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100 1 _aMayo, C.M.
245 1 0 _aMiraculous air
_b: journey of a thousand miles through Baja California, the other Mexico
_c/ C.M. Mayo
260 _aSalt Lake City
_b: University of Utah Press
_c, 2002.
300 _a389 p.
_b: ill., map
_c; 23 cm.
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 0 _aThe south : so close to the United States -- Los Cabos : el Halloween and the Dia de muertos -- Todos santos : the visitors -- The interior: strange treasures -- The Llano de Magdalena to San Ignacio : like people you see in a dream -- In the Sierra de San Francisco : the most beautiful dream -- Beyond the Vizcaíno : fine kings -- The sea of Cortes : many secret and marvelous things -- Cabo San Lucas to La Paz : the sea is Cortés -- Bahía de Los Angeles : Bay of Angels -- The Pacific coast : leviathan -- Laguna San Ignacio : lay thine hand upon him -- Scammon's lagoon (Laguna Ojo de Liebre) and Guerrero Negro : black -- Warrior, white salt -- San Quintín : in the land of the clouds -- Borders : the sound of one hand clapping -- Tijuana : a touch of evil -- San Diego to Mexico City : jewel point.
520 _aArmchair travelers as well as those who have been in Mexico will take pleasure in reading this fine collection of essays by Mayo (formerly economics, ITAM, Mexico City, she's the founding editor of (/Tameme/>). Moving through the different regions of Baja, Mayo describes its people, food, tourists, festivals, and problems in a travelogue-style narrative that alternates between description and her frequent conversations with the local people.
600 1 0 _aMayo, C.M.
651 0 _aBaja California (Mexico : Peninsula)
_x--Description and travel
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