Hotel Buena Vista Beach Resort 2008 August/September Newsletter

Little known tidbits of Hotel Buena Vista's History, Surroundings, and things of interest.

Did you know?

Our last Question of the Month was a real sticker –

Visitors are often amazed at the variety and numbers of cactus plants. How many different varieties of these amazingly beautiful desert plants can be found just in Southern Baja?

Answer: There are 925 fully accepted species with about 200 additional variations!

Even thou there were some answer, none of the them was correct, better luck next time.

We ask that the winner please print out a copy of this newsletter and bring it to us on your next visit.

Bahía Residencial

A few weeks ago you should have received an e-mail regarding our development project in Los Barriles, Bahia Residencial. In case you were away or somehow missed it here’s the link to the project website: www.bahiaresidencial.com

Don't miss this opportunity to get your slice of the tranquil East Cape with the convenience of downtown Los Barriles living!

Our condominium project adjacent to the hotel was put on the back burner due to the complexity of construction financing in this era of tough real estate loans. Financing for the whole enchilada was required at the same time, while our Los Barriles project is one home at a time.

Rest assured that our condo development right here at the hotel is not a dead issue or more mañana. We just need the world’s economy to settle down and construction loan money to become more attainable. But the plans are drawn – they’re not going away – and you are cordially invited to stay tuned.

The Dusty BIII

in Puerto Los Cabos

For the late Fall and Winter months we now have one of our hotel boats and a number of pangas at Puerto Los Cabos, in the brand new marina in San Jose, for more fish and less wind. If you were reluctant to book a fishing trip because of wind and sea conditions, we have answered your concerns. Ride the hotel’s free shuttle van about an hour … your cruiser or panga will be fueled and ready and so will your shot at the best fishing this side of paradise. Return to the dock around 3 and you’re deep into a cocktail after an hour ride home.

Our cruiser and pangas are available even if you’re not staying at our hotel, but maybe visiting Cabo San Lucas for a convention or family vacation. Take advantage of the introductory price, click here to find out more

This venture is in partnership with the Guluarte Family, longtime residents of La Playita, don't need to mentioned their fishing aptitudes nor their work ethics they are great and we are sure they will take care of whatever you need for a day on the water, visit them at www.guluartefleet.com

Baja Magic

You remember our Baja Magic promotion that enabled our friends to deposit $500 and receive $1,000 in hotel rooms and boats?

Well, it was so successful that we now have to limit the number of Baja Magic certificates per week! If you purchased one or more Baja Magic certificates, we urge you to make your reservations for 2009 now! Ahora!

And, we will now require a down payment with your reservation. Your $500 certificate is still valued at $1,000, but we’re sure you recognize our need for a deposit. The deposit is needed to protect our hotel guests from others who make a reservation for a particular boat and captain, then cancel at the last minute.

A word to the wise: Make your 2009 reservations early to ensure you get the boat and crew you want and the style of room you want.

Thank you. See you SOB – that’s South of the Border.

Improved Menus

Someone once said that the “only constant in life is change.”

With that in mind, our fabulous Chef Andrei has changed our menus, making them more user-friendly, with more fish dishes, more traditional Mexican foods and more unique entrees.

We tested these menus for 60 days during Aug. and Sept., tweaking entrees, side dishes and desserts, until everything fit perfectly. Flavors, colors and textures became as one. To the best of our knowledge, we are the only East Cape resort that prepares gourmet quality fare daily with choices ranging from preparing your personal catch-of-the-day to something more reminiscent of a French café.

But perhaps the best recommendation came from one of our longtime guest and friend, Mr. Bruce Donoho from Mission Viejo, CA who stated, “This has been my best dinner in all my trips.”

Contest of the Month!

It seems that when we get away from the ocean questions, we get less answer, so we are going to go back to ocean in order to see how many emails we get this time.

They are as common in Baja waters as a fishing reel or a dorado – the outboard motor. Who invented the outboard motor and in what year?

The winner with the first correct answer of the inventor of the outboard motor and the year it was invented will receive, but of course, a day in a Super Panga now with advance 4 stroke outboard engine.

Email your answer to: webmaster@hotelbuenavsita.com

Click Here for August and September 2008 Fish Count

In the News!

We are going to continue riding the 15 minutes of fame of my brother Esaul’s and his possible world record Gulf Grouper. Well, it is not every day that you catch a trophy like the one he caught. This time it was our good friend Steve Carson that witness Esaul's catch and was on site to officially record the catch. Actually it was Steve who prevented Esaul and crew to fillet his catch as they did with the first bigger grouper. Steve recognized the importance of the catch and made Esaul bring the certified scale to verify the weight. Our scale is annually certified and this will be the 2^nd world record (if it qualifies) to be recorded in less than 5 years. Click here to read more about it.

Fish, Adventure or Inspiration Story

The Bad A- - Fishing Tournament Raises $2,000 for Orphanage

As you can conclude by their name, the Bad A- - Fishing Tournament – we call it BAFT – is a fun group that raises significant dollars for the Children’s Orphanage. How much do they raise? Over $2,000 USD this year alone!

Normally, 20 BAFT members are on hand, but this year for various reasons it was limited to 16. They proved conclusively that 16 can have as much fun as 20.

Organized by Reese Allen, Pat Lowery and Gary Lindner, they hold a three day tournament, competing as individuals, not teams. They fish from several boats, and since this their 8^th year, they already know their favorite captains and it makes it very competitive.

Winners are determined by a point schedule and this year the point margin, as opposed to previous trips, was almost triple, thanks to the huge numbers and quality of the fish. It was definitely hook-up after hook-up!

Their Award Ceremony featured top prizes donated by major fishing companies eager to aid their charity work; and, as is their tradition, on their last day they visited the orphanage. Among the group, Erik Bowman not only helped raise money, but he offered to donate medicine that Director Virginia Sanchez requested.

So, here’s a hearty Valdez Family Thank You and a tip of our sombreros to the guys of BAFT and thank you for your donation to a very worthy cause.

Norm 029

The controversial by-catch law Norm 029 was signed on Sept. 12. Members of the sport fishing community are divided over two issues:

One states that since they are sport fish, they should not allow any catch at all; the second is that with these limits it will be easier to enforce this law and punish those who surpass the limits.

In my very personal opinion, a law is only as good as it is enforced and respected. So now that there is a law, we need to unite and fight for what has always been missing, and that is enforcement.