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modhatter
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Most beautiful baja area & Least Beautiful
Just curious of your opinions of the most beautiful areas of Baja are. Also the ugliest.
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JZ
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Puerto Refugio, the northern most anchorage on Isla Angel de La Guardia. 50 or so miles from Bahia de Los Angeles. It's a breathtaking bay
surrounded by several small islands. Sail Rock, off of the western most entrance, is an amazing sight, it rises 150 feet out of the water, is white
and shaped like a huge sail. But you'll need a good boat to get there.  But if
you make it, you'll have the whole world to yourself. 
Sail Rock from cruisecortez.com
[Edited on 8-14-2005 by JZ]
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surfer jim
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Worst is the view of the backed up traffic in front of you at the T.J. border crossing......
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Bruce R Leech
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the best is the pretty much undisturbed inland arias of Baja south.
the Worst is the view of the backed up traffic in front of you at the T.J. border crossing...... just like surfer Jim
Bruce R Leech
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Tucker
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The ugliest aggregation of buildings I've seen in Baja is the town of Bahia de Los Angeles. Turn the other way and the actual B de LA might be the
best.
\"I think it would be a good idea.\"
-- Mahatma Gandhi, when asked what he thought of Western civilization
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Barry A.
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Bahia de los Angeles--------
from the "1st view" overlook as you crest out above the bay.
A close second would be Ensenada San Basilio north of Loreto.
To me, nothing qualifies as "ugly" in Baja except my truck mired in the mud of "Boca Grande" salt flat just north of San Rafael, on the road from BOLA
to San Francisquito. That was UGLY !!!!!!
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bajaloco
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The most beautiful is when you see anything in Baja for the first time...
The ugliest for me was the time I came up on a beach covered with small and baby hammerheads...butchered for their fins.
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JZ
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Bahia de Los Angeles facing the bay is amazing.
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bajajudy
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All of Baja is beautiful.
However, there are parts of San Lucas that are FEO(UGLY).
Plaza las Glorias for one.
All the make shift housing for the poor who are working in the hotels and resorts for another. If you want to see slums.....great for a vacation side
trip,eh?...ride up behind San Lucas to Las Lomas and you will see poverty like you expect to see in Mexico City, Nicaragua, Guatamala....not Baja.
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bigzaggin
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An excellent question...
and while it's tempting to list the inside of a certain poster's head as sitio feo numero uno en Baja, I'll play it straight...
For beauty and desolation, I'll take the coastline just north of Canoas and the breathtaking stretch between Bufeo and Puertocitos. Santo Domingo has
some wonderful little nooks for intrepid nomads. And, up norte, Bahia Soledad is positively gorgeous if somewhat clouded by ominous rumors.
Ugly being relative, my vote goes to mid-season Pequena with 9,762 RVs lining the crumbling bluff or downtown Cabo, where culture goes to die. That
border line is a gimme...sadder still because it means you're leaving.
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Anonymous
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Bay of Conception... hands down the best! Worst....Men's room at a Pemex station 10 years ago.
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Barry A.
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Anon------is that Requeson in the pic??
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roundtuit
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Barry, Yes it is
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Bajaboy
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I think the most beautiful place in Baja is the trip down the mountainside into the Agua Verde area. Heading back at Christmas and can't wait.
The only ugly thing I can recall are some tourists complaining that Baja wasn't like where they came from...
Zac
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Tomas Tierra
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THE most beutiful place in ALL the baja is San Jose De Gracia...
Anybody been there??? I know very few who have..
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JZ
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I'm sure I'll get flamed for this... but San Felipe, while not the absolute worst of spots, isn't that attractive to me. The extreme tides make it
undesirable for water activities as well.
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Barry A.
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San Felipe not that great?????
You just have not been properly introduced to the charms of San Felipe. It is a great little town, but your right, the tides do foul up water
activities.
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Agua Verde in a sailboat..anchored with a margarita and a Margie!
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David K
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The Best of Baja is anywhere on the peninsula you are at with friends or loved ones to share the charm with.
Beautiful, isolated beaches with clear, warm water as in this photo taken about 20 miles from San Felipe, are some of my favorite places...
I agree with Surfer Jim on the ugliest part of Baja... leaving it!
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I agree on the being with loved ones part...
Makes a camping experience in Baja an event that is priceless. Keep camping! In whatever your style is...
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