One of the things that amazed me about Baja, even before landing at the Loreto airport, was the landscape. I was on my first trip not only to Baja, but to Mexico, and even though I had looked at photographs from the mid-peninsula, I still had no idea what to expect. Looking out the window [...]
The Eye of the Whale
The Panguero tried to get my attention away from the whale’s nose that was gliding towards our panga. He kept pointing down. I kept brushing him away, wondering why he was trying to distract me from my first contact with a grey whale – la ballena gris. I reached out over the boat, trying to [...]
The Santa Casa
The Santa Casa, at least the original one, was the house where it is believed that the Archangel Gabriel told Mary about the future birth of her son Jesus. It is also believed that the original house and the scene played out within it, were in Nazareth. The original Santa Casa was moved from Nazareth [...]
