Baja California

So I made it to Mexico. The first two weeks were spent in the Baja peninsula on the western part of the country. My first stop after crossing the border in Tijuana was Ensenada. A quiet cost town with loads of wonderful people.

I spent my days there wandering the streets, eating fish tacos and sleeping on benches in the sun. One afternoon I found a place that had a dance session going on. It was the retired people in Ensenada that met up every Sunday to dance together. So of course, I joined. Spent about 5 hours dancing salsa with them, it was great fun!

The nights were spent at Hussongs Cantina, the oldest bar in California. A great place with all sorts of people, cheap drinks and good music. Live music all the time. BAnds that walk around and the guests can pay to get any song that they want. Wonderful.

salsa in ENsenada

Live music in the bar

Fun people at Hussongs Cantina

After a few days in Ensenada I got on a bus to head south. I stopped in Catavina, a tiny tiny place in the middle of the desert. There are rocks, cave paintings, cactuses and sun and that's about it. But it was a charming place and worth the stop over even though if it was only for a night.

The desert, mexican style.

I left the desert in a truck. Decided to hitch hike the rest of the way down south because the buses were really expensive. So, a truck driver picked me up. Was a bit skeptical to it, but he turned out to be a nice guy, so I was encouraged to keep up with the hitch hiking. I passed by Guerrero Negro where I went whale watching, then headed down south to Mulege. Mulege is a palm oasis in a desert valley. It is calm and quiet and nothing really happends in Mulege, which was perfect. 4 days doing nothing much except going to the beach, eating fish tacos (yes, I do love them) and watching Dexter with the retired american I was living with before I got into yet another car which had "Ditch the bitch and let's go racing" written on the front window, and headed south to La Paz, my last stop before heading to mainland Mexico.

Mulege

Baja has been lovely, but I feel like it is Mexico light. Looking forward to exploring the mainland and seeing more of this huge country!