Santa Rosalia, Mexico Travel Blogs

The Sonoran Desert
Sep 9, 2005 (15 photos)

Well, as most of you might know, I am a sucker for deserts fº So, its fair to say the best part of Sonora is flying over a 120,000 sq mile desert everyday. Enjoy the photos fº

Into the desert we go
Jul 19, 2007

Looks like another desert nothig boring town.

Day One Seventy-Seven
Apr 21, 2005

... before heading southeast this morning. At the bottom of about ten miles of hairpin turns we arrived back at the Sea of Cortez in Santa Rosalia, a former French mining town of 10,000 in a narrow valley. Santa Rosalia is busy and a little cramped but it ...

The Ferry to Guaymas
Oct 8, 2005

... places that we don't know much about and might not fall in love with. Sometimes it takes time to get into the right groove. Santa Rosalia is nice enough, but we didn't want to stay anymore. So we went to the ferry terminal to see about tickets to Guaymas, ...

What Am I Eating?
Oct 7, 2005

... today. I did fine at 7:15 this morning when we bought our bus tickets in Gro. Negro. But as soon as we hit Santa Rosalia I became useless. We barely managed to get ourselves a hotel room, and then only because it's fairly obvious what one wants when one ...

Santa Rosalia, BCS
Apr 5, 2009 (5 photos)

... , move em' out. Time to move on... stopped in a few towns along the way and enjoyed the scenery. Ended up in Santa Rosalia, a unique town of French architecture.  We stayed at Hotel de Real - acceptable place, and dog friendly. J   ...

Leaving the Nest
Aug 14, 2006

I'm cringing already, even before my bloodshot eyes are even open. Half remembered pictured fog my head inbetween the painful thumps of my heart pounding in my ears. I drag myself out from beneath the cool sheets and wipe the thick crust from my eyes. ...

The Local Life
Aug 12, 2006

I awake, finding myself in yet another strange bed in another nameless town. The Pirate has mercifully let me sleep in and the afternoon sun is streaming in through the rattan blinds. Today marks the begining of my third month adrift. There's a black ...

14th Destination
May 20, 2009 (9 photos)

Ballena's first bath and Vet visit to get rid of the fleas and worms

Mar de Cortez
Oct 7, 2008

En el Pueblo cada habitante pareciera que tuviera su propio carro, ademas la noche o parece nunca acabar, ademas primer amanecer con vista al mar...

Santa Rosalia, Baja California Sur, Mexico
Apr 28, 2001

Santa Rosalia, Baja California Sur, Mexico

Baja California
Jan 31, 1990

Set off from San Diego YHA in another guests car and sped over the border at Tijuana heading south for some sun. Camped in some great cactus-ridden campsites!!