Lonely Planet Baja & Los Cabos (Lonely Planet Baja and Los Cabos)
Editorial Reviews
Book Description
Once you set foot in Baja, it's adios, troubles! Trade them in for endless beaches and cacti-filled deserts, fresh fish tacos and mouth-watering margaritas, all-night parties in crazy Cabo. Packed with opinionated reviews, travel essentials and fun tidbits, our authoritative guide will inspire you to make the most of Mexico's enchanting peninsula.
• FIND YOUR WAY with more than 30 detailed maps of the region, plus a handy fold-out trip map for trekking down the Transpeninsular
• SAVOR THE FLAVOR - reviews of the tastiest taquerias and world-class restaurants, plus an overview of Baja's food & drink written by an expert in the field
• TAKE IT OUTSIDE - our special activities chapter gives you the score on whale-watching, diving, kayaking, fishing, golf and more
• REST EASY - beach cabañas, colonial inns, swanky five-star resorts and other fine spots to lay your sombrero
• SHOP 'TIL YOU DROP - where to buy Mexican silver, blankets, handicrafts...or a Cabo Wabo tank top
From the Publisher
Destination Baja & Los Cabos
Think of Baja like this: Escape. Once you're on the peninsula, margarita in hand - or your hand on the steering wheel - it's adios world. Unroll the car windows, slap a bag of flour tortillas on the dash and get ready for the ride: wild, boulder-strewn plateaus, towering cardon cacti, those pointy Dr Seussian cirios, elephant trees. As you head south, nothingness morphs into jagged badlands that finally give way to the crystalline, island-studded bays of the Sea of Cortez. Can't pick up Radio Frontera down here.
Meanwhile, on the Pacific side, folks have their eyes on something different: the majestic gray whales calving in the lagoons along the coast. The mothers literally nudge their calves up to the outstretched arms of whale-watchers in their skiffs. Farther south, fly-ins are lounging on Los Cabos' beaches getting ready for another show: sunset over Land's End, a gourmet seafood dinner and a night on the town.
You can sleep beneath the stars on a sandy beach on Bahia Concepcion, with your crackling campfire throwing shadows over your kayak, or party till dawn beneath the nightclub lights of Tijuana or Cabo San Lucas. You can stroll down a lush green fairway overlooking the Sea of Cortez, or hike canyons to the pre-Columbian cave paintings in the Sierra de San Francisco.
Spanish explorers used to think this place was an island. Time and exploration certainly settled that one, but Baja remains - in both geography and in mindset - an island. A frontier spirit pervades, even in developed areas like Los Cabos. Bajacalifornianos (people from Baja) are a breed of their own - friendly, independent and proud of their intrepid past. They're the icing on the cake, really, making Baja one fun place for an escape.
Lonely Planet Baja & Los Cabos (Lonely Planet Baja and Los Cabos),Danny Palmerlee,Lonely Planet Publications,1741040132,Mexico,Travel,Travel - Foreign
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