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Ua kipa aku ka mea kākau ʻo Meagan Drillinger iā Baja i nā manawa he nui a ua hoʻolimalima i hoʻokahi mahina e hoʻokele i ka peninsula holoʻokoʻa.
ʻO ka peninsula ʻo Baja kahi wahi ma waho o Mekiko. ʻAe, ʻo Baja ʻo Mexico, akā aia kekahi mea e pili ana i kēia ʻāpana ʻili o ka ʻāina e hoʻokaʻawale i ka Moana Pākīpika mai ke Kai o Cortez e manaʻo nei he wahi ʻokoʻa loa.
ʻOiai ʻo Baja ka home o nā wahi mākaʻikaʻi mega e like me Cabo San Lucas, San Jose del Cabo, Tijuana, Rosarito, a me Ensenada, ʻo ia hoʻi kahi ākea o kahi kaiapuni ʻāhiu. He mauna kiʻekiʻe, ʻōpala, nā māla wao nahele ākea o ka pulupulu a me ka saguaro cacti, nā ala lepo e hiki ai i kahi ʻole, nā kai kūʻono a me nā kauhale e hiki ke komo wale ʻia e ka wai, a me ka nui o nā oases huna i hoʻopuni ʻia e ke kai one o ka mea ʻole.
Hiki ke hoʻokipa ʻole ʻo Baja. Hiki ke kino ka Baja. Akā, nani ʻo Baja. ʻOi loa inā makemake ʻoe i nā kahakai, ʻoiai aia ʻo Baja kekahi o nā kahakai maikaʻi loa ma ka honua.
Hele au e kalaiwa i ka 750-mile-lōʻihi peninsula mai ka hope a i ka hopena - a laila hoʻi hou. He kaʻa kēia ʻaʻole no ka puʻuwai nawaliwali, a i kēia lā wau e haʻi aku iā ʻoe ua lawa ka ala hoʻokahi. ʻAʻole ia e hele mālie, a he mau haʻawina e aʻo ai, akā ʻo ia kekahi o nā ʻike kupaianaha loa aʻu i loaʻa ai ma Mexico, e ʻōlelo ana i kekahi mea. A he kaʻa ʻaʻole wau e kānalua e hana hou - me ka hoʻolālā kūpono.
No laila e kōkua iā ʻoe i kāu huakaʻi alanui Baja, eia kaʻu mau ʻōlelo aʻoaʻo no ka hoʻokele ʻana i ka peninsula Baja mai San Jose del Cabo a Rosarito.
Hoolimalima i kaa ma Cabo
Hiki ke paʻakikī ka hoʻolimalima kaʻa ma Mexico. Ua hana wau i nā manawa he nui a i kaʻu hana ʻana me kahi franchise honua, ua haʻalele wau (maʻamau) i ka hōʻeha, ʻaʻole e haʻi i ka puʻuwai puʻuwai mai ka nui o nā uku huna.
ʻO ka ʻike kaʻa hoʻolimalima maikaʻi loa i loaʻa iaʻu ma Mexico aia ma San Jose del Cabo ma Cactus Hoolimalima-A-Kaa. Ua maikaʻi loa nā loiloi i ka ʻoiaʻiʻo, akā ma hope o koʻu ʻike pilikino me ka ʻoihana, hiki iaʻu ke hōʻoia i kēlā me kēia loiloi ʻelima-hōkū. Maikaʻi ke kumu kūʻai (a pololei), ʻaʻohe uku huna, a ʻo ke kumukūʻai e pili ana i ka ʻinikua kuleana ʻaoʻao ʻekolu, ʻaʻole ia ka hihia i ka wā e hoʻolimalima ai i kahi kaʻa ma nā wahi āpau. He aloha nā limahana, kamaʻilio, a hāʻawi lākou iā ʻoe i kahi hāpai i ke kahua mokulele inā ʻo ia kahi āu e hele ai.
Ua hoʻolimalima mākou i kahi sedan ʻehā puka liʻiliʻi, i hana maikaʻi loa ma nā alanui paʻa. Akā, e like me kaʻu i aʻo ai ma ka wahi, ʻaʻole hui like ka ʻili i Baja, a makemake paha ʻoe e hoʻolimalima i kekahi mea me kahi oomph hou aʻe e ʻike pono ai ʻaʻohe pilikia. ʻO An kaʻa huila holoʻokoʻa e hōʻoiaʻiʻo ʻoe e loaʻa i kahi ala ʻē aʻe e ʻike i nā wahi i waho o ke ala ma Baja e hoʻohiwahiwa ai i ka peninsula.
Ke kalaiwa ʻana ma Baja: Palekana
He palekana loa ke kalaiwa ma Baja. ʻO ka mea nui malama pono ia na alanui a o ka peninsula holookoa he loa haʻahaʻa kalaima. Eia nō naʻe, he manaʻo maikaʻi e mālama i kāu kaʻa i ka lā, no ka mea he lōʻihi loa ka peninsula. Inā hiki mai kahi pilikia, e like me ka pilikia o ke kaʻa a i ʻole ke alanui i holoi ʻia, e hauʻoli ʻoe i ke kaʻa ʻana i ka lā i nui nā kaʻa ma ke alanui.
E hoʻomaopopo e hele ana ʻoe ma nā wahi hoʻopaʻa koa. Maikaʻi loa kēia mau mea. E noi lākou e ʻike i kāu passport a noi ʻia ʻoe e haʻalele i ke kaʻa. E mahalo a hoʻolohe i ke kānāwai a e maikaʻi nā mea a pau.
Eia kekahi, e hoʻomanaʻo he nui nā ʻāpana o ke kaʻa ma waena o ka wao nahele. Loaʻa paha iā ʻoe ma luna o ʻeono hola me ka ʻole o ka hoʻokipa kelepona. E hoʻopiha mau i kāu pahu kinoea i kēlā me kēia manawa āu e ʻike ai i kahi hale hoʻokele kinoea. Hiki paha iā ʻoe ke kaʻa no nā hola i ka manawa ma ka ʻaoʻao mamao mamao loa o ka peninsula. E hoʻopiha i ka wai a me nā mea ʻai, a e hōʻike i kekahi i kāu huakaʻi hele i kēlā me kēia lā.
ʻO ka hope, e hōʻalo i ka hana ʻana i ka huakaʻi i ʻAukake a i Sepatemaba paha, ʻo ia ka wā nui o ka ʻino. Ua hoʻokuʻu ʻia mākou e ka Hurricane Kay, ka mea i ʻoki ʻia ma ʻō aku o ka peninsula a hoʻoulu i ke kahe nui a me ka pōʻino o ke alanui. Inā ʻoe e ʻike iā ʻoe iho i kahi kūlana like, aia ka hui ʻo Talk Baja Road Conditions Facebook ma ka honua, nā mea hou i ka manawa maoli, aʻu i ʻike ai he ʻoi aku ka laulā a me ke kōkua ma mua o nā pūnaewele aupuni.
Ma ke alanui: San Jose del Cabo i La Paz
ʻO koʻu manaʻo mua, ʻo ia ka hoʻokele ʻana i ka ʻaoʻao o ke Kai o Cortez a hoʻi i lalo i ka ʻaoʻao o ka Moana Pākīpika. Ma ke kumumanaʻo, he manaʻo maikaʻi ia akā i ka hoʻokō ʻana, ʻaʻole maʻalahi. ʻO ia no ka mea, no ka hapa nui o Baja, hoʻokahi wale nō ala i hoʻopaʻa ʻia a mālama ʻia e koho ai, e pili ana i ka peninsula. Hoʻololi kēia i ka hoʻokokoke ʻana aku i nā wahi mākaʻikaʻi nui, me nā ala nui e koho ai mai kēlā V-out ma nā ʻaoʻao ʻē aʻe, akā i kou poʻo hohonu i ka wao nahele, aia ʻoe ma ke ala hoʻokahi.
Me kēlā manaʻo, ʻo ka wāwae mua mai San Jose del Cabo a i La Paz. Ke alakaʻi aku nei kēia ala nani mai nā kahakai a me nā hale hoʻokipa āpau a piʻi i nā mauna. Inā he nui kou manawa ma kou mau lima, e hele i ke ala lōʻihi a hiki i Cabo Pulmo National Park, kahi o nā luʻu maikaʻi loa ma Mexico. Akā inā e koi ʻia ʻoe no ka manawa, e hele i ke Alanui 1 ma Los Barriles a laila hele i La Paz. Lawe kēia emi iho malalo o ekolu hora.
ʻO La Paz ke kapikala o ka mokuʻāina ʻo Baja California Sur, akā hiki i nā kūlanakauhale nui, ʻoi aku ka hiamoe. He wahi malecon liʻiliʻi akā nani kēia kūlanakauhale awa, me nā haciendas-turned-restaurants, hale kūʻai, a me nā hōkele. Manaʻo kōkua: E kākau i kahi noho ma ka eclectic Baja Club Hotel.
Aia ma ke kahakai kahi e ʻike ai ʻoe i ka marina, nona nā waʻa huakaʻi e hiki ai ke lawe i nā malihini i ka mokupuni palekana o Uhane Hemolele. ʻO ka mokupuni noho ʻole ʻia me kona mau pōhaku ʻulaʻula, ka wai uliuli weliweli, a me ke kani o nā liona kai e ʻā ana i kēlā me kēia ʻaoʻao.
ʻO Cabo iā Todos Santos
ʻO ke koho ʻē aʻe, ʻo ia ka hoʻokele mua ʻana i ka ʻaoʻao Pākīpika, ʻo ia ka mea e kū mua ai ʻo Todos Santos ma mua o La Paz. Lawe iki kēia ʻoi aku ma mua o ʻelua hola a hiki i La Paz.
Ua lilo ʻo Todos Santos i kikowaena no ka hana ʻuhane ma Baja. Ua huki ia i nā mystics, spiritualists, artists, and creatives no nā makahiki he mau makahiki.
I kēia lā, ua hoʻopili ʻia nā alanui pōhaku one me nā hale kiʻi kiʻi, nā hale ʻai, a me nā hale kūʻai nani. Ke ulu nei ka hale hōkele me kekahi o nā hōkele maikaʻi loa ma Mexico, e like me ʻO Guaycura Boutique Hotel Beach Club & Spa a Paradero Todos Santos. Akā ʻoiai ua hoʻomaka ka lehulehu o Todos Santos e lele i luna, ʻike mau ka poʻe heʻenalu, backpackers, a me nā van-lifers i ka home ma ʻaneʻi. ʻO ka ʻoiaʻiʻo, ʻo ka heʻe nalu ma Los Cerritos Beach kekahi o nā heʻenalu maikaʻi loa ma Mexico.
ʻO La Paz iā Loreto a i ʻole Mulege
He mea pono ke ku ana ma Loreto i ke kalaiwa ana i ka peninsula Baja. Ua lilo kēia kauhale lawaiʻa hiamoe ma ke Kai o Cortez i mea leʻaleʻa, me nā kaʻa meaʻai iʻa, nā hale ʻai kai, a me nā hale kūʻai liʻiliʻi. ʻAʻole mamao loa mai Loreto kekahi o nā hale hoʻokipa maikaʻi loa ma Mexico: ʻO Villa del Palmar ma nā Mokupuni o Loreto. Manaʻo nui wau i kēia hale hoʻokipa kupanaha, kahi i hoʻopuni ʻia e nā kiʻekiʻe kiʻekiʻe ma kona kaʻa ponoʻī.
Inā koho ʻoe e hoʻokuʻu iā Loreto, a laila e hoʻolālā e pā iā ia ma ke ala hoʻi a hoʻomau i Mulege. Pahū ʻo Mulege mai ka ʻāina wao nahele e like me ka oasis ululāʻau ululāʻau e hoʻomaikaʻi iā Río Santa Rosalía, e ʻoki ana i ke kauhale a kahe aku i loko o ke Kai o Cortez. Ua like ka ʻāina me kahi mea āu e ʻike pololei ai mai Asia Hikina Hema, ma mua o kahi peninsula wao nahele.
"...inā ʻoe e hoʻomoana ana ma o Baja, pono ʻo Bahia Concepcion."
He ʻokoʻa ka holo ʻana i Mulege mai Loreto a ʻoi aku ma mua o 2 mau hola. Pili ke alaloa i ke kapakai o ka auwae Bahia Concepcion. Ma ke kaʻaahi, e makaʻala i kou mau maka no nā liʻiliʻi liʻiliʻi o nā kahakai keʻokeʻo keʻokeʻo ʻaʻole i noho ʻia me nā palapas pili i hana ʻia e ka poʻe huakaʻi alanui ma mua. He nui nā kahua hoʻomoana o ke kai kūʻono no nā RV, no laila, inā ʻoe e hoʻomoana ana ma o Baja, pono ʻo Bahia Concepcion.
Guerrero Negro
Ma hope o Mulege, he alanui wao nahele lōʻihi. He mea kupanaha ka ʻāina ʻoʻoleʻa, akā ʻaʻohe, ʻaʻohe mea ʻē aʻe he cacti a me nā mauna makani i kahi mamao. ʻO Guerrero Negro ka wahi nui o ka civilization. Inā ʻoe e kaʻa ana mai Loreto he kaʻa lōʻihi loa ia (ʻoi aku ma mua o 5 mau hola), no laila makemake paha ʻoe e hele i ka pō ma ke kūlanakauhale oasis o San Ignacio. ʻAʻole nui ʻo San Ignacio, akā aia kekahi mau hōkele a me nā hale ʻaina liʻiliʻi no nā poʻe ʻē aʻe e hele ana i ka huakaʻi lōʻihi.
Pēlā nō, ʻo Guerrero Negro kahi wahi mākaʻikaʻi palena ʻole - ʻoiai aia nā tacos iʻa maikaʻi loa aʻu i ʻono ai - akā, he wahi kaulana ia no ka poʻe e holo ana i ka peninsula a i ʻole e hele ana i ke komohana i ka Bahia Tortugas puʻuhonua nani a me nā kauhale liʻiliʻi like ʻole e waiho ana ma ka hopena o ka pūnaewele o nā ala ʻākea a lepo. Inā he heʻenalu ʻoe o kēlā me kēia ʻano, makemake ʻoe e puna no ke kaʻa ikaika loa e kiʻi iā ʻoe i kēia mau kūlanakauhale, e like me Bahia Asuncion. E waiwai ana ia.
ʻo San Felipe
Ma hope o Guerrero Negro, ʻo ia kahi ʻāpana nui ʻē aʻe o ka lepo lepo, nā kūlanakauhale i ka lā a me nā ʻāina kupaianaha. Ma hope o Guerrero Negro e māhele ai ke alaloa i ʻelua. Ke hoʻomau nei ke Alanui 1 i ke Kai Pākīpika a hiki i Ensenada a me Rosarito, aʻo ke Alanui 5 e piʻi ana i ka ʻaoʻao o ke Kai o Cortez a hiki i San Felipe.
Ua koho mua mākou i ka holo ʻana i San Felipe, me ka ʻike e hana mākou i ka ʻaoʻao Pākīpika i ko mākou hoʻi ʻana. Ua hele pū mākou i kahi alahele i Bahia de Los Angeles, kahi kaʻa mamao i kaulana i nā poʻe waʻa e holo ana i ke Kai o Cortez a no nā poʻe hoʻomoana e ʻimi ana e wāwahi i ka holo lōʻihi, i kekahi manawa monotonous. ʻO ka manawa holo maʻamau mai Guerrero Negro a i San Felipe e pili ana 4.5 i nā hola 5.
Inā pōkole ʻoe i ka manawa, e lele i ka Bahia de Los Angeles a hoʻomau i San Felipe, kekahi o nā kūlanakauhale kiʻekiʻe ma Baja. No kēlā mea, inā pōkole ʻoe i ka manawa, manaʻo wau e lele holoʻokoʻa iā San Felipe. He mau kahakai nani kona, akā ua piha ka lewa i nā hale ʻaina pahele mākaʻikaʻi a me nā hale kūʻai hoʻomanaʻo, me he mea lā aia ma nā wahi āpau. He wela loa nō hoʻi, i nā mahina kau wela.
Ensenada a me Rosarito
Akā, e hele pololei wau i Ensenada a me Rosarito, ʻelua o nā wahi kahakai nani loa ma Baja. ʻOiai he mau kūlanakauhale mākaʻikaʻi ʻelua, loaʻa iā lākou kahi hiʻohiʻona mōʻaukala, nā mea hoihoi, nā hale ʻaina maikaʻi, a me nā hōkele maikaʻi.
ʻOiaʻiʻo, ua kamaʻāina loa au Ensenada ma hope o ko mākou "paʻa" ma laila no ʻelima mau lā i ke kau ʻino. ʻAʻole loa koʻu manaʻo e hoʻolilo i ka manawa nui ma Ensenada, akā ua lilo ia i mea hoʻopōmaikaʻi ma ke ʻano he hiki iaʻu ke ʻike i kāna mau hiʻona maikaʻi loa a me nā kahakai.
He holo wikiwiki ia Rosarito mai Ensenada mai, nona nā kahakai maikaʻi loa a me nā mea leʻaleʻa e ʻike ai a hana ai. E ʻike ʻoe i kekahi mau hōkele maikaʻi a me nā hōkele ma aneʻi.
ʻO ka mea nui e hoʻomanaʻo i ka wā e hoʻāʻo ai i kahi huakaʻi alanui Baja ʻo ia ka wehe ʻana i ka huakaʻi. E waiho i kahi nui no ka improvisation. ʻAʻole hele nā mea e like me ka mea i hoʻolālā ʻia. E loaʻa nā mea haohao. Akā, e lilo ia i mea hoʻohiwahiwa e komo i lalo o kou ʻili, a na nā ʻike e hoʻonui i kou ʻike e pili ana i ka ʻano like ʻole a me ka mana o Mexico.