Deja Vu

The long descent into Cataviña was lined with Joshua Tree-esque boulders so that we felt as though we had been here before, only the Joshua trees were replaced with cactii, among them the protected Cirios, which is actually a tree and is only found in this area in the Baja. Despite the signage discouraging vandalism, many of the boulders were covered in graffiti, but the area still felt quite special. That said, it made us glad we hadn't gone out of our way to cycle to Joshua Tree and further in the desert in the southern US since we have realized we still have many desert days ahead of us.Read more