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baha is full of cactus plants.
no, really. when i say full, i mean full. i mean you will look out your window and see an endless ocean of cactus sticking up into the sky. like an infinitely slow march of little upright soldiers, they march across every surface in your view. you see this cactus stretch from horizon to horizon without break, and you think, damn, that´s a lot of cacti. an hour later, you are looking at the same vista. the next day, astonishingly, more of the same. eventually, like a slow madness, it dawns on you: there is nothing but billions upon billions of cactus for hundreds and thousands of miles. the sheer enormity of cacti weighs heavily on the mind. it´s not something that can be fully appreciated until you are surrounded by them. there are more cacti in baja california than there are stars in the dark night sky.
so it comes as great relief when, suddenly, you come upon small canyons like cuts across the face of the flat cactiness of the desert. these canyons are deep and relatively wet at the bottom, and sport palm trees, varied vegitation, and even streams and small lakes. the oases of life are breathtaking in context with their surroundings.
at the bottom of one of these lies san ignacio, a quaint little mission town in baja sur. this is the first time since we left the usa that i feel like i saw a town that look like what i expected mexico to look like. spanish style building, the old mission, and even more recent buildings giver the village a mexican wild'west feeling, a little cowboy outpost in the outback.
this mission is beautiful, and i hear the camping and other accomodations are great too. there´s a little shop and several restaraunts, and the locals vibe was pleasent and relaxed. i´d come back and explore this one further.
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