Plan B

May 8, 2010 --- Ciudad Constitucion => Rancho La Aguja, BCS

Last Update: Saturday, November 19, 2016

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So what started off as going off to Baja for three weeks to clear my head, feel the warm rays of the summer sun on the Tropic of Cancer and do a little networking for Baja job opportunities has turned into a 10-week sojourn including settling down for the month of June in my own little cabaña near the Villa del Palmar resort in Cabo San Lucas.

After camping south of Ciudad Constitucion, I headed back into town to try and call Roberto from a landline since my Telmex cell phone did not appear to be working; which I didn't find. I did however get some sort of a traffic ticket for "running-a-non-existent-stop-sign" routine (it's a trap all over town!), the first of three on this trip, and paid a $10 mordida (bribe) just to keep moving. On the return trip, this made me angry and I decided to fight another "ticket."

I'd been given the "imaginary-pedestrian-in-a-crosswalk scam" that I'd heard about before-hand on the Baja Nomad forums.

It's a short driving day today to Rancho La Aguja.

Ever wonder why Los Cabos and other select Mexican destinations come into being and grow like crazy? It's not luck or coincidence. It's all very well-planned. Thanks to Fonatur, the "institution responsible for the planning and development of sustainable tourism projects." And with respect to the Baja Peninsula specifically, there is the vision of the Escalera Nautica, the Nautical Ladder --- a mega project; canceled "as is" in early 2010.

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File Name / Description	File Run Time (mm:ss)	File Size (Mb)
Rancho La Aguja High-Resolution LARGE file	2:08	40±
Rancho La Aguja Low-Resolution MEDIUM-size file	2:08	6±

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Cool, foggy, damp. I think bicyclists riding the narrow roads down hear are crazy.

Electricity everywhere. The microondas (microwave communications towers) used to be one of the few things you could orient your location to.

Motorcyclists, too. This is the guy that camped next to me last night.

Construction abounds. Dirt & gravel detours. But progress seems quick.

Kilometer 55 (north of La Paz) is the rancho / ejidos turnoff.

The road to Rancho La Aguja, 15 miles away on the Pacific --- 1200 acres of solitude, but subdivided with all entitlements in place for 400 (?) high-end homes.

Signs can be questionable. Turnoffs can be similar to the "main" track. Trust your instincts and use a map.

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Although this is one of the rare instances of having some electricity available, there is not enough for everyone; hence off-grid building is encouraged. Hundreds of acres remain untouched open space.