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    Watch Rocky Point beach vendors make sandia loca, or crazy watermelon

    • Aug 3, 2017
    • Aug 3, 2017 Updated May 21, 2024
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    You can find this massive fruit treat all over the beaches in Puerto Peñasco, Sonora.

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    Hold on Gallagher! This Sandia Loca is good enough to eat

    Hold on Gallagher! This Sandia Loca is good enough to eat

    Beachside vendors in Rocky Point turn watermelons into works of art. 

    Rocky Point beach vendors making sandia loca, or crazy watermelon

    Rocky Point beach vendors making sandia loca, or crazy watermelon

    You can find this massive fruit treat all over the beaches in Puerto Peñasco, Sonora.

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