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Baja California (3)

More than towna I announced, I should have said villages because of their small size.
 
The first our route met was the well-known San Ignacio. It is a beautiful palm grove that has developed around a source maintaining a small lake year round.
 
 
1. A village square that might remind some squares in south of France.
 
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2. The famous church of San Ignacio, one of the best preserved of Baja.
 
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3. Awseome frontage…
 
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4. Typical interior of Jesuit churches from mid 19th century.
 
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5. The streets are colorful.
 
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6. The lake and the palm grove.
 
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We continued south with a stop in Santa Rosalia, a small really pleasant town.
 
 
7. Lively streets…
 
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8. Point of interest, a church built by Gustave Eiffel for an International Exhibition and reassembled a few decades later.
 
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9. The interior reveals the typical metal frame of this designer.
 
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10. Back street…
 
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11. We stopped for the night and the following day in a little paradise…
 
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12. Panoramic at sunset…
 
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13. This sand spit is unique…
 
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14. A frigate, an incredible sailing (approx. 7 feet wide) which almost never beats wings as he knows how to exploit thermal and dynamic…
 
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15. Continuing our discovery, we joined the mission of San Javier, in the central highlands.
 
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16. White domes…
 
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17. A tree in the garden…
 
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18. Openings are small…
 
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19. … but the architecture is powerfull.
 
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20. Following the trail to South, a Virgin in an exposed passage of the trail.
 
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To be continued… 😉