Baja Explorer

BAJA 1000 2007 RACE SCHEDULE:

SUNDAY, Nov. 11–(All times PST) Racer Registration/Media Registration, Grand Ballroom, San Nicolas Hotel, Ensenada 1 p.m. - 6 p.m.
MONDAY, Nov. 12–(All Times PST)Racer Registration/Media Registration, Grand Ballroom, San Nicolas Hotel, Ensenada 9 a.m. - 5 p.m.Contingency Row, adjacent to San Nicolas Hotel, 10 a.m., Ensenada- 5:30 p.m.Technical Inspection, End of Contingency Row, 10 a.m., Ensenada– 5:30p.m.Mandatory Racer Meeting, Cathedral Room, Riviera del Pacifico Cultural Center, Ensenada-7 p.m.
TUESDAY, Nov. 13, RACE STARTS 6:30 AM
THURSDAY, Nov. 15, FINISH LINE CLOSES 6 PM
FRIDAY, Nov. 16- Awards Ceremony-High Noon(all times PST).

More and detailed coverage is available at Puro Off Road, teams introductions, cool baja racing and offroad racing videos, entries list and so on.

Facts and history information of this famous off road desert race is also available at the B.C.S. website. 

Attention Swimmers and Marine Nature Conservation supporters: Come enjoy a stay in the Baja and participate in the Isla Espiritu Santo Swim Challenge scheduled for Sunday, Nov 4th, 2007.  There are two courses to choose from (6km or 10km).  Proceeds to benefit the Marine Conservation efforts in the Sea of Cortez.  This beautiful area of Isla Espiritu Santo and 244 other islands and inlets of the Gulf of California were declared World Heritage Biodiversity Sites by UNESCO in 2005.  If you care about the Sea of Cortez and want to help protect it , then be a part of this open ocean swim challenge and plan your eco tourism adventure and stay around it. For further information contact

In Mexico / La Paz call: 612.123.4900  -  ask for Luis Garduño

In USA / SAN Diego call: 1.858.240.2404  -  ask for Luis Garduño

(Monday - Friday PST office hours) 

Hurricane Henriette roared toward farming states in mainland Mexico on Wednesday, threatening heavy rain and winds for large corn and tomato crops after pummeling the Pacific beach resort of Los Cabos. Henriette, a relatively weak Category 1 storm that killed seven people including a foreign tourist on its route up the Pacific coast, swept into the Gulf of California with maximum sustained winds of 75 mph. Large waves were expected to batter the coastal states of Sonora and Sinaloa, where a storm last year ripped through the tomato crop, pushing up prices blamed for a brief inflation spike. The U.S. National Hurricane Center warned of coastal surges of up to 5 feet and isolated downpours of up to 12 inches in mountainous areas. "No significant change in strength is expected until landfall. Read the rest of this entry »

Yes, Baja Explorer is a little "lacking" in regards to fast progress…. we are just too busy at the moment with all the new Baja Infotheque Network developments. Until the middle of September we will only have occasional posts here.  What we need daily is food  because even in the beautiful Baja Sur we get hungry. Speaking of which, we explored and discovered - after all we are Bajaexplorer's -a great place for a casual dining experience in La Paz. "They" are bandidos but hey, no crime there!! "Bandido's Grill" in La Paz is the best BBQ hamburger joint we've found so far in the Baja. Check the place out when you visit the greater La Paz area. Chembe, the owner speaks excellent english and the service is outstanding. Visit the Bandido's Webpage, go there and have a feast!! All thumbs up in our opinion here at Infotheque Network.

This report is not verified, we got the information from an English published free pamphlet you can find at many places foreigners frequent. According to that source FONATUR, the agency that developed Loreto, The Cabo San Lucas Marina, San Jose del Cabo and three other tourist resorts in Mexico, has put on the auction block about 11000 acres, including six miles of beach front in the Puerto Escondido area, about 10 minutes south of Loreto. The new development has been named "Golden Beach" and will be divided into three large areas. One for hotels, commercial centers and residences, a second one to develop an upper-middle class neighborhood much like they did in San Jose. Details for the development of the third area were not announced yet but the word is it will be some kind of an ecological project.