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Perpetual Transient
Disclaimer... This doesn't fall into the expedition, nor even the overland categories but more of a traditional type vacation for most folks. Alexia and I got married last November and put off the honeymoon till late March due to my busy work schedule in the winter and her being a school teacher, we needed to line it up with her spring break. I was literally home for 12 hours before we hopped the plane from Denver to Cabo. We had 9 days to spend getting to unwind, play, and explore a bit.
We rented a casita on the beach just north of the town of Los Barriles. For those unfamiliar with Baja it is about an hour north of San Jose del Cabo (the airport) and is a mecca for kiteboarders and wind surfers on the Sea of Cortez. We rented a Jeep JK Wrangler X, soft top, that looked (and drove) like it had seen some action. This was my first time to Baja and I was REALLY looking forward to it, especially after a 6 months of standing on glaciers and mountains enduring often cruel weather.
Long story short, we fell in love with the area and will be venturing back down again soon. The people we met, the scenery, and the amazing marine life were all incredible. We felt like we were part of the comunity there after only a couple of days. It was a bit refreshing spending the whole time in one area versus travelling through places like I often do on my trips for fun. You definately don't get a feel for a town or a comunity like you do when you just take it all in. With that said though we did explore, up the coast to Bajia del Muertos (renamed now to Bajia del Suenos, nicer image eh?) and down to Cabo Pulmo.
I will simply share pictures with some brief descriptions versus spinning some long yarn. I will say this though, now I really see why people rave so strongly about the Baja peninsula. On to some pics...
The sunrise on the first morning from our casita.
This is something we don't get to see often in Colorado or Michigan... an open kitchen! We bought bags of oranges and made fresh OJ and smoothies every morning after a run. We feasted on homeade pico de gallo and guac and grilled up some AMAZING parrot fish we bought off a dude on the street. I was on the mission to find the best fish tacos, and while I did sample some incredible ones from various little places, the parrot fish tacos we grilled up were simply the best.
Alex made good use of the sun and the beach soaking up quite a bit of both! We had a coral reef directly in front of the house that made for some great snorkelling. We saw the "bat" rays jumping everyday, seals, sea lions, humpback whales, and various other marine life suprisingly close to shore.
view looking up the hill in the neighborhood we were in
Another sunrise from our beach
Taking in the views on the beach rd north of Barriles
I wasn't the only one enjoying bumping around in the arroyos and exploring the dirt roads and two tracks.
Beach combing
more to come...
We rented a casita on the beach just north of the town of Los Barriles. For those unfamiliar with Baja it is about an hour north of San Jose del Cabo (the airport) and is a mecca for kiteboarders and wind surfers on the Sea of Cortez. We rented a Jeep JK Wrangler X, soft top, that looked (and drove) like it had seen some action. This was my first time to Baja and I was REALLY looking forward to it, especially after a 6 months of standing on glaciers and mountains enduring often cruel weather.
Long story short, we fell in love with the area and will be venturing back down again soon. The people we met, the scenery, and the amazing marine life were all incredible. We felt like we were part of the comunity there after only a couple of days. It was a bit refreshing spending the whole time in one area versus travelling through places like I often do on my trips for fun. You definately don't get a feel for a town or a comunity like you do when you just take it all in. With that said though we did explore, up the coast to Bajia del Muertos (renamed now to Bajia del Suenos, nicer image eh?) and down to Cabo Pulmo.
I will simply share pictures with some brief descriptions versus spinning some long yarn. I will say this though, now I really see why people rave so strongly about the Baja peninsula. On to some pics...
The sunrise on the first morning from our casita.
This is something we don't get to see often in Colorado or Michigan... an open kitchen! We bought bags of oranges and made fresh OJ and smoothies every morning after a run. We feasted on homeade pico de gallo and guac and grilled up some AMAZING parrot fish we bought off a dude on the street. I was on the mission to find the best fish tacos, and while I did sample some incredible ones from various little places, the parrot fish tacos we grilled up were simply the best.
Alex made good use of the sun and the beach soaking up quite a bit of both! We had a coral reef directly in front of the house that made for some great snorkelling. We saw the "bat" rays jumping everyday, seals, sea lions, humpback whales, and various other marine life suprisingly close to shore.
view looking up the hill in the neighborhood we were in
Another sunrise from our beach
Taking in the views on the beach rd north of Barriles
I wasn't the only one enjoying bumping around in the arroyos and exploring the dirt roads and two tracks.
Beach combing
more to come...
