Baja - Believe Nothing You Have Heard on the News
Just got back from driving the entire beast of Highway 1 in always-dusty Baja - 2 weeks of some real rough stuff. Some highlights....
Stayed at a Tuscan villa in wine country, just East of Ensenada. Couple bottles of fruity red wine, lush grounds, amazing food. Perfect place to host a real life murder mystery!
Discovered best tequila in the world in small bar in La Bufadora. Riddled with orange peels, raisins and was only $100 per house-made bottle. Drank the whole thing before I hit the end of Hwy 1. Typical.
Ate lobster galore at KM 56 (La Fonda) and Mama Espinozas. La Fonda was sweeter, richer, better than Mama E's. That said, I'd hit Mama's again in a minute.
Stopped for coconut shrimp on the beach in Bahia Concepcion. Moon lookin' like a moon pie. Tequila flowing.
Loreto had buckets of tequila for me. Did the place up like it was Spain - tapas at Cava, mango margaritas at Posada de las Flores, more tapas at the turtle joint just off the square. Body weight in margaritas.
Onward to Prana del Mar, just south of Todos Santos. Solar hot tub bubbling. Stars galore whilst sweating in the chilly night. Heaping plates of healthy food. Yoga in the early am.
Sashimi madness at Carlitos in Pescadero (stayed at the AMAZING Ranch Pescadero). This palapa joint could serve the best food in all of the Baja. And, they had sake. I shared mine too :)
Surfing with my bud Carlos in Cerritos. Giant waves (to me at least). Dripping in margaritas between sessions.
Baja Bentleys madcap night of sleep and fish tacos in Todos. Love that village.
Over to East Cape and Las Ventanas. Kiting season and windy like mad. Bright skies, RV's and campers everywhere the eye looked. Could stay a long, long spell here.
Best breakfast ever in old gold-mining town of El Triunfo. Played with new camera the whole meal. Love the light. Really adore the long lens. See pix attached to this entry.
Friendly mega drug deal happening in seafood shack in Loreto. Or it could have been an all cash "real estate" deal. Nice to see and somehow feel a part of while slurping 'ritas. Hazy at best.
Date pie and margaritas around the town square in San Ignacio before heading 2 hours down a real bang-up dirt road to camp on beach and see the whales and their new babies in the lagoon. Biggest mammel migration in the world and I was smack in the middle of it. NUTS and beyond fantastic.
One more night at Baja Cactus in El Rosario. Dead beat. Sleepy and ready to pass out before the mad rush back to LA and another season out in NJ.
I love, love, love that Baja. Those that have been will know my emotions inside and out. Those who have not? Well...you poor, poor sod.
Did you stay at Adobe Guadalupe!? We were there about 5 years ago and adored the place. Can't wait to get back.
Posted by: Aaron Deacon | June 01, 2011 at 01:06 PM