and some larimar to look at. Maybe in a shop or museum instead of 'a natural'
Thanks, k
p.s. Still taking advice on lodging options out Duarte hwy 18 km or beyond.
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Old 08-03-2003, 02:53 AM
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Talking Thanks Ya' all [southern-ism for everyone, very potite]
Decided on spending my first night at a hotel on Arroyo Hondo,
could not hear the price or the name...
Then spending my last night near the airport, maybe the place HB mentioned.
In between, well I'll learn a thing or two.

Thanks everyone, it is your help that has allowed me to cram as much as possible into a little time! 48 hours and counting.
bye for now. -K
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