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NORRA had alerted the locals. The mayor had let school out for our arrival.
The fourth day start was an easy but a long way to Loreto. We cross the Baja from the
Pacific to the Cortez sea. Hundreds of miles of desert. The middle check point of this leg
was at San Ignacio, an Oasis in the middle of the desert. On the west side are the lagoons of
San Ignacio and Scammon famous as a breeding area for whales. On the right side, just before Santa Rosalia, on the Cortez Sea, the
Tres Virgenes volcano was a heading point.
Santa Rosalia was a cooper mining town and we flew over heading to the second check point at
Mulege before heading to Loreto.
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From Loreto, after the Swiming Pool Volley-Ball Tournament, we headed inland to Ciudad Constitucion,
the agricultural heart of Baja Sur. Take off was delayed because of fog, but a few hours later, the
teams check Constitucion airport and take off to "El Cien", a made for landing strip at the
100 kilometer mark of Mexico Hwy. 1, and from there we're off to La Paz.
A long time ago, a Mexican journalist called Baja "El Otro Mexico" (The Other Mexico). He was right. Beautiful landscapes, white sandy beaches, mountains, volcanos, deserts;
From the air, you get another perspective and another feeling. After we finished our adventure, often
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