Download or read book Tales of the Baja written by T. Palos and published by . This book was released on 2023-04-16 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Have you ever wanted to leave this world of proper living as we've been groomed to believe is the way to be happy? Check out these guys. Read a chapter a day while on a vacation break. You will need to ponder what is being said in the story.

Download or read book Dust in My Sandals written by Martina Dobesh and published by . This book was released on 2021-04-11 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The author writes, "Road trip! Pull out that map! Come with me! One thousand miles of open road beckons you. Taking time to explore the unexplored riches of Baja California is a life changing experience." And with this invitation the reader begins the journey into the hidden secrets on the roads less traveled into Baja California. Written in storyteller form the Baja Traveler will encounter the mystery and magic of the rugged wonder of the peninsula.The author's prose will call you into her world as if you are riding along with her and will travel briefly through the cities, going south through the deserts to the Gulf of California. The bountiful stories will introduce the readers to the people met along the way and reveal the history of the Indian groups who inhabited the peninsula thousands of years ago. The glorious beauty of the Gulf of California region is a must for any person who has not yet travelled to Baja Sur. Dust in My Sandals records the author's true-life experiences and the book will speak to anyone who yearns to explore into the heart of the land and the people of Baja California.

Download or read book The Baja Adventure Book written by Walt Peterson and published by . This book was released on 1998 with total page 322 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Rather than simply recycling readily available tourist information, The Baja Adventure Book makes many original contributions to the knowledge about the peninsula. You'll investigate the lava tubes on Isla San Martin; climb El Trono Blanco, Baja's magnificent 1,600-foot big wall; hike to Tinaja de Yubay; backpack in the Sierra de la Laguna and to Arroyo Grande; and explore, fish, and dive the Midriff region, the "Mexican Galapagos." You'll discover the wrecks of the great sailing ship John Elliott Thayer, the paddlewheel steamer Golden City, and the US submarine H-I -- almost-forgotten incidents in Baja's history. Exact locations are provided for Marisla Seamount, the most famous scuba diving location in the Sea of Cortez, and to many other lesser-known locations like Ben's Rock and the Islas de San Benito. Book jacket.

Download or read book Almost an Island written by Bruce Berger and published by University of Arizona Press. This book was released on 1998 with total page 228 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Eight hundred miles long, Baja California is the remotest region of the Sonoran desert, a land of volcanic cliffs, glistening beaches, fantastical boojum trees, and some of the greatest primitive murals in the Western Hemisphere. In this book, Berger recounts tales from his three decades in this extraordinary place, enriching his account with the peninsula's history, its politics, and its probable future--rendering a striking panorama of this land so close to the United States, so famous and so little known.

Download or read book Off the Beaten Track in Baja written by Erle Stanley Gardner and published by . This book was released on 1967 with total page 402 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "A fascinating account of Erle Stanley Gardner's latest adventures exploring the hidden reaches of Baja California" --

Download or read book Tales from the Tijuana Jails written by Sam Warren and published by Bookwarren Publishing Servi. This book was released on 2008 with total page 373 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Mexican jail in which the author was unjustly confined was like nothing any American would expect. Co-ed with young children running about, shops selling all manner of goods including drugs, condos for the privileged and others sleeping on the out in the open, It would strike anyone as bizarre as the bar in the first Star Wars movie. Inside the 20 foot concrete and barbed wire high walls, the large block in eastern Tijuana was truly a little city and each inmate there had his or her own fascinating story to tell about their encounter with the system in Mexico.

Download or read book Into a Desert Place written by Graham Mackintosh and published by W W Norton & Company Incorporated. This book was released on 1995 with total page 312 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The author recounts his experiences walking around the Baja California coast, describes the region's desert wildlife, and shares his impressions of the people and landscapes

Download or read book Guacamole Dip written by Daniel Reveles and published by Sunbelt Publications, Inc.. This book was released on 2007-11 with total page 296 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Daniel Reveles brings another helping of stories to the table smooth yet spicy, and bursting with colorful characters. Against a backdrop of life in the border town of Tecate, Reveles offers us glimpses of young lovers and old friends, fierce rivals and friendly conspirators, a few familiar faces and plenty of newcomers. Their lives are peppered with intrigue and heart-breaking surprises, but even the most poignant tales are liberally flavored with the author's wry wisdom and zesty humor.

Download or read book Baja s Hidden Gold written by Herman Hill and published by Mill City Press. This book was released on 2008-10 with total page 188 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Herman Hill, from whose memory these stories come, still lives in his beachfront home in Bahia de los Angeles. His stories, filled with humor and verve, illuminate the history of the beautiful Baja Pueblo of Bahia de los Angeles. A prospector, a dreamer, and an adventurer, Herman's stories capture both a region and a lost time in American history.

Download or read book Baja Sailor Tales written by George Snyder and published by CreateSpace. This book was released on 2015-01-24 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: BAJA SAILOR TALES BY GEORGE SNYDER CHARACTERS MET DURING A 1993-1994 SOLO BAJA VOYAGE FROM SEAWEED LIBRARY EXCLUSIVELY THROUGH AMAZON A tapestry of characters weaved through short stories during a solo one-year sail through Baja and the Sea of Cortez. There is Phil, sailing around the world; Trixie who waits tables at in a Mexican tavern but wants to be a school teacher after six years of running from abusive men. Will she be successful? Others are in Baja for different reasons. Meet characters living life to the fullest, doing what many only think and talk of doing. Not all have happy endings. Some people are at the end of the line with nowhere to go and no one to go home to. This is the seamier side of cruising. Stories full of boats and seas, of riding the crests of waves and sometimes landing on rocks. A book of character stories living what has been called the reality of cruising.

Download or read book Motorcycle Journeys Through Baja written by Clement Salvadori and published by . This book was released on 1997 with total page 244 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Join Clement Salvadori, one of the most popular motorcycle journalists of our day, as he personally leads you on an entertaining tour through Baja. Unlike guidebooks written for others, Salvadori rates every paved and unpaved road as a motorcyclist, giving two- wheeled travellers an honest evaluation of what to expect. All your questions ......

Download or read book Baja Campfire Tales written by Mendocino Coast Press and published by . This book was released on 2001-01-01 with total page 110 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Hunting the Desert Whale written by Erle Stanley Gardner and published by . This book was released on 1960 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The popular mystery writer and creator of the Perry Mason series tells of his own exciting adventures hunting the Pacific gray whale off Baja California. ().

Download or read book Baja Dreaming written by Rod Kulbach and published by CreateSpace. This book was released on 2012-09-04 with total page 172 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: If you've ever spent time in Baja, you'll enjoy this book. If you've ever wondered what Baja was like in the 70s, you'll enjoy this book. If you'd like to take a journey back to the "Baja of old", you'll enjoy this book. If you like short stories that are linked together, but stand alone beautifully, you'll enjoy this book. Baja Dreaming: Stories from Another Time is Yoga for reading. Rod has done a grand job of recounting his many journeys to, and many stays in, Baja. The stories reveal his love and respect for the land, and the people. This is a well-written 'must read' for any Baja lover, or anyone with a sense of adventure.

Download or read book Tequila Lemon and Salt written by Daniel Reveles and published by Sunbelt Publications, Inc.. This book was released on 2005 with total page 210 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The border town of Tecate comes to life and the lives of its inhabitants unfold, full of surprises and a few broken dreams, in this new collection of stories from Daniel Reveles, the acclaimed author of Enchiladas, Rice, and Beans.

Download or read book West Coast written by Simon Winchester and published by George F Thompson Publishing. This book was released on 2012 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: No photographer until David Freese has explored the various and wondrous landscapes along the Pacific Ocean in such depth, making this the first book to look comprehensively at what makes the natural beauty of this particular coast so memorable.

Download or read book Eye of the Whale written by Dick Russell and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2001 with total page 696 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Eye of the Whale focuses on one great whale in particularthe coastal-traveling California gray whale. Gray whales make the longest migration of any mammal - from the lagoons of Baja California to the feeding grounds of the Bering Strait between Alaska and Siberia (nearly 6,000 miles). That the gray whale exists today is nothing short of miraculous. Whaling fleets twice massacred the species to near extinction - first during the nineteenth century and again during the early part of the twentieth century."--BOOK JACKET.Title Summary field provided by Blackwell North America, Inc. All Rights Reserved