The weekend is packed with things to do in Ensenada, Mexico (full name: Ensenada De Todos Santos, English: Cove of all Saints). The weather should be nice: low to mid-seventies. Tonight is the Ensenada Art Walk from 6:00 p.m. until 11:00 p.m. But there are many other festivals for art, music, dance, blues, rock. guitar,…
La Paz (“The Peace”) is the capital city of Baja California Sur* (Lower California South). It was given this name by Sebastián Vizcaíno when he arrived in 1596. La Paz is located on the Sea of Cortez, just 90 miles from Cabo San Lucas. Like Cabo, La Paz has great deep-sea fishing and a desert…
43rd Annual Tecate SCORE Baja 500 SCORE = Southern California Off Road Enthusiasts Prerunning begins Friday in Mexico on the rugged 454+ mile course! SCORE International is an off-road sanctioning body in the sport of desert racing and is famous for its flagship event, the Baja 1000. SCORE races are held in United States and…
My mom, dad, sister and I used to go to “TJ” pretty often. We drove over and the traffic just wasn’t that bad then. We went right away to the shops! That’s us in the picture with the painted donkey, ‘zebra’ or zonkey, back in 1967. We loved to look at the colorful clothes and…
In the United States Cinco de Mayo (Fifth of May) has taken on a significance beyond that in Mexico. The date is perhaps best recognized in the United States as a date to celebrate the culture and experiences of Americans of Mexican ancestry, much as St. Patrick’s Day, Oktoberfest, and the Chinese New Year are…
NEXT RIDE: MAY 14, 2011 Rosarito Ensenada Fifty-mile Fun Bicycle Ride began in 1979. It’s an award-winning ride along the Pacific Coast and inland through rural countryside from Rosarito Beach to Ensenada, plus a Finish Line Fiesta on the Ensenada waterfront with food, drinks and live music until sunset. According to rosaritoensenada.org: This is The…
Have you ever heard of a “moveable holiday’? Well Easter, Holy Week (Santa Semana), Spring Break … this holiday moves! I was reminded recently that one year ago, on Easter Sunday, there was a 7.2 earthquake here in Southern California (originating in Baja, Mexico). I was googling around and was surprised that the date was…
Mexico is calling … you! Spring Break is upon us, and while many students will flock to Mexico at this time, the rest of us are also ready to jump-start Summer! Forget about being in college and going south of the border mostly because it is legal to drink at age eighteen. We, who crave…
Tijuana Innovadora 2010 an exciting even held October 7-21, 2010 in Tijuana. A first class event with a list of top-notch speakers.
Locals know of it, but few tourists are aware of the Tijuana-Tecate Not-so-Express, an 18mph passenger train that cruises from the Garcia station in Tijuana (between Simon Bolivar and Diaz Ordaz boulevards in the Los Pinos neighborhood) 42 miles to the Tecate station on Defensores de Baja Califonia Boulevard in the La Vinita neighborhood just…