MH_Stevens - 10-27-2005 at 09:22 AM
In my youth I spent time in the small sleepy villages of Spain. Towns with a cobbled plaza with church and surrounded all-around by tiny white stone
cottages. A town with narrow back streets bustling with an early morning fruit market and all shuttered-up and deathly quiet at midday. Are there any
towns like this in Baja California?
Mike
Corky1 - 10-27-2005 at 09:54 AM
San Ignacio?????
Corky 
bajaden - 10-27-2005 at 10:23 AM
Corky beat me to it...
Skeet/Loreto - 10-27-2005 at 11:15 AM
I am not aware of any inBaja, but very close{about 4 Hours south of Tucson AZ. there is Los Alamos, an old Silver city which is very much of what you
speak.
My wife and I both agree if we went back to Mexico to live it would be there.
It was an Old Silver mining, very rich, Town. Western Airline Pilots flying the route South kept talking about the lay out from 30,000 ft, decided to
investigate and some later moved there. There are very few Tourist. In January they have a 2 Week Music thing with people from around the World.
Very Neat Place
From what I have read.......
Hook - 10-27-2005 at 01:17 PM
.....your assessment is pretty right-on about Alamos.
But your travel time is a bit off. Alamos is about 8-9 hours south of Tucson, at least.
Skeet/Loreto - 10-27-2005 at 05:13 PM
Right you are Hook! 7-8 Hours.
I forgot I was driving my 1968 Shelby GT500 KR.
David K - 10-27-2005 at 05:27 PM
Just maybe San Jose Comondu and San Miguel Comondu, besides San Ignacio... not sure if date palms are found in Spain however!
MH_Stevens - 10-28-2005 at 10:01 AM
Lots of Dates in Spain. They were brought there by the Moors from north Africa and came to the Americas from there with the conquistadores.
San Ignacio looks good. I'm into the hospital for repeat bypass surgery next week and I'm looking for a quiet place to spend some time after I
recover. San Ignacio also looks fairly close to Mulege which I note is highly rated by you Nomads. Also, it is on Highway 1 and looks to be within the
Fee Simple zone! getting better. Anyone have any Realtor contacts in that area?
Mike S
rpleger - 10-28-2005 at 05:32 PM
David K.
Right on, a step into the past.
bajalera - 10-29-2005 at 07:02 AM
San Ignacio would be a good choice for what you have in mind. Natives are friendly and are used to tourists wandering around town [a visiting Gringo
would attract a whole lot of attention in either Comondu]. At San Ig there's a place with Internet service, where you can stay in touch [provided
there's a computer that a local teenager isn't welded to].
A comfortable place to stay, right in town, is Leree's old inn [now has a different name,which I can't remember]. This historic place, where every
traveler used to stop in the days of the old bad road, has been gussied up nicely and is now owned by a pleasant American woman named Jane, who has
good contacts in the community. Another good place is San Ignacio Bread & Breakfast, farther out on the edge of town, which is run by a couple of
Canadians. This is on a lagoon, and there's no extra charge for using their boats.
I wish you well on your recovery.
bajalera
[Edited on 10-29-2005 by bajalera]