San Felipe: Baja California life on Mexico's Sea of Cortez
I had dreamed about moving to Mexico for decades. As retirement approached, I began to look seriously at places to check out. Having lived in San Diego for decades, going to Mexico along the Baja Calif...
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Driving the Baja Highway
The Baja 1,000 is considered one of the most dangerous, but exciting, races in the world.
It winds through mountains and desert in the most remote parts of Baja California with drivers dodging Mother Nature's homespun hazards like rugged dry washes and rapid changes in altitude. They also deal with free-roaming livestock, rattlesnakes and one of the largest concentrations of big, bad cacti on the planet.
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Driving Baja: A Guide for First Timers
Back to Baja: Some favorite dishes get a makeover
There are few places more relaxing than Baja California, and no time better to go there than winter. This Mexican peninsula that straddles the Pacific Ocean and the Sea of Cortez seems to have been created for relieving stress and renewing the spirit. The "winter blues" are banished here, where the only blues are the sunny skies and clear water.
read moreShrimp in damiana and tequila sauce: Camarones al damiana y tequila
Damiana is a small, yellow flowered shrub that grows wild in Baja. The leaves and stems are picked fresh when the plant is flowering, and dried to make liqueur. It is used frequently with tequila, and ...
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Traveler's Guide to Camping Mexico's Baja by Mike and Terry Church
Rolling Homes Press, 2008
Available from Amazon Books: Paperback
Available from Amazon Books: Paperback
A while ago, I reviewed for Mexico Connect another useful book by Mike & Terri Church: T...
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US postage stamps and Tijuana, Mexico's Seabiscuit connection
Cejas and the great escape: Dog rescue in Tijuana
Overfishing in the Sea of Cortez: Are sustainable fish farms the solution?
Viva La Baja! Relocation and Real Estate Guide to the Baja California Peninsula by Molly McHugh
Molly McHugh's recently published Viva La Baja! Relocation and Real Estate Guide to the Baja California Peninsula provides concise, easy to use information for anyone interested in north or south Baja. It is obvious that McHugh's objective is to provide an excellent product that will be useful for people of all ages and from all walks of life.
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Baja California's Sailing Safety Tips
Before heading south of the border, skipper and crew should review the boat's emergency gear, systems, and engine controls.
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Clickable interactive map of Baja California state, Mexico: Tijuana, Ensenada
Clickable interactive map of Baja California state, Mexico: Tijuana, Ensenada
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The Baja Highway from top to bottom
The highway down off the central plateau to the Sea of Cortés at sunset was stunning, as though we were driving through southern Utah with a coastline.
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Mexico beach Christmas
The trailer was packed, the three kids and the dog were loaded into the van as final preparations were made for the "journey to the end of the earth". For us, Baja truly seemed land's end. Nobody we kn...
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Baja communities play a key role in conservation
Those moments when you can spontaneously interact with a wild animal, one on one, in their environment - whether it's under the ocean, on a mountain, in the middle of the desert - are pretty special, life changing even.
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Trailer Tales From La Bufadora, Baja California
Anyone you talk to in Baja with a roof over their head has a story or two to go with the roof. Jack Smith of Los Angeles Times, joyfully chronicled his home building adventures in his book, God and Mr....
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Dia De Las Madres (Mother's Day)
In May of 1992, we were still in process of finishing up the remodel of our trailer/
cabaña, to turn it into a real house. Over the previous six months the trailer had been dismantled, two bedro...
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Las Adventuras De Mi Sombra
When we first met, the attraction was instant and mutual. Her chocolate brown eyes melted into my
gringa blues and we knew we were destined to be the best of friends. I smiled at her shyly and s...
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Sombra In The Tijuana Jail
We had purchased Sombra with an eye to breeding her, and when her time came, we located a fine Golden Retriever named Lombard. A retired couple who settled on the hill above ours at La Bufadora owned h...
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Sombra & The Federales
As our dear Golden Retriever, Mi Sombra, was spending most of her formative years in Baja, we found it prudent that she learn her commands in English and in Spanish. This was never more evident than th...
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The Baja Animal Rescue Team
Pets are a billion-dollar industry in the United States, but even for the U.S., homeless cats and dogs are a major problem. There is civic funding to established programs to help control the situation,...
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In the Shadow of the Volcano: One Family's Baja Adventure by Michael Humfreville
This was not to be your usual sight-seeing trip, moving from one convenient accommodation to another. Their desire was to be isolated from civilization and to live as simply as possible. An element of self discovery was also a definite part of the program. Thus it was that they found themselves a week or two later on an empty beach on the remote west coast of the Baja constructing a tiny hut that was to be their home for an indefinite period. Pacific breakers pounded the beach a few steps away. The specific area where they set up camp was between El Rosario and Guerrero Negro where a number of tiny fishing villages were located.
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Tequila, Lemon and Salt: From Baja - Tales of Love, Faith and Magic by Daniel Reveles
The location for these nine stories is the town of Tecate in the Baja, located 34 miles east of Tijuana. Tucked away in the extreme northwest of Mexico, it couldn't possibly be any closer to the U.S. border. The town can also boast that it is the home of Daniel Reveles, author of three attractive collections of novellas. The latest of these is the one reviewed here.
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