The Code of the Road
steph When Juan and I came to Baja last summer, we had some minor troubles with the pony. We got stuck in sand a few times, and we also had a…
jbuhler Friendly faces
First things first: HAPPY BIRTHDAY, POPS! I don’t know how old my dad is today, but it doesn’t matter because he is as much as an intrepid traveller and photographer…
Geraldo VWs
We had heard about this shop for a while, and my plan was to drop by anyway for a general checkup. It turns out we ended up having to come,…
Meeting The Dangerz
We had been following the adventures of these two on their blog, The Dangerz, for a while. And for a month or two we had been in touch, hoping we’d…
Paz en La Paz
We’re just two weeks into our trip now but we’ve covered more than 1,450 miles (much more than the 1200 km I’d randomly guessed the other day) since leaving San…
El Tecolote camping fail
While we waited for Wednesday and our appointment with the mechanic, we decided to go spend the night at Playa El Tecolote, just about 20 Km north of La Paz.…
First breakdown
Driving a 23-year-old vehicle down the Americas, we fully expect that things will break. Even though no important part of the Pony is actually 23 years old, because I’ve been…
Dog Day Afternoons
We’re officially on the new-to-me part of our trip, nine days in, because we’re now past Loreto, the farthest south in Baja I’d been before (last year with Juan). We’d…
To the Sea
Here’s Juan and Milo’s photo shoot at Punta Baja, a jutting peninsula that’s a rocky drive from El Rosario. After leaving El Rosario, we crossed Parallelo 28 into Baja California…