MexicoTed
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Solo en Baja from Expedition Portal
I had never been to Mexico prior to this trip. Also, being Swedish meant that my Spanish was pretty much non-existent. That wasn’t going to stop me.
I could not have been more excited about my solo road trip to the Baja Peninsula in Mexico. I had been planning it for quite some time. What better
vehicle to do this trip in than my daily driver, a 22 year old Land Rover Defender............ https://expeditionportal.com/48765-2/
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mtgoat666
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Quote: Originally posted by MexicoTed  | | I had never been to Mexico prior to this trip. Also, being Swedish meant that my Spanish was pretty much non-existent. |
You had never been to Mexico before Jan 2017, and got no Spanish, but you write a blog on baja and you have posted 600 messages here over 12 years.
Illogical!
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MexicoTed
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Ha, ha Goat! I didn't write the article, I'm just posting it with the first paragraph included. Sort of a tease to read the article instead of just
posting a link.
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BigBearRider
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Lurigt!
Min spanska har blivit mycket bättre i Baja.
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BooJumMan
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Amazing how many first timers enjoy writing blogs about how awesome Baja is....
In that pre-Google Earth and social media epoch, The Code was adhered to. It was based on a simple verity: if a locale had been transformational for
you, and you had put the hard yards in to get there and to learn it, to know it, why in god�s name would you broadcast the news, thus ruining the
future experience not only for yourself, but for future adventurers?
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David K
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| Quote: Originally posted by mtgoat666 | | Quote: Originally posted by MexicoTed | | I had never been to Mexico prior to this trip. Also, being Swedish meant that my Spanish was pretty much non-existent. |
You had never been to Mexico before Jan 2017, and got no Spanish, but you write a blog on baja and you have posted 600 messages here over 12 years.
Illogical!
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Goat, stop munching the mota! Mexico Ted has been a major Baja Nomad contributor and Baja travel promoter for many years. Do you see the links in his
signature? LOOK at one of them, your little vaquita is featured: http://bajavisitor.blogspot.com/
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David K
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Baja has the effect on people!
Before the Internet, people took their first Baja trip and wrote a book about it!
From the 1950s and 60s when the pavement ended less than 150 miles from the border, and a road grader didn't get more than 50 more miles past that:
These two served in WWI and wanted an adventure in Baja, so they walked from San Diego to Mulegé in 1921!:
These two guys just got out of WWII duty and wanted to go to every mission, in 1949-1950:
This TV personality first went to Baja in 1965:
Even in modern times, people are compelled to write a book about their first trip, such as this one:
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ehall
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Read the whole article. Good read thanks for posting.
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