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Baja -
Sinaloa - Sonora (2000)
> All Preparation Tours
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Dates: 10-30
December 2000
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Objective:
Riding down Mexico's Baja California, and back via the continent
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Rider(s): 1
(Frederic Journoud)
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Route: Los
Angeles (California) - San Diego - Ensenada (Mexico) - Guerrero
Negro - San Ignacio - Santa Rosalia - Mulegé - Bahía Concepción -
Loreto - La Paz - Todos Santos (Tropic of Cancer) - Cabo San Lucas - La Paz -
[Ferry across the Sea of Cortez] - Los
Mochis - Hermosillo - Santa Ana - Nogales - Phoenix (Arizona) - Los Angeles
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Distance: 4,800
km (3,000 miles)
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Motorcycle:
Yamaha TDM 850
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Trip Map
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Parque
Nacional del Desierto
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Crossing
the Tropic of Cancer in Todos Santos, 23º 27' North latitude
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Modern
Aztec Eagle (Guerrero Negro)
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Reaching the
end of the peninsula at cabo San lucas
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San Ignacio's
church
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The Land's
End Arch, Cabo San Lucas
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Reaching
the Sea of Cortez near Santa Rosalia
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Refilling
before crossing the sea
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Santa
Rosalia's church built by Gustave Eiffel (19th c.)
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In the
ferry's hold across the Sea of Cortez
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Mission
church near Mulegé
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Beautiful
night, heading Northeast above the waves
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Night
under the stars at Playa la Escondida (Bahía Concepción)
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The
continent in sight in the morning
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Playa la
Escondida
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Across the
states of Sinaloa and Sonora, heading
North
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On the
way to school, Loreto
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Freezing
in the Sierra de San Antonio, South of Santa Ana
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La
Sierra de la Giganta, South of Loreto
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Back
in the U.S. (I-10 at Cabazon, California)
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La
Paz's pier on the Sea of Cortez
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Finally
home!
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