Travel Summary: Baja California
With the Baja Peninsula is in the rearview, here are some thoughts about our experience travelling down Highway 1, approximately 1400 kilometers from the border to La Paz...
Madness in Mazatlán
I've been searching for a way to neatly summarize Mazatlán, but it won't reduce to something easy...
In the realm of insanity
If you want to do the Baja and continue on, you'll need to contend with Baja Ferries. Here follows our experience with them. Nothing exaggerated for effect. It really was this ridiculous...
The devil you know is a devil.
Now that we've been travelling for a month, I am starting to feel vaguely reflective. I'm taking a whole year off!
La Paz: Tale of Two Cities
Our guide book tells us that everyone ends up in La Paz. I thought I knew what to expect and it really wasn't that at all...
The Cape for the Holidays!
The southern tip of the Baja Peninsula is where the action happens. Approximately 1400 kilometers from the border it all comes together...
Easing into Loreto
Loreto lived up to the hype. Yes, there were tourists and yes the prices were higher, but boy it felt nice to get some of our comforts back...
Mew-ledge doesn’t rhyme with Mulegé
Mulegé isn't the best small town on the Baja, but it has a certain charm for anyone who takes the time...
Baja Mexico: Mistakes were made
Our introduction to Mexico was to grossly overpay for a so-so camping experience in San Felipe, the first stop south of the border on Highway 5...
Going fast and going slow
The start of my year-long sabbatical was not auspicious. It was terrifying. We lined ourselves up for success (as best we know how) and boarded an early ferry at Duke Point to get in the Peace Arch lineup early. Well,…
