Sea of Cortez Baja California

... of diesel exhaust fumes. We were within sight of the ferry terminal just north of La Paz as the sun was rising over the Sea of Cortez, and within an hour we had docked and were disembarking. Heading up around the point we thought we had gone far enough ...

The day's drive to the Sea of Cortez was not too long. When it finally appeared after we started our descent from the mountains, it was impressive.  It has beautiful colors.  The first 'city’ is Santa Rosalia (which is also a ferry ...

... a fin on his surfboard breaks off, we head over the town of La Paz for some snorkeling and Stand Up paddle boarding in the Sea of Cortez. Our first adventure is to take a “Panga” out in the bay to swim with the whale sharks that like to hang ...

... rounded the cape and here the south facing beaches were exposed to the open Pacific's swells in contrast to the calm Sea of Cortez shores.  Wild ocean waves nearly my height crashing directly onto the beach, buff bronzed surfer dudes on their ...

... tacos from the only place open that night. It was the perfect Christmas Eve. The little beach towns lining the Sea of Cortez are welcoming and they feel quite authentic with their cobblestone streets, churches and shrimp taco-shacks. While in Loreto, ...

... 8217;re expected at whale camp and we decided to get as far as Loreto on the first leg.  It’s on the Sea of Cortez side of the Baja and is quite beautiful.  We weren’t sure where we going to stay (the place we stayed on the way down ...

... 't want to bother with shower and hair at this point in the day. They swam....Nate met with the "deer on the hood" of the Sea of Cortez...the Man-o-war... a wicked jelly fish...got him on the foot, but the poison traveled up his leg and settled into his ...

... Cabo San Lucas. After 27 hours on the bus, we've arrived at the end of the road, the southern-most tip of Baja, where the Sea of Cortez meets the Pacific. San Lucas is deceptively quiet as we cruise through in what tonight might be the only taxi in ...

Isla Espiritu Santo, one of the jewels of the Mexican national park made up of islands in the Sea of Cortez, lies directly across the San Lorenzo Channel from Playa Tecolote. During my days on the beach promoters tour chatted me up to take a boat trip to ...

... Corridore Touristico, a route banked to the north by desert and to the south by luxury resorts and condo developments along the Sea of Cortez. San Jose is less touristy than San Lucas, though it's not our destination today as we speed along the ...