Espirtu Santo – Azul Tours

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We began our journey to Espiritu Santo with plans to kayak around the island. Once we discovered this would be a two day trip requiring good equipment and some planning, we instead opted for a boat tour of the Island. Several other beach-goers highly recommended Azul Tours having themselves spotted several varieties of whales, including [...]

Guerro Negro Whale Watching: Malarrimo Eco Tours

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With several options for whale watching in Baja California, we chose Malarrimo and had a wonderful time. Initially we had planned to go whale watching at the San Ignacio Lagoon only to discover that the lagoon was 2 hours from the town via a dirt road, unaccessible via public transportation. We had chosen San Ignacio [...]

La Paz Part I

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We came to Baja California for the gray whales and expected to leave for mainland Mexico almost immediately. Unfortunately for our budget we couldn’t help but stay in Baja California Sur just a bit longer. The drive to La Paz from Guerrero Negro was about 10 hours and again we took a night bus (saving [...]

Baja or Bust

Update: 3/16/09 border crossing pictures added, see more at our Recent Sightings page. We made it safe and sound!  Crossed the border yesterday uneventfully around 11am, which turned out to be 10am on the other side of the line, so we even gained an hour in our border crossing.  Got our tourist cards (giving us up [...]