Blogs from San Jose del Cabo, Baja California Sur, Mexico, North America

We'd never been to Mexico. Which is funny because we'd been so many other international places, you'd think Mexico would have crossed my mind at some point. It really hadn't. In my mind it was resorts and partying, and largely unsafe. (Ok, I was wrong). Also, we live in California and I grew up surrounded by Mexican American culture and amazing food. So I never really felt the need to explore Mexico. My parents really enjoyed their trips, though, so I finally just asked if we could use their timeshare for a long weekend. We got up early and headed to the airport, only to discover on the way that Alaska Airlines had cancelled and rescheduled us to a later flight. It was only an hour later but it was no longer direct. Thanks. So we ... read more

Leaving from mile 53 on the east coast north of San Jose del Cabo, we ventured across the mountains on a 40 km trail to the west coast. A trail it was, wash outs, no signs, no GPS that worked, we had to get out of the car to lessen the weight, push, pull or pray. The sign on the main highway said revacucation beneficiary 277,000 pop. Would you think that the habitation would be plentiful . But Not we where on are own for the 4.5 hours it took us to go 40 kms . But we also were driving a Nissan March rent a car. Good thing we could almost pick it up. An adventure we 4 will never forget. Neil, Pam, Gary and Judy.... read more

Jacques Cousteau described the Sea of Cortez as the "aquarium of the world" due to it's large concentration of sea creatures ranging from tiny reef fish, great white sharks, enormous Humboldt squid, and whale sharks as well as five of the world's seven types of sea turtles and several types of whales. John Steinbeck also visited the area and described the area around Cabo Pulmo "clinging to the coral, growing on it, burrowing into it, was a teeming fauna...one small piece of coral might conceal 30 or 40 species and the colors on the reef were electric." We headed to breakfast after being sleep deprived the previous night due to our work schedules and sleeping for almost 12 hrs despite some roosters crowing in the distance. We met with our dive group and launched off the ... read more

The mother of all storms hit Los Cabos this year. A category 4. It was horrific. I was on the other side of the continent when hurricane Odile landed and I felt helpless as I received play-by-play posts from family, friends, and the media, until the cell phone towers toppled and Cabo was cut off from the world. Like anyone who regularly visits this region, we all have the NOAA (National Oceanic and Atmospheric Association) updates on our phone handy. Because every June through November about ten named storms form in the seas around Costa Rica and head straight for the tip of the Baja. Some make landfall, some divert left or right. It's just a part of life. (Insert your own views on global warming and storm intensification here) This particular season had been a ... read more

A typical day starts with waking up to a beautiful sunrise over the Sea of Cortez. We can watch the sun coming up from the comfort of our bed as we leave the French doors to our bedroom open as well as the curtains on our patio doors fronting the condo. On many days we have been fortunate enough to be entertained by a couple of whales spouting and breaching out in the bay. Other than whales, there's usually only a couple of small fishing boats, no big boats or cruise ships coming and going, just water as far as you can see with the sun's rays reflecting across. Yes, it's going to be another beautiful day. After a leisurely cup of delicious Mexican coffee and cup of Red Rose tea on the deck and a ... read more