Flying Guerrero Negro to Cedros to Ensenada

I flew into Ensenada yesterday and it was wonderful and horrendous at the same time. The flight left G negro right on time at 9 a.m. Beautiful flight and here are some pics of that part.











The salt from G Negro is taken to Isla Cedros which has a better loading capacity. I was told the salt company is a joint venture and that the salt is sent to Japan.


The island is exquisitely beautiful - I only got to see a very small part that is near the airport. Why did I have any time at all? Hmmmm the very plane that brought us, left me on Cedros to go BACK to G Negro and bring another chartered group .... we are talking a 2 hour - totally unexpected - layover.



Cedros in view:






very interesting landscape:






gorgeous coastline:




the airport:



a local Catholic church, take a guess as to what the cube is:










the local seguro for this part of Cedros (the salt company):




the salt company:




Oneof the things that most impressed me of this part of the island is that there was not one piece of trash anywhere.


The flight continued onto Ensenada smoothly. Here is a picture of Baja. You can't really tell, but there was a house down there. Talk about remote !






San Quintin land:






flying into Ensenada - one lands at the military base. Luggage is reinspected (it was inspected before we left G Negro). If you need a taxi, there is a counter with 3 clocks behind it - they call up for you.





The pilot's name is Enrique - the last time I took this flight, he was the pilot too. On this last leg of the trip, I sat next to him up front. VERY fun. Can I become a pilot now ?





I hate to say this but my crazy trip went on to get crazier .. I took a cab from airport to bus depot. Bought a ticket to TJ's main bus terminal since I wanted to bus into downtown San Diego. Bought my ticket at main terminal, turns out it is greyhound that does this. Got on bus and spent TWO FULL HOURS sitting at the border crossing. Went across and we were told to wait to the left. We waited and the bus never came. 6:45 bus, nada, 7:45 bus eventually came and took us downtown. We heard that our other bus had been turned around and not allowed in. who knows. There is a grayhound counter but they had no idea what was going on and just told us to wait, on the sidewalk, til a bus came.

FYI there was a guy 2 people in front of us as we walked thru immmigration-I am not sure why but the guy (about 28) had no documents on him. no driver's license. nothing at all. It took him a lot of saliva, calmness and smiles, but he was let in the country. Howz that for incredible?

I am going to see my brand new first ever granddaughter and she is worth this whole ordeal. I could have driven but thought this would be better.









[Edited on 11-25-2012 by BajaBlanca]

[Edited on 11-25-2012 by BajaNomad]

i'm thinking that cube was the inspiration for mr rubic?

Blanca,
Congrats with your new addition to the family. Enjoy her!!
Great trip report. Another addition to your traveling experiences you can look back upon. Traveling and new experiences never get old.

Thanks much, don't get to see it that way to often

are there any gringos living out on cedros or was maggie baldwin the last one?

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Originally posted by willardguy are there any gringos living out on cedros or was maggie baldwin the last one?