Escape to Paradise in Mexico!
Los Barriles, East Cape, Baja California Sur
Dr. Mary Kleinsorge • 885 1650 Lane • Delta, Colorado 81416 • USA • (970) 874-8408 • drmary@drmaryonline.com • http://www.cabomary.com • http://www.drmaryonline.com
"Cabo Song" written by Dr. Mary & recorded by Dr. Mary with background by the ocean and Stefi on the beach in Cabo San Lucas November 2004. You can find out more about Dr. Mary's music here.
Perched just above the beach at the edge of the Sea of Cortez, looking over the waters, a one-bedroom haven awaits you! I would love to share my little piece of paradise with you. Get the details!
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The Spectacular Ocean View from the Terrace of 501 Mar y Sol
The Living Room
The Kitchen
The Bedroom
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Where is Los Barriles and How Do I Get There?
Los Barriles is located halfway between La Paz and Cabo San Lucas in Baja California. This area along the Sea of Cortez has long been a favored hideaway for anglers and adventurers. Windsurfers also claim it is the best area for windsurfing in all of Mexico! The region around Los Barriles, also known as the East Cape, consists of a string of small settlements and villages, beautiful white sand beaches, rich fishing grounds and top-notch diving. Non-beach activities include hiking, biking, golf and horseback riding. There is a rustic “out-back” feeling to Los Barriles, and for the very adventurous, a dirt road takes you along the coast, past postcard-perfect beaches to La Ribera, Punta Colorado and Cabo Pulmo – the latter being a superb dive site within a national reserve. For dining, you will find everything from taco stands and family style restaurants, to fine dining with grilled seafood and lobster. There is jet service from many major US airports to San Jose del Cabo (SJD), about 45 minutes from Los Barriles.
After deboarding the plane you will pass through immigration. You will need your certified birth certificate or passport and the blue and white immigration form that was given you on the airplane. They will stamp your blue and white form and give you one of the copies. Keep this form with your tickets. You will need it to get out of the country.
After retrieving your luggage, you will go through their customs. It's a little like playing the lottery. You push a button. A red or green light will illuminate. If it's green you just walk through. If red, they look through your luggage.
After customs you will pass by many time-share sales people from Cabo San Lucas on your way to pick up your luggage. If you do not want to waste your time right then with time-share, just pass by saying, "No Gracias".
After customs, you will need to pick up your rental car for the drive to Los Barriles. You can save money by booking your car rental in the US before your trip. Many credit card companies will provide collision/damage insurance on the rental car if you use their credit card to rent the car. However, you WILL need to get liability insurance on the rental car as the credit card company does not cover liability. Your US car insurance will not transfer to a Mexican car rental.
The condo is 40 miles (66 km) north of the airport on Transpeninsular Highway 1. After leaving the airport, instead of turning right to go to Cabo San Lucas, you turn left, following the signs to La Paz. I would recommend you make this drive in the daylight only, since many cattle and goats roam the area freely and are very difficult to see at night. A point of interest along the way is a sign denoting the Tropic of Cancer, just past km marker 81. The condo is on the right side of the highway at km marker 108. Los Barriles is 2 more kilometers north of the condo.
Mar y Sol #501
This is our personal phone. Please do not make long distance calls directly from this phone. You can reach the long distance operators with these numbers.
The most economical way we have found to call home from Mexico is with AT&T pre-paid calling cards. You can buy these at Sam’s Club for 3.47 cents per domestic minute. They charge 6 domestic minutes for each minute you are calling from Mexico to the U.S. This is 20.8 cents per minute.
To use AT&T pre-paid calling card directly:
TELEPHONE OPERATION NUMBERS
There are several internet cafés in Los Barriles. If you have a wireless laptop, you can get free internet connection while eating at Tio Pablo's in Los Barriles.
Tio Pablos's
El Barrilito
Baja Pizza Kitchen
Otra Vez
Buzzard's Sports Cantina
Martin Verdugo's
El Viejo Taco Stand
Rancho Leonaro
Check Out the Los Barriles Weather
Current Los Barriles Weather and 5-day Forecast
Los Barriles Historical Weather Statistics
Craig's Frozen Margarita Recipe
For an authentic 3-2-1 Margarita recipe, go to this page at Felix's web site. The only suggestion I have for improvement would be the addition of 1/2 ounce of Damiana (see below) to this drink, making it a 3-2-1-1/2 drink.
Remember the Baldwin sisters on The Waltons? The ones who were always making "the recipe?" My husband, Craig, experimented for 3 years with all sorts of complicated recipes for a frozen margarita. In the end, the tastiest recipe he could invent was also the easiest! So here is his recipe for "the recipe!"
The secret ingredient to the most delicious and 
easy-to-make frozen margarita is Damiana Tequila Liqueur, a light herbal-based liqueur from Mexico. It's made with the Damiana herb, a natural aphrodisiac that grows in Baja California, Mexico. It has great mixability and tastes great as a shooter. The bottle is shaped like a pregnant woman and is modeled after the Incan God of Fertility. The Damiana Margarita is very popular in the Los Cabos area of Mexico. Thanks to Pepe, the bartender at the pool at Misiones del Cabo, for teaching us about Damiana.
Craig makes the frozen margarita in a 1 1/2 quart automatic ice cream maker. The ingredients are:
Put all these ingredients in the ice cream maker tub (limeade last), and turn on the ice cream maker. You will have delicious frozen Margaritas in about 20 minutes.
If you are not in a hurry and you do not have an ice cream maker, it works to just mix the ingredients and place them in the freezer for 24 hours. We like to make several batches ahead and keep them in the freezer for guests.
