Adventures with Fred and Carolyn
Today I’m in the Sierra de San Pedro Martir mountains in the center of Baja about 120 miles south of Ensenada. This range includes Picacho del Diablo the highest peak in Baja at 10,125 ft. The University of Mexico built and operates an observatory at elevation 9,300 ft on the mountain adjacent to Picacho. No … Continue reading “Sierra de San Pedro Martir”
Canyon Tajo is a rock climbing site a bunch of us frequented years ago. It’s located in the Sierra Juarez mountains of Baja about 22 miles south of the US border. I last visited Canyon Tajo some 30 years ago and wanted to see how much it’d changed. I crossed into Mexico at Tecate. Carolyn … Continue reading “Finding Canyon Tajo”
Heading for the town of San Ignacio Bahia Gonzaga is a spectacular place to wake up. We took a long walk along the beach. Just a handful of others were about. We crossed paths with a very nice young woman, Linda, with her rescue dog. She and her boyfriend, both from Texas, had acquired a … Continue reading “Baja Bound – Day Three”
Scenic Desert Drive to San Felipe and Bahia Gonzaga At breakfast in our Valle de Guadelupe motel, I asked Safira, our host, where we could find aciete de olivo (that’s olive oil), with the help of Google Translate! She directed us to Olibaja, one of the local olive oil producers and just a mile or … Continue reading “Baja Bound, Day Two”
Anticipation! The COVID-19 lockdowns have kept us close to home for over a year. Now, watching the infections and deaths declining, and being fully vaccinated, we are more than ready for a trip away from home, away from the oh-too-familiar scenery. We are off to a Baja adventure, much like our many past junkets. Our … Continue reading “Baja Bound, at Last!”
A collection of random photos…
Returning to Ahmedabad for my last couple days in India I stayed in Dhai Ni Pol (the old city center) in a remarkable 150 yr old building. This mostly Muslim area is a warren of narrow roads and even narrower alleyways. Some of the paths are so narrow that two people can’t walk by each … Continue reading “India – Ahmedabad Old City Center”
I decided to visit Rishikesh in the Indian state of Uttarakhand. It doesn’t have its own airport so I booked a domestic flight from Jaipur to Dedradun and took a 45 min car ride into town. Rishikesh is located on the Ganges in the foothills of the Himalayas and is known in the west as … Continue reading “India – Rishikesh”
Folks at the Jaipur New Hotel told me the city is known as the Pink City or the City of Amber. I’ve seen more pink than amber so I’m going with Pink City. Here’s a shot of the ‘New Gate” in the light of day. I strolled around Jaipur making random turns. I know that’s … Continue reading “India – Touring Jaipur”
I woke this morning in the Jaipur New Hotel to the eerie sound of the lslamic call to prayer still a bit shaken from last night. The Jaipur station is more modern than its counterpart in Ahmedabad. For one thing it’s inside a building whereas the Ahmedabad station is mostly outside in the open air. … Continue reading “India – Jaipur New Gate”