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Baja 'Photo Tours' Web Page Project

David K - 1-8-2006 at 05:54 PM

I was thinking of ways to make my web site or my many trip photos/ road logs more user friendly...

Last year (2005) saw the most trip photos and web pages I have made... They are still all listed in my 'Baja Notebook' (linked at the bottom of my posts on Nomad) or Baja Notebook

I want to try a new way to present my trip photos so anyone looking for some ideas on places to see can find them easily without wading through my years of trips.

SIDE TRIPS FROM:

TIJUANA/ TECATE

1) Baja California Museum

CECUT in Tijuana

2) Valle de las Palmas to Cantamar 4WD road

4WD road to Cantamar

3) Guadalupe Valley

Guadalupe Valley

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ENSENADA

1) La Bufadora

La Bufadora

2) Punta Cabras

Punta Cabras

3) San Vicente

San Vicente historic sites

4) Mike's Sky Rancho

Pacific to Gulf via Mike's Sky Rancho

5) Observatory, San Pedro Martir

7-00 visit

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MEXICALI

1) El Promontorio Sulfur Mine

Sulfur Mine 'El Promontorio'

2) Guadalupe Canyon Hot Springs

Guadalupe Canyon 11-01

Guadalupe Canyon 4-05

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SAN FELIPE

1) Shell Island (aka Shell Beach)

Shell Island 1-01

Shell Island 2-01

Shell Island 5-03

Shell Island 2-04

Shell Island 2-05

Shell Island 7-05

Shell Island 9-05

2) Sulfur Mine 'El Apache'

Sulfur Mine 2-01

Sulfur Mine 2-04

3) Nuevo Mazatlan

Nuevo Mazatlan past & present

Nuevo Mazatlan group camp 2-04

4) Valle Chico Canyons

Agua Caliente Canyon 12-00

Matomi Canyon 2-01

Matomi photos by elgatoloco 2-01

Matomi Canyon 2-04 via Ca?ada el Parral

Parral, Berrendo, Agua Caliente, El Cajon canyons 4-04

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BAHIA SAN LUIS GONZAGA

1) Mission era wharehouse

1768+ ruins

2) Molino de Lacy

Molino de Lacy

3) Onyx Springs

Onyx Springs

4) El Camino Real (to Mision Santa Maria)

Trail found 11-02

Trail hiked 11-03

5) La Turquesa Canyon

1975 visit

La Turquesa Canyon

11-02 visit

6) Coco's Corner

Coco's Corner

7) Calamajue mission ruins

Calamajue 1-02

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SAN QUINTIN

1) Old English Cemetery

Old English Colony Cemetery

2) Mision Santo Domingo

10-05 visit

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EL ROSARIO

1) Missions

Mision Rosario de Arriba

Mision Rosario de Arriba

Mision Rosario de Abajo

Mision San Fernando Velicata (7-00)

Mision San Fernado Velicata (12-04)

Visita San Juan de Dios 7-00

2) Petrified Forest (enter with guide)

Petrified Forest

3) La Bocana Beach

La Bocana 11-04

La Bocana 5-05

4) La Lobera Sea Lion Crater

La Lobera 5-05

La Lobera 10-05

5) El Camino Real (between San Fernando and El Rosario)

El Camino Real to Rosario

6) Las Pintas Fossil Grotto

Las Pintas 7-00

Las Pintas 9-05

7) Desert Vegetation

11-04 trip

7-05 caravan

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CATAVI?A DESERT

1) El Marmol and El Volcan

El Marmol & El Volcan 7-00

El Volcan 4-03

2) Mision Santa Maria

To Mision Santa Maria 5-99

Santa Ynez to Mision Santa Maria 4-03

3) Cave art site

7-03 visit

12-04 visit

4) Agua Dulce historic spring

11-02 visit

7-05 visit

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BAHIA DE LOS ANGELES

1) Bahia Guadalupe and Punta Candelero

12-02 trip

2) Montevideo (ancient cliff art site)

1-02 visit

4-02 visit

12-03 visit

1-05 visit

3) Mision San Borja

4-01 visit

7-03 visit

12-03 visit


4) El Toro Copper Mine

4-02 visit

5) Museum

4-01 visit

6) Camp Gecko

7-03 visit

New Years '05

7) Las Flores, railroad, terminal

7-01 visit

4-02 visit


8) Bahia las Animas

7-04 visit

9) Valle la Bocana

4-03 trip

10) Bahia San Rafael

12-01 visit

11) Rancho San Gregorio (historic site)

4-01 visit

12) Tinaja de Yubay

Yubay 7-01

Yubay 2-03

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BAJA CALIFORNIA SUR

1) Vista San Juan Bautista Londo

Londo ruins

2) Mision San Juan Bautista de Ligui y Malibat

Ligui ruins

3) Real de Santa Ana (California's first mine)

Real de Santa Ana



[Edited on 1-10-2006 by David K]

David K - 1-9-2006 at 04:51 PM

Okay, I think I have most of my links to special Baja places in there...

You may find just one photo, or several on more than one page from the link given.

The idea is to help the armchair explorer or the travel planner find a photo of a particular site in my web pages...

Many of the photos are accompanied by travel directions, some even with GPS waypoints.

The main idea is to make VivaBaja.com easier to help with planning your Baja destination with a peek at some interesting sites... You will see and enjoy much more in person than these photos can possibly convey!

Cardon - 1-9-2006 at 07:12 PM

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Originally posted by David K
I was thinking of ways to make my web site or my many trip photos/ road logs more user friendly...

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Hi David, I always enjoy looking at your photos but it is a little confusing navigating around. I like Smugmug for photo storage. They use galleries and its easy to get around. Others like Pbase but the Pbase server goes down often and that is frustrating.
Smugmug is very reliable and well run. Their tech guys are always available if you have questions. There are many reasons for joining Smugmug but one of the best if you are going to store lots of photos is they have UNLIMITED storage of photos. You can check out my website there but it isn't the best example cuz I haven't spent much time on it.
You can try Smugmug for free for a week to see if you like it and if you do then use this discount code:

ihjJWx5ZivAO2

and you'll get a discount and I'll get a discount when I renew. What ever you decide I look forward to more of your photos.
Craig

David K - 1-9-2006 at 10:53 PM

Thank you very much Craig!

I am working with both my web host (Dick Van Bree) and with our very own Baja Nomad (Doug) to upgrade my web site and make it more interactive or user friendly.

I have so much stuff in there, but it is mostly behind links. I fear that much doesn't get utilized unless some time is spent going through the site.

I will let my friends see your site and consider it. One of the plans is to use an album or blog format that I can edit, add, change without using html.

As it is now, I use a WebTV to make web sites, then my web host converts it onto VivaBaja.com after a period of a few months on the WebTV site.

I made my 'Baja Notebook' web page to act almost like a blog that I can update easily, and it is linked in my web site.

It has links to all the newer trips on WebTV, not yet listed at VivaBaja.com...

I want to get away from WebTV eventually ($21.95/mo) as I also have high speed for my pc along with my phone and TV service.

Again, I thank you!

[Edited on 1-10-2006 by David K]