Baja California - Copper Canyon 1/4

Baja California - Copper Canyon 1

This journey begins down the peninsular of Baja California in the border town of Tijuana. This is the place where hundreds of thousands of Mexicans risk their lives every year attempting to cross into the United States. Ian is challenged to run through no-man's land and having survived the armed air and land patrol he begins hitching south on Baja's only highway.

After miles of uninterrupted cacti, we have a sea-spray shower at one of the world's best blowholes, and then ends the first part of his adventure at San Quintin -- a typical Baja one-horse town. The only accommodation available in San Quintin is a faded hotel originally built for Hollywood stars.

After a short stop in the beautiful Bahia de Los Angeles, where travellers sleep in huts on the beach we continue south on the back of a motorbike, through more desert landscapes to the mission oasis of San Ignacio. Here the over zealous religious imperialism of the Catholic missionaries is evident: the cemetery holds the remains of the indigenous people who refused to convert.

One of the highlights of our journey is a whale watching trip with two local fishermen in Mulege. Not content with simply swimming around the tiny boat, the whales actually come close enough for Ian to touch them.

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• Baja
• California
• Copper
• Canyon
• Mexico
• Documentary
• Documental