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bulletVacation Deals South of the Border
by Sally Sherry (KGTV)
bulletNew Wines for a Changing Country
by Lynn Alley (Wine Spectator)
bulletThe Beats of Baja (Nortec Music)
by Enrique Lavin (Village Voice)
bulletNo Seconds on Repasts of the Past (Los Cabos Fish Taco)
by John Flinn (San Francisco Chronicle)
bulletHoliday Massacre (Sea Turtles at Easter)
by Alan Zarembo (Newsweek)
bulletThe Town that Tourism Forgot (La Paz)
by Rachel Brahinsky (San Francisco Bay Guardian)
bulletChase the Sun to Baja (Cabo San Lucas)
by David Naylor (Ottawa Sun)
bulletUgliest Off-Road Vehicle: La Bamba (San Felipe Bob)
by Rick Sieman (Off-Road.com)
bulletLong Waits, Big Fines (Returning to U.S. by sea)
by Ernie Grimm (San Diego Reader)
bulletAlejandra's Difficult Choice (Tijuana Prostitution)
by Abe Opincar (San Diego Reader)
bulletSearching for Fine Wine in Tequila Country
by Brandon Allen (Anchorage Daily News)
bulletA 35-Ton Homework Assignment (Ctr. for Coastal Studies)
by Eric Niiler (Christian Science Monitor)
bulletWindow on Paradise (Las Ventanas al Paraiso - Cabo)
by Janet Fullwood (Sacramento Bee)
bulletDriven to See Whales
by Marla Jo Fisher (Orange County Register)
bulletTijuana's Troubled Families
by Abe Opincar (San Diego Reader)
bulletTijuana's Mercado Hidalgo Offers Bargains, Nostalgia 
by Anna Cearley (San Diego Union-Tribune)
bulletTijuana Piñata Makers Strut Their Stuff 
by Anna Cearley (San Diego Union-Tribune)
bulletTourist Chief Tries to Change Tijuana's Seedy Image 
by Ricardo Sandoval (Seattle Times)
bulletLos Cabos: Different as Night and Day 
by Judith Morgan (San Diego Union-Tribune)
bulletFlying Samaritans Minister to Baja California 
by Susan Spano (Los Angeles Times - Salt Lake Tribune)
bulletGray Whale Die-Off Concerns Experts
by Martha Bellisle (Anchorage Daily News)
bulletThe Door to Well-Being (Rancho La Puerta - Tecate)
by Alison Darosa (San Diego Union-Tribune)
bulletThe Glory Days of Baja are Now (Off-Road Racing)
by Peter Brock (Speedvision)
bulletThe Real Baja (Los Cabos)
by Linda DuVal (Gazette Telegraph / AZ Central)
bulletRelax, Get Wild on Baja's Tip (Cabo San Lucas)
by Lisa DeForest (AZ Central)
bulletLeave Tourists Behind (La Paz)
by Cathryn Creno (Arizona Republic)
bulletBaja Fishing (Cabo San Lucas)
by Bob Hirsch (Arizona Republic)
bulletCruising to Ensenada (Hotel Coral Marina, Ensenada)
by Clark Sachse (Cruising Currents)
bulletSouth of the Border (Hotel Coral Marina, Ensenada)
by Grayson Walker (Cruising Currents)
bulletLoafing and Lobster (Puerto Nuevo)
by Anne Z. Cooke (CNN / LA Times)
bulletLanding the Big One (Cabo Fishing)
by D.T. Max (Salon)
bulletThe Magonista Revolt in Baja California
by Lawrence D. Taylor (San Diego Historical Society)
bulletThe Fish of Baja
by Gerry Brooks (Fish Sniffer)
bulletCatching Roosterfish
by Eric Brictson (Fish Sniffer)
bulletGone with the Coral (Cabo Pulmo)
by Dick Russell (ENN)
bulletBattle of the Bodegas (Ensenada Historic Landmarks)
by Bill Manson (San Diego Reader)
bulletHunting the Deep Blue (Freediving)
by Terry Maas  (Baja Life)
bulletThe Friendly Whales of San Ignacio Lagoon
by Paula McDonald  (Baja Life)
bulletBackpacking:  Mission Santa Maria
by Norm Christie  (Baja Life)
bulletMeeting Señor Big (Whale Shark)
by Robin Cox  (Baja Life)
bulletThe Caves of El Coronel (Rosarito)
by Paula McDonald  (Baja Life)
bulletCañon Guadalupe: Hot Tubs in Paradise
photos by Rick Goddard  (Baja Life)
bulletBaja: What's it There For? (Early days of the Baja 1000)
by Jerry McMurry (Off-Road.com)
bulletA Whale of a Kiss (Gray Whales)
by Donna Ikenberry (Dallas Morning News)
bulletWe'd Like to Know More About Our Policemen (Tijuana)
by Bill Manson (San Diego Reader)
bulletThe Guns of Mexico (Guns in Mexico)
by Bob Owens (San Diego Reader)
bulletThe Land Invaders (Tijuana)
by Bill Manson (San Diego Reader)
bulletMañana at the Lighthouse (Los Planes / La Ventana)
by Wendy Devlin (Mexconnect)
bulletPapa Fernandez’s Strip of Paradise
by Peter Garrison (LA Weekly)
bulletLegalize It! (Tijuana Cartel Corruption)
by Bill Manson (San Diego Reader)
bulletMule Packing in Baja
by Thalia Zepatos (Tour Baja)
bulletZero Tolerance in the Morning (Tijuana)
by Bill Manson (San Diego Reader)
bulletTijuana Plans Respect
by Bill Manson (San Diego Reader)
bulletAdela Does America (Immigration)
by Bill Manson (San Diego Reader)
bulletAccept the Money, or Accept the Lead (Plata o Plomo) 
(Mexican Journalists)

by Abe Opincar (San Diego Reader)
bulletThe Life of a Maquiladora Worker (Tijuana)
by David Bacon (IGC Internet)
bulletThe VW "Frog Bus"
by Robert Taylor
bulletEco-tourism threatens Baja ecology (Gray Whale)
by Molly Moore (Washington Post)
bulletBeauty of Baja persists on path laid 300 years ago
(Loreto / San Javier)

by Brian Cantwell (Seattle Times)
bulletIn Loreto You Can't Spend the Big Bucks
by Brian Cantwell (Seattle Times)
bulletTodos Santos: A True Artists Colony
By Gerry Volgenau (Detroit Free Press)
bulletParadise Has Its Price In Cabo San Lucas
by Dotty Griffith (Dallas Morning News)
bulletImmigration & Human Rights on the U.S. / Mexico Border
by Nic Paget-Clarke (In Motion Magazine)
bulletOperation Gatekeeper Deadly & Ineffective
by Nic Paget-Clarke (In Motion Magazine)
bulletTijuana Activists Risk Same Fate as Murder Victims
By Tracey Eaton (Dallas Morning News)
bulletHere There Be Angels (Tijuana Philanthropy)
by Judith Lewis (LA Weekly)
bulletCabo?  Sure.  But not that Cabo
by Jeff Spurrier  (Outside Magazine)
bulletLove and Death and the Leviathan's Lair (San Ignacio Lagoon)
by Bruce Barcott (Outside Magazine)
bulletSpontaneous Consumption (Magdalena Bay)
by Randy Wayne White (Outside Magazine)
bulletAbove Suspicion (Exploring by Plane)
by Randy Wayne White (Outside Magazine)
bulletNo Comprendo! Yo Soy un Gringo Estupido! (Traveler's Spanish)
by Randy Wayne White (Outside Magazine)
bulletThe Dying Sea
by Tom Knudson (Sacramento Bee)
bulletPaddling South is Great Escape for Body and Spirit
by Brian J. Cantwell (Seattle Times)
bulletTake the Bus for a Different View of Baja
by Brian J. Cantwell (Seattle Times)
bulletTijuana and the Border
by Michael Parfit (National Geographic)
bulletSeeing Tijuana Through a Child's Eyes
by Kristin Jackson (Seattle Times)
bulletTouring Tijuana
by John Bordsen (Charlotte Observer)
bulletCabo to Cabo -- A trip around the Cape
by Joe Cummings (Mexico Connect)
bulletNotes from a Baja California Road Warrior
by Joe Cummings (Moon Publications)
bulletBaja in Bloom
by Jennifer M. Bierich  (Baja Life)
bulletA Tortoise Trip
by Carey Wilson  (Moon Publications)
bulletMan Overboard (Non-Baja-related)
by Randy Wayne White (Outside Magazine)

Excerpt from "Man Overboard": "A friend told me recently that you know you've reached middle age when your travel partners start dying. "'Natural causes' is the key phrase," he said. "Listen for that, and you'll know." I think he was referring to any "cause" other than foreign taxis, air crashes, faulty climbing gear, boating accidents, or street thugs. In short, he was excluding situations in which we have a hand in the decision-making process. If there is risk in what we do--and an active life always involves risk--then we have the option of throttling back and living safe but dull lives, or we have the option of embracing those risks and trying to manage them as best we can. Perhaps that's why the phrase "natural causes" is so disturbing. It describes a process over which we have no authority and less control. It transforms death from an external variable into an internal eventuality in which our own bodies turn traitor. To accept that process is the challenge of middle age and, to my way of thinking, demands a spunky screw-it-all attitude, as well as the same kind of emotional untethering that travel itself requires.

"There's a lot to be said for just letting go. It also helps to keep in mind that that bastard Grim Reaper is loose in the room and moving targets are harder to hit."

--bn

 

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