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Major Hurricane Odile will bring life threatening conditions and Baja California Sur.

That’s the bad news. The good news is that it’s been downgraded to a Category 3 hurricane. “The southern tip of Baja California will experience the worse conditions from Odile Sunday night and into early Monday as 100-200 mm (4-8 inches) of rain floods the area. Sustained winds of 80-130 kph (50-80 mph) are expected and wind gusts approaching 160 kph (100 mph) will cause widespread power outages and structural damage.”

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‘Look Up’ – A spoken word film for an online generation. Subscribe for more videos: http://bit.ly/Subscribe_to_Gary_Turk ‘Look Up’ is a lesson taught to us t…

A video that Charlie shared with me, after our bike to Harker Boards and dinner on their deck. A good reminder to us both, and all of you.

Vaccination against dengue fever could soon become a reality and Mexico could well be the first country to approve its use.

Relevant as we heard today that 30% of one pediatrician’s patients currently have Dengue.

My favorite coffee shop in La Paz – in same space as GotBaja? Ask for Enrico

Loved the Rincon Gourmet. Had a terrific lunch there yesterday with Laura Rodriguez, Directora Adjunta, Environmental Defense Fund de Mexico. We enjoyed delicious chiles en nogada, a traditional dish that celebrates Mexican Independence Day, which we’ll celebrate Sept. 16  (I would have posted photos except Charlie had my iPhone).

McFishers, La Paz: See 26 unbiased reviews of McFishers, rated 4.5 of 5 on TripAdvisor and ranked #8 of 178 restaurants in La Paz.

Excessively good dinner for Charlie and me – Shrimp tacos, fish tacos, McFisher special taco (octopus, shrimp, fish), skate taco, beer, Fanta Orange – $15.

29 quotes from The Log from the Sea of Cortez: “It would be good to live in a perpetual state of leave-taking, never to go nor to stay, but to remain suspended in that golden emotion of love and longing; to be loved without satiety.”
― John Steinbeck, The Log from the Sea of Cortez