Baja California
The word baja (meaning lower in Spanish) has come to be synonymous with the rugged, arid landscape of the Mexican state of
Baja California. Its proximity to alta (upper) California, once Mexican terr...
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Baja California Sur side trip: Mision San Javier
The church, considered one of the most beautiful and well preserved of the Californias, was built with stone taken from quarry from the bed of the brook of Santo Domingo 20 km southeast of San Javier. Its original baroque appearance has been well preserved. It has three bells, two of them are dated 1761 and the other, 1803.
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Did You Know? Mexico in the Guinness world records: part two
An earlier column described several Guinness records and their connection to Mexico and Mexicans. This month's column examines four more very different Guinness records which do not involve quite as mu...
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Greyhound bus connection in the Otay Mesa
When you're a famous traveler and adventurer such as myself, you get exposed to a lot of weird things, either first hand, or because people write to you telling you of their own experiences. You get to...
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Ensenada Info
Posted by Rafa Gonzalez on Julio 04, 2000
Hello,
My name is Rafael Gonzalez, I currently live in San Diego, CA and Pili Trabado is my
sister in law. By her request I will try to give you some in...
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Tell me about Rosarita Beach
Posted by Bill on Mayo 15, 2000
Over this past weekend, the L.A. Times ran a large feature article on the ups and downs of living in this popular Baja Norte community. This is a "must read" for anyon...
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The Road To El Dorado
From Stephenville, Texas to Baja California, Mexico
March 7, - March 30, 2000 AD
Dodge Minivan 1994 Modified for a wheelchair ramp.
Passengers: Luther Butler...........Backseat...
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Baja stuffed clams: Almejas brujas
Many varieties of clams are to be found in the Sea of Cortez, including the famous chocolates and patas de mula. For this Mexican stuffed clams recipe, we used the large, yellow-shelled botijones, whic...
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Mexican fish pacos: Tacos de pescado
Perhaps the most famous Baja street snack, and certainly one of the most frequent reader requests, fish tacos differ a bit from place to place, but are always served with the same basic selection of ga...
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Cooking on the Sea of Cortez: Culinary adventures in Baja California
Mexico's Sea of Cortez, also known by the less lyrical name Gulf of California, supports more marine life than any other body of water on earth. It is no surprise, therefore, that divers, fishermen, an...
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Mexican fish cocktail: Ceviche
Originally from Peru, where it is generally made with corbina, ceviche is a seafood cocktail served anyplace in Mexico where fresh fish is available. It has been "mexicanized" by the addition of ingred...
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Mexican seven seas fish: Pescado siete mares
Mexican seven seas fish is a specialty of La Cenaduría, a lovely old adobe restaurant in San Jose del Cabo. It combines fresh red snapper filets, a mild salsa roja, and just enough manchego cheese to ...
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Living/Crossing Tijuana/San Diego
Mexico Connect Forum Discussion Threads
Posted by alex in TJ on Mayo 02, 2000
HOUSING: There are two nice areas of Tijuana. Playas de Tijuana is the little strip between the En...
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Almost an Island: Travels in Baja California by Bruce Berger
Bruce Berger is an excellent guide to the Baja. He’s been going there since the mid '60s, having driven the length of the peninsula at least three times when that meant travelling more than 1,000 kilometers of single lane dirt road. One could drive for a day and meet only one other car. And you would never dream of leaving without taking plenty of food, water and gasoline plus whatever extras and spare parts you might need to fix auto problems along the way.
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My dog 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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My dog Sombra and the Mexican 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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Dia de las Madres: Mother's Day in Mexico
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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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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Twilight on the Line: Underworlds and Politics at the U.S. - Mexico Border by Sebastian Rotella Norton
The action never stops at the border. There is no other place like it on the globe. The international boundary stretches for almost two thousand miles, from the Pacific Ocean through the mountains, the deserts, the valleys of the Rio Grande to the Gulf of Mexico. The region is a vast world unto itself. And the westernmost, fourteen-mile strip between San Diego and Tijuana, the border's biggest and richest cities, is the most intense microcosm of that world. The U.S. Border Patrol records half a million yearly arrests of illegal immigrants here, accounting for almost half of all its arrests.
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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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Oases on the Sea of Cortez
The rugged Baja California peninsula and the Sea of Cortez, or Gulf of California, have been bewitching hardy visitors for decades. Some of the early fans were John Steinbeck and Earl Stanley Gardner, ...
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Johnny's Beach on Baja's Golfo de Santa Clara
The ubiquitous land crab — about the size of the palm of a hand
© Barbara Sands, 2010
"If you've ever traveled the mainland side of the Sea of Cortez, just south of the town of El Golfo de Santa...
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The adventures of Shadow: My dog, 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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