Baja California

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Travelling in 'Baja California' (Mexico) : February 2003

In the middle of the Baja-California peninsula, a dirt-road takes you to the most fabulous cactus gardens (Sierra de San Francisco)

 

Cactus garden during the 'wet' season (Sierra de San Francisco)

 

'Cirio' cactus (boojum) (Sierra la Libertad)

 

Canyon in the Sierra de San Francisco

 

Wall paintings (by the Cochimi Indians) 3 to 4000 years before we see them (Sierra de San Francisco)

 

Volcanic-stone church in San Ignacio

 

Camping close to the whales in laguna Ojo de Liebre (Scammon's Lagoon)

 

Grey Whale breathing (Laguna Ojo de Liebre)

 

Grey Whale checking around

 

Big and... close...

 

... very close.

Much more intense as a video ! Check the webpage  Videos

 

Thousands of grey whales come to give birth in the Baja California lagunas in winter

 

Cortez sea and its volcanic islands (Bahia de Los Angeles)

 

Sleeping on a beach of Bahia de Los Angeles

 

Kayaking the Cortez sea

 

Early-morning pelican (Bahia de Los Angeles)