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Guadalajara
Guadalajara, Guadalajara. Say it back and forth two times. Its a magic chant like Abra Abra Cadabra. And so is the city. Imagine you drive for hours and all you see is fruit and agave and barren mountains and suddenly there is this massive beast in the middle of nothing that is Guadalajara Guadalajara. It…
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Tequila
20 Minutes up the mountains and suddenly all the crazy, lush vegetation is gone and we found ourselves in a barren mountain highlands around 1.200 m above sea level. Los Altos de Jalisco. It really is crazy how quickly the scenery can change in Mexico. Then the agave fields started to appear. Then the agave…
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Nayarit
Driving south from Mazatlan we entered Nayarit pretty quickly. For 200 or maybe 300 kilometers all we saw was fruit farms. Even though we are just on the other side of the Sea of Cortez vegetation is completely different. Everything is covered in lush green. Pineapples, coco palms, weird flowers we have never seen and…
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Ferry to Mazatlán
Boring oil & gas refills ill spare you, lets start at the ferry. Having all the documentation in order made us only feel halfway safe, so we were very surprised when customs only took 5 minutes. At the parking spot we met a couple of badboys from Tijuana who where on their way to a…
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La Paz
Before you tackle immigration offices you gotta have breakfast! Suddenly we realized how good our little Bed and Breakfast place is. We chose B&B Casa Juarez last night. It is run by an Italian woman and her Mexican husband. When you pay cash it cost around 50 bucks a night. While having Italian coffee at…
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Interlude
It all started well. Here we are waiting in line to get on the boat. Until the custom guy (customs for inner mexico state borders ?! ) tells me to please follow the patrol car… So i do…. And out of the harbour we drive again to the office buildings in front. Here i cannot…
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Kayaks, the arc, San Lucas and a small tear in our eyes.
So we got up early because we needed to get to our Kayak tour. Santi did get one or two shots from us in front of the arc. We will leave a placeholder here for when he sends them to us. We left and returned from the San Lucas marina. The locals call San Lucas:…
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Day with Santi
Sadly Nalle had to go to Wisconsin today. Only a small heartbreak because Santi didnt have to work today and if there is one person in the world that can replace Nalle, its shanty Santi. While having outstanding skills as a guide , he still has a restaurant in Mexico City, used to be tourist…
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Loreto —> San Jose del Cabo
Not really chronological anymore but just so we dont skip this step. We woke up in the beautiful little town Loreto. While Loreto is charming , being there was bitter sweet for me since it is one of the best whale watching spots in Mexico. They leave in April though… but i know i will…
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Home is where the heart is, they say..
And they are right! The girl deserves a massive shout out. Back in Mexico, i think it was in La Paz, we got this pic from her. I wanted to post it, but forgot to do so. At the moment i am reading: Exposé des Dissertationsvorhabens Das domestizierte Monster: Zur frühneuzeitlichen Rezeption des ‚(Hof)- Zwergs‘…
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Cactus, cactus and CACTUS!
San Felipe was nice but not real nice. Jim was in explorer mode and wanted to drive a little. So off we went. First goal: find a real nice beach. And yes Baja is full of beaches but some scouting was necessary. And while we are scouting like true professionals, we realized the scenery, flora…
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Jim
New tires, new brake discs, new brake pads, change of brake oil. We needed a bit if downtime to get Jim vested for the journey ahead. Oh but wait , new papers! While Lu was sleeping i tried to cross the border to the US. At 2am i figured waiting times cant be that long.…
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Orinoco
There will be more Taco posts. Explaining which tacos are best where etc. All you need to know for now that Tacos al Pastor is a Mexico City thing. Here you find the best al Pastors. I did not pull this information out of my pretty german butt, a lot of heated discussions with my…
El viaje 