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Baja 7-07 Part 5: San Ignacio, Santa Rosalia, Mulege, El Requeson
This is the continued trip report, from Part 4 at http://forums.bajanomad.com/viewthread.php?tid=26032
After miles of desert, the peninsula traveler is rewarding with what surely is one of Baja's special surprises...
[Edited on 8-3-2007 by David K]
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The short side road into San Ignacio should always be taken!
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The mission is the center of town and by far the prominent landmark here!
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The mission was established in 1728 by the Jesuits and the stone church was compoleted by the Dominicans in 1786, as the Jesuits were expelled from
the New World in 1768.
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Quite a structure made with walls four feet thick that were cut from the nearby lava beds.
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Gold leaf alter
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This statue we named Saint Harry Potter...
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In the town plaza was some big event with a band stage.... the date festival perhaps?
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In one of the old mission rooms is the new museum of the famous Sierra de San Francisco canyon rock paintings (San Pablo Canyon and others), with
these nice recreations...
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Look guys, we went to San Francisco de la Sierra........... NOT!!
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While we were inside the museum, the sky opened up and poured on San Ignacio! The tropical cloudburst lasted only a few minutes but really dumped a
lot of water... great!
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The highway to Santa Rosalia passes near the base of Baja's huge Tres Virgenes volcano complex... Baja's most recent active volcano with the last
eruption witnessed by the missionaries.
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At the top of the first grade, this vehicle rolled... not long before we arrived. Didn't see any injuries... lucky people, I hope!
Never take your eyes off the road when driving the narrow Baja highway (or any highway)!
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Finally, we cross over to the gulf coast... and warm water!
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Santa Rosalia... founded by the French Boleo mining company who ran the copper mines in the area until 1954.
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The town church was designed by Gustave Eiffel for the 1889 World's Fair in Paris and shipped to Baja in pieces...
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Inside the Iglesia de Santa Barbara (Eiffel's church)...
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Many of the buildings in Santa Rosalia date from the French period... Very unique.
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The next oasis we come to in Baja, on Hwy. 1 is Mulege!
We take a drive through town and go along the north bank of the river to the gulf shore where we find a terific, casual restaurant... El Patron.
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Baja Angel rejoices in the Sea of Cortez!
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