Incredible pictures! You must be a professional photographer?
baja is a magic place that's for sure. As a surfer who's been escaping to the peninsula since 1984, rarely a day goes by where my mind doesn't drift off and to some magical baja moment of my past. Yes, it has changed dramatically, but still remains somewhat lost in time. The days of traveling on a shoestring are long gone for me, but my best memories of baja were of the months spent living on the beach with almost no money, of cars that fell apart, cars that were left behind, sold cheaply, or even given away.
The fishing camps and the pescaderos of baja are without doubt what I associate the grit of baja with the most. These are some of the most resourceful ppl you'll ever meet... just prepared to get into a lot of trouble if you drink with them!
Even more than the sundried fisherman tho, I'd have to say that in my 25+ years of traveling baja, the ppl I think of most are the OLD seasoned surfers that have been making this trip longer than I have. Veterans like THE Tom, Glen Horn, Jose Suelta, Fibber, Oregon Rob, etc, etc. What really separates these guys from the normal baja traveler, is these guys are LOW IMPACT and LOW KEY! To me, that's what baja is about.
Gluck w/ your property. Asuncion is one of the last pristine fishing towns on the baja. Not many ppl take that big of a leap their first trip! I'll be honest, I'm a little partial to foreigners "developing" land in baja. I've seen what happens to places like Scorpion bay or even the East Cape. Then again, Mexicans if given money or a profit to gain, rape the land just as bad. Guess that's just human nature and the world getting smaller and smaller. If anything, try to preserve the magic. Keep it low key and low impact!
Look forward to running into you some day. Thanks for the great pics and great write up. Really enjoyed reading of your adventures and hope for many more. 10 years from now, you'll look back at this document and of your experiences with baja and either laugh or cry, or both.
