Tijuana, Ensenada, Rosarito, Puerto Nuevo, Guadalupe Valley. Just a few of the Baja, Mexico destinations which used to be easy and popular day trips from San Diego. In the space of a few years major changes completely changed tourism near the border. The first was increased security at the border by the Department of Homeland …
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Scuba diving Los Cabos (Cabo San Lucas)
Photos of Scuba diving Los Cabos (Cabo San Lucas) During our visit to the tip of Baja we enjoyed two days worth of diving. The first day of diving we stuck to relatively easy local sites. The first dive was at Pelican Rock, site of the famous (or not so famous?) sand falls. The sand …
Punta Perfecta, Baja California Sur
Photos of Punta Perfecta and Cabo Pulmo, Baja California Sur This was our first trip to Baja south of Bahia de los Angeles. I wasn’t quite sure what to expect from the Cabo area. It attracts a spring break crowd, so I was expecting a good part of the city to be similar to Tijuana’s …
Diving the lobster shack
Photos of diving the lobster shack at the Coronados Islands Mani, Adam and I headed out to the Coronados last Sunday to dive at the lobster shack. It has been a while since I was out there, so I was hoping the sea lions were there in force. Unfortunately there were just a couple young …
UVeta
KPBS has posted a nice audio slide show of the UVeta project in Baja Sur. Water in Baja Sur’s remote areas is frequently from open wells, where the chance of contamination is high. Florence Cassassuce with Engineers without Borders came up with a way to use existing technology to make the water much safer – …