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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]20 years ago as part of a college geology class I spent 3 weeks traveling in Baja California - mostly camping with occasional budget hotels. We didn’t get south of La Paz (so no Cabo). Various campgrounds that were open 4 years earlier according to the professor who did the trip regularly were closed because the water table was depleated/ salinated. We went to swim at a reef and it was mostly dying and we later learned it was because RVs weren’t limited in sewage discharge near by (gross!!!). I saw extreme poverty (children begging, homes made of tires), a marriage notice at a church where the bride was 15, and a dog hit by a car who was left in the street. The few times we went to towns and went out at night the men seemed very aggressive.  I found a lot of the trip sad, but eye opening. We are also low budget so no nice meals or hotels. I suspect I’d have a very different opinion of Baja California if I had flown in and out of Cabo or seen only tourist sites, but the countryside and rural areas made me not want to go back. [/quote]

Look at the title of this thread. Who has ever raved about camping in Baja California?? I'm pretty sure this is on no ones bucket list.[/quote]

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