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[*] posted on 8-2-2007 at 08:38 PM
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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[*] posted on 8-2-2007 at 08:42 PM


The short side road into San Ignacio should always be taken!

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[*] posted on 8-2-2007 at 08:46 PM


The mission is the center of town and by far the prominent landmark here!

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[*] posted on 8-2-2007 at 08:50 PM


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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[*] posted on 8-2-2007 at 08:52 PM


Quite a structure made with walls four feet thick that were cut from the nearby lava beds.

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[*] posted on 8-2-2007 at 08:55 PM


Gold leaf alter

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[*] posted on 8-2-2007 at 08:57 PM


This statue we named Saint Harry Potter...

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[*] posted on 8-2-2007 at 08:58 PM


In the town plaza was some big event with a band stage.... the date festival perhaps?

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[*] posted on 8-2-2007 at 09:01 PM


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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[*] posted on 8-2-2007 at 09:03 PM


Look guys, we went to San Francisco de la Sierra........... NOT!!:lol::lol::lol:

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[*] posted on 8-2-2007 at 09:06 PM


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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[*] posted on 8-2-2007 at 09:15 PM


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!

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Finally, we cross over to the gulf coast... and warm water!

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[*] posted on 8-2-2007 at 09:22 PM


Santa Rosalia... founded by the French Boleo mining company who ran the copper mines in the area until 1954.

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[*] posted on 8-2-2007 at 09:26 PM


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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[*] posted on 8-2-2007 at 09:30 PM


Many of the buildings in Santa Rosalia date from the French period... Very unique.

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[*] posted on 8-2-2007 at 09:33 PM


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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[*] posted on 8-2-2007 at 09:45 PM


Baja Angel rejoices in the Sea of Cortez!

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