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Baja California (Mexico)

Baja.com view detail comment email this

Free-spirited site co-authored by a group of Baja California, Mexico, aficionados. It deals mainly with the interests of the active tourist who loves the Baja lifestyle. There is advice on diving and off-road vehicles, local lore, and the conventional motel and restaurant recommendations. Includes maps. Some material available in several languages.
http://www.baja.com
Topics: North America

Last updated Sep 22, 2004


Images of Baja California: Images by Harry Crosby view detail comment email this

Exhibit of dozens of annotated photographs of Baja California taken in 1967-1992. Includes sections on "Pre-history and History of Antigua California," "Life at Remote Ranches in Baja California," and "Landmarks Along the Wheeltracks Grandly Known as the 'Trans-Peninsular Highway.'" From the Mandeville Special Collections Library, University of California, San Diego.
http://orpheus.ucsd.edu/speccoll/baja/crosby/
Topics: Photograph Collections: Regional

Last updated Sep 6, 2006


Images of Baja California: Images by Howard E. Gulick view detail comment email this

Exhibit of dozens of briefly annotated photographs of Baja California taken in 1950-1967. "Gulick made hundreds of photographs of Baja California's landscapes, coastlines, cities and built environment." This exhibit provides a selection of Gulick's Baja California images. From the Mandeville Special Collections Library, University of California, San Diego.
http://orpheus.ucsd.edu/speccoll/baja/gulick/
Topics: Photograph Collections: Regional

Last updated Sep 13, 2006


Images of Baja California: Images by Marquis McDonald view detail comment email this

Exhibit of dozens of annotated photographs of Baja California taken in 1949-1950. Marquis McDonald "set out in the fall of 1949 to visit all the known mission locations in Baja California. In 1968 McDonald published a book about the adventure." This site features a selection of photos of the peninsula's missions, ruins, and scenery with associated text from McDonald's book. From the Mandeville Special Collections Library, University of California, San Diego.
http://orpheus.ucsd.edu/speccoll/baja/mcdonald/
Topics: Photograph Collections: Regional

Last updated Sep 13, 2006


Travel to Baja view detail comment email this

This site provides general tourist information about traveling to Baja California, Mexico, (such as what to bring), legal information (such as "what to do if you get arrested ... [and] what to do if you are the victim of a crime"), and medical information. Also includes links to related sites. From the Institute for Public Strategies and the Consulate General of the United States of America, Tijuana, Baja California, Mexico.
http://www.traveltobaja.net
Topics: North America

Last updated Dec 8, 2004





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