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Visit to Bahía de Los Angeles, Baja California, Mexico: Drive Down the Peninsula, May 18-19, 2013
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Tidal lagoon at La Salina north of Ensenada	-	-
-	-	Hotel Los Cirios in San Quintin
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Hector's shrine	-	-
-	Ruins of Misión San Fernando Rey de España de Velicatá (1769), about 200 miles south of Ensenada on the road to Cataviña. It was the only mission founded by the Franciscans on the Baja California Peninsula.	-
-	-	old man cactus and old men
-	-	The cardón cacti (Pachycereus pringlei) were in bloom all the way through Baja California's central desert. This is the tallest cactus species in the world, recorded to grow up to 19.2 m (63 ft.) in height.
The Mexican blue palm or blue hesper palm (Brahea armata) is native to Baja California.	-	-
The cirio or boojum tree (Fouquieria columnaris) is native to Baja California's central desert, and is found almost exclusively there (except for a small area of Sonora), and almost entirely between 28 to 30° N. It is one of 11 species in the sole genus within Fouquieriaceae, including the familiar ocotillo (F. splendens) and palo adan (F. diguetii), which is common in Bahía de los Angeles.	-	-
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-	-	View from a lookout above Bahía de los Angeles - See here for a Zoomify panorama view or here (recommended) for a 4.5 mb jpeg version.
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