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[*] posted on 1-11-2017 at 09:25 AM


Quote: Originally posted by Jimmy  
...so I joined here. That's about it.


Hi Jimmy,
I read that you want to go "there" but am wondering where "there" is (to you)? I know you said "Baja" but saying Baja is like saying 'California' in that there are so many different areas with different climates and offerings. Baja (Baja California, actually) is a 700+ mile long peninsula with two bodies of water and a river surrounding it. The highway mileage is over 1,000 from Tijuana to Cabo San Lucas.

In the south end, you are in the tropics at the same latitude as Hawaii. In the north, on the Pacific side, there is the semi-arid Medditeranian climate that San Diego is famous for that gradually changes to desert after 200 miles. On the opposite side, it is pure desert from the border on south. Between the two, coastal hills grow into mountains reaching over 10,000 feet high, with blankets of snow in the winter and pine forests.

The center and southern thirds of the peninsula have tropical oasis villages centered with Spanish missions from the 1700s, but are surrounded by desert vegetation and lava flows.

There are few true cities with full services but many small towns and villages. More and more areas are now reached by paved highway, but road conditions are often allowed to deteriorate to a pot-holed, miserable to drive on state. That said, with so many areas reached only by dirt roads, a four-wheel drive SUV or truck are the wise choices for a true Baja vehicle. Let the exploring begin!

My website www.vivabaja.com is created to share many of these places Baja has to offer, either in my trip photos or in the many links I have there to other's Baja websites. The most recent trips of the past couple years are here on Baja Nomad's Baja Trip Reports forum (until I get a chance to make a web page for them on my site).





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[*] posted on 1-11-2017 at 09:58 PM


Yes Lencho (and Dennis) I am.
Anything wrong with this?




The grass is always greener....
and so, there is always a better spot in Baja
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