The V&V Baja Travel Guide • Valerie & Valise

Baja Bucket List - Snorkeling with Whale Shark

Stark landscapes, sweeping vistas, and starry skies… These are the words I associate with the Baja Peninsula – a state that seems like a world unto itself compared with mainland Mexico.

While Baja is certainly Mexican in many delightful and delicious ways, it is also unique: informed by unique native heritage and influenced by different scars of Spanish colonization.

If you’re planning a trip to Baja, this fits well within the geographic region I cover here on my site all about the “American West” (all of North America!). Below you’ll find all of my articles about Baja California.