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superbusydad
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Favorite descriptions of Baja
I am putting together an photo album of our epic trip in July w my family, and want include some short quotes that describe baja (geography,
social/laid back environment, freedom, sea of cortez, etc...................) in it. I am excited to hear from you!
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elgatoloco
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The Baja - where all roads lead to adventure
MAGA
Making Attorneys Get Attorneys
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bajalearner
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My thoughts;
I don't try to change Mexico and Mexico doesn't try to change me.
I am a guest in another country and I respect that.
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nandopedal
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How about Mr. Noel's quote from Expedition Portal that I have at the bottom of my posts.
\"There are many dangers in Baja. The most serious of which is not going.\" Christophe Noel (EXPO)
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Osprey
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Fiesta, siesta, crudo, menudo. (start over)
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David K
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So much Baja... so little time!
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motoged
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Superbusydad,
When you get a moment, would you be willing to share your own impressions and "sayings" about your recent trip? I am curious as to what your
impressions were/are following your own plan as well as of those suggestions offered by Nomads. 
Don't believe everything you think....
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woody with a view
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it's hard to describe......
[Edited on 8-21-2014 by woody with a view]
[Edited on 8-23-2014 by BajaNomad]
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willardguy
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hot, dirty, bandito ridden? 
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MulegeAL
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Arriva...avaho...el centro...el dentro!
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MMc
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Superbusydad,
Try some of these writers, The Log from the Sea of Cortez, John Ernst Steinbeck, Jr. King of the Moon, Gene Kira. The Baja Feeling, Ben Hunter The
Grinning Garroyl Spills The Beans, Jimmy Smith There it is Baja, MikeMcMahan The Sea of Cortez, Ray Cannon. Anything written by Harry W. Crosby about
Baja.
These are not in any order
There are plenty more these will get you started.
I would start with Steinbeck,
"Never teach a pig to sing it frustrates you and annoys the pig" - W.C.Fields
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superbusydad
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I will share my experiences and photos within a week, and I love the quotes and PLEASE keep them coming!
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mulegemichael
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anybody heard of "peace, love, and fish tacos"????.....just kidding...
dyslexia is never having to say you\'re yrros.
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buzzbar
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On another forum I read a post on Baja from some snobby “Baja is not the real Mexico” guy.
"You folks in Baja California are in a tourist zone, a rather free place, and generally have little idea of what lies beyond. In the interior of
Mexico, laws and rules are enforced and proper behavior is expected from everyone, but it’s a different world all through the Baja Peninsula that has
little connection to the rest of Mexico. It seems to be a sort of anything goes, hippy beach party suburb of San Diego."
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durrelllrobert
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...Land that I love... (not to hijack something from the US)
Bob Durrell
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grace59
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Here are two of my favorites:
Whenever I hear that rainy, chill wind blow. I think it may be time to head for Mexico. Tengo que obedecer mi corazon!---Carlos Santana
"If it were lush and rich, one could understand the pull, but it is fierce and hostile and sullen. The stone mountains pile up to the sky and there
is little fresh water. But we know we must go back if we live, and we don't know why." - Steinbeck, Log from the Sea of Cortez
Whenever I hear that rainy, chill wind blow. I think it may be time to head for Mexico. Tengo que obedecer mi corazon!
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BajaBlanca
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Where the wild sometimes unforgiving desert meets the waters of the Pacific and the Sea of Cortez.
The Forgotten Coast.
It's gotta be 5 o'clock somewhere!
Manana
Margaritaville
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805gregg
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You should have been here yesterday
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Katiejay99
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Mood: it is what it is
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Hey Buzzbar:
I feel so sorry for the person who wrote that. They failed to see the real beauty of Baja. It would be like someone from New York in the 1890's
commenting on the "Wild West".
We are a very unique crowd here and pretty darned proud of it. We fit in as foreigners and we honor the local customs, we don't try to change
anything, we accept (and for my part, I learn), we live and we love our life. The only waves are in the ocean.
Life in Baja is like none other.
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Whale-ista
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Mood: Sunny with chance of whales
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Bad roads, good people.
\"Probably the airplanes will bring week-enders from Los Angeles before long, and the beautiful poor bedraggled old town will bloom with a
Floridian ugliness.\" (John Steinbeck, 1940, discussing the future of La Paz, BCS, Mexico)
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