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title: 'Baja California - izaicinajums.com'
Baja California {.entry-title}
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[LV]\
Otro reizi būt Meksikā ir pavisam citādāk. Baja gan nav “īstā” Meksika,
bet vienalga. Iekšēji vairs nav tā stresa, kas ir sensāciju alkstošo
mediju radīts un mūsos iestādīts. Jā, ir patīkami braukt cauri trakajai
pierobežas satiksmei un raudzīties uz apkārto notiekošo ar samērā
distancētu un atbrīvotu skatienu. Ir patīkami analizēt, kas un kā notiek
bez nepamatotām bailēm, kas mūsos ir ieliktas un kurām statistiski nav
pamata.
Meksika ir interesanta valsts. Vai mums tā līdz galam patīk?! Grūti
teikt. Mēs noteikti gribētu izbraukāt to visu, lai varētu formulēt
pilnīgu viedokli. Nevis tādu, kas izdzirdot vārdu Meksika bailēs liek
kliegt un teikt, ka tur ir tikai vardarbība, narkotikas un līķi uz katra
stūra. Tā nav. Meksika ir pavisam citāda. To nevar raksturot divos
teikumos, ne paragrāfos. Tāpēc ir interesanti atgriezties un iepazīt to
arvien vairāk.
[EN]\
It’s very different to be in Mexico second time around. Baja is not
exactly “real” Mexico, but close enough. It was great not having that
internal stress, that is implanted in us by sensation hungry western
media. Yes, it was fun to drive through the crazy border town traffic,
look around and enjoy everything that is happening with care free state
of mind. It’s great to be able to analyze things happening around you
without a fear. Fear that have been “given” to us by western world,
without a sound arguments or statistical evidence.
Mexico is interesting country. Do we really like it?! Hard to tell. We
sure know that we would want to explore more of it in order to have a
point of view about this country that is based on first hand experience.
Not one that is based on fears and associates word Mexico with drugs,
violence and dead bodies on every corner. That’s not what Mexico is.
It’s different. It’s hard to describe it in few sentences or paragraphs.
And because of that it’s quite interesting to come back and explore more
of it every time.
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[LV]\
Kad devāmies ceļā iepriekšējā reizē mūsu lielākās problēmas bija
saistītas ar to, ka mums nav gana daudz privātās vietas iekš Astrīdas.
Tagad tas jautājums ir atrisināts, papildus tam mums ir arī ledusskapis
un iespēja gatavot iekšā. Nu kā pie buržujiem. :)
[EN]\
Last time when we were on road, our biggest problem was lack of private
space in the van. We have that problem no more. Additionally to that we
have fridge and can cook inside. Fancy! :)
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[LV]\
Baja ir pāris lietas, kas mums stāv prātā un ar ko tā mums asociējās –
fantastiski saulrieti un tumšas debesis. Otrais ir tāpēc, ka pussala ir
visnotaļ neapdzīvota, ja neskaita ziemeļu un dienvidu galus. Ir jāredz,
lai izjustu. ;)
[EN]\
Baja in our minds is associated with couple things – fantastic sunsets
and dark sky. Later is because peninsula is mostly inhabited in north
and south ends. One should see it, to feel and enjoy how beautiful those
two things are over here.
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[LV]\
Iepriekšējo reiz mūsu ceļš uz dienvidiem veda gar krastu, šoreiz
nolēmām braukt pa daudz populārāko galveno lielceļu. Tas šķērso
iespaidīgus kaktusu un milzīgu akmeņu laukus. Patīkama iespēja atklāt
kaut ko jaunu, nemaz pat neplānojot to.
[EN]\
Year and a bit back our road south through Baja led via coastal route,
this time we decided to take more popular approach – main highway. It
goes through some incredible cacti and boulder fields. Really nice to
discover new things without even planning on doing that.
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[LV]\
Sākotnēji var likties, ka Baja ir maziņa, tomēr galu galā brauciens no
viena gala līdz otram ir apmēram 1600km. Apdzīvoti galvenokārt ir abi
pussalas gali un pa vidu ir pat tukšais posms, kur apmēram 350km garā
ceļa gabalā nav neviena benzīntanka. Vietējie ir sapratuši, ka tā ir
iespēja piepelnīties, un to nevajag laist garām. ;)
[EN]\
Baja can appear rather small, but in reality its 1000mi/1600km from one
end to another. Mostly inhabited on the ends of it, there is even one
200mi/350km empty stretch without a gas station. Locals have figured it
out and are taking full advantage, why not!? ;)
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[LV]\
Lai gan sākotnēji neko tādu nebijām plānojuši, nonākot Guerrero Negro
(melanis karēvis) pilsētā viens no mūsu kempinga kaimiņiem ieminējās, ka
netālu esot cits, lielisks kempings, kurā no krasta varot vērot vaļus
un, ka šobrīd esot īstā sezona. Daudz nedomājot nolēmām, ka dosimies uz
turieni nākošajā dienā.
Iebraucot kempingā, konstatējām, ka par vaļu trūkumu tiešām sūdzēties
nevar. To, ka kāds ņemas tuvāk vai tālāk no krasta varēja manīt katru
brīdi. Protams, sākotnēji nebijām plānojuši un pat ļoti domājuši par
iespēju kāpt laivā un doties tos apskatīt. Tiesa tas mainījās brīdī, kad
sapratām, ka šī ir unikāla iespēja, un to neizmantot būtu grēks. Sacīts
– darīts. Līdz tūrēm vajadzēja gan pagaidīt līdz nākošās dienas rītam,
tomēr tas pienāca ātri.
Ņemot vērā, ka mūsu līdzšinējā pieredze vaļu vērošanā bija tieši 0,
nebija skaidrības par to kāds ir process. Bija tikai cerība, ka vaļi
šeit netiek trenkāti un izmantoti kā tīrā naudas mašīna. Mums par
prieku, tas tiešām nenotika. Vaļu bija liels daudzums un gids piebrauca
un nostājās to tuvumā. Daži neizrādīja nekādu interesi un vienkārši
aizpeldēja tālāk. Savukārt citi bija pat ļoti ieinteresēti. Tie peldēja
ap un zem laivas, nāca apskatīt un apošņāt tās dīvainās radības, kas ir
laivā un pat stūma savus mazuļus augšā, kā apskates objektu.
Pusotra stunda palidoja vēja spārniem un paliks mums atmiņā kā lieliska
šī piedzīvojuma sastāvdaļa. ;)
[EN]\
We had no plan for an type of touristy things on our way down, but when
we reach Guerrero Negro guy who was parked next to us in campground told
about another campground. Campground that is located on the coast and
allows you to watch whales from campspot. Whales?! Cool! And it’s the
high season. Without thinking a lot we headed that way next day.
As we arrived in campsite it was clear – there is lots of whales out in
the water. You could see at least one splashing around or coming up all
the time. Of course, initially we didn’t think about getting a boat, but
as we watched them more and more, we understood that this is a great
opportunity that shouldn’t be missed. However we had to wait until the
next morning as there was too much wind and it was late in a day
already. Nigh went by really fast…
To us, all of it was totally new. We have never done whale watching, and
we were not sure what the process is going to be like. We just hopped
that they don’t harass whales in order to get money out of gringos. As
it turned out there was nothing like that. Our guide parked boat nearby
the whales – some of them didn’t care about us and just swam by. Some
however were very interested. They swam under and around the boat, came
to look at these weird creatures in the boat and even pushed their
offspring up for us to look at it. Very cool!
Hour and half flew by in a heartbeat and this experience will stay in
our minds as one of the trips highlights. ;)
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