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Skipjack Joe
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Ceiling at San Borja
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David K
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Beautiful photo.
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basautter
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Very cool pic! San Borja is well worth the time it takes to get there 
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BajaBlanca
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Wow! We have never been. How does one get there?
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David K
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Blanca, Blanca, Blanca...
https://www.bajabound.com/bajaadventures/bajatravel/san_borj...
Map is included, click on it to enlarge.
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Skipjack Joe
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Why don't we go together? I'm just up the road at Asuncion now (during winter months). I wouldn't recommend going in the summer anyway.
There's also this pool nearby which had a water flowing into it and therefore stayed pretty clean. They let me swim in it. Les would like it as well.
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David K
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More at San Borja from 2017:
From 2016:
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BajaBlanca
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this is awesome -thanks both David and skipjack!
when is the best month to go?
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wilderone
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" … this pool nearby"
That's their irrigation water. They let the warm springs water fill the reservoir, and when it's full, they let it flow out - the rows of the garden
are designed to capture the water from the pool to irrigate it. Cool system.
There is a warm springs hot tub of sorts nearby. It's private property, but they might let you use it. Something else interesting - on the walk to
the irrigation pool, on the left side, you'll see some grape vines. Those are from the mission days - still bearing fruit. Sometimes when I visit I
bring packets of vegetable seeds since they have a large area to use them.
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BajaBlanca
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In the pic with the horses, it sure looks green!
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David K
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That was in February, Blanca.
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BajaBlanca
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got it.
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shari
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Mood: there is no reality except the one contained within us "Herman Hesse"
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San Borja is one of my top 10 places to visit in all of Baja! It is so photogenic and like stepping back in time.
The drive in is a magical one like a page out of Dr.Suess. Spend the night under the palapa...dip in the hot pool, visit the gardens, marvel at the
gigantic old growth mango tree, and of course take in the unique mission...that caracol staircase is worth the trip!
And get the kids to take you to see the cave paintings nearby... when Gerardo was a kid he took us there and told us to stay back while he climbed up
to the cave first in case there was a mountain lion in there...he said once one jumped out over his head!!!
priceless experience!
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Great shots. Love that Mission. A very fun place to go. and great people there.
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David K
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Indeed!
July 2003:
Available to provide guide service or mule caravans
to area historic sites, visitors are made welcome by these nice folks.
The kids of San Borja bring a mule for Sarah and Andee to ride.
Jose's oldest daughter, Brisa, gives Sarah a goodbye hug.
On our last visit, Sarah arrived on Sonora Wind's ATC
and made a hit with the kids!
July 2009:
Jose Gerardo and his family live next to the mission and provides guide service to the area's fascinating sites.
Sept. 2016:
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DouglasP
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Day trip out to San Borja from Bahia de Los Angeles, April of this year.
Scooby keeping "an eye" on my breakfast before departure from Costa del Sol.
      
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DouglasP
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Couple more.
Sand Monster got my buddy on the way out. We came in from the BOLA side and out through Rosarito.
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fishbuck
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San Borja is classic Baja. One of the very 1st places I visited on my 1st ever trip.
Changed my life.
[Edited on 8-17-2018 by fishbuck]
"A ship in harbor is safe, but that is not what ships are built for." J. A. Shedd.
A clever person solves a problem. A wise person avoids it. – Albert Einstein
"Life's a Beach... and then you Fly!" Fishbuck
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4x4abc
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here is a question for the history experts:
why do most staircases in old buildings turn right upstairs?
Harald Pietschmann
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Skipjack Joe
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Quote: Originally posted by 4x4abc  | here is a question for the history experts:
why do most staircases in old buildings turn right upstairs? |
Interesting. I wouldn't have guessed it in a million years. I looked it up so I won't answer.
[Edited on 8-17-2018 by Skipjack Joe]
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