Chapter 01
The sea here is the whole point
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Destination · Mexico
La Paz, Mexico
The sea decided everything here
A pearl-diving port turned accidental city, where the Sea of Cortez still sets the pace and nobody has gotten around to performing for visitors.
11 chapters ahead
Climate
Bone-dry desert heat from June through September, then eight months of near-perfect warm days and cool evenings that feel like a reward for knowing when to come.
Best season
October through April — the heat has broken, the water is clear, and the whale sharks arrive in the bay without much fanfare.
Atmosphere
- coastal
- desert
- maritime
- small-town
- urban-midsize
- arid
- rugged
- culinary
- sleepy
- early-rising
- walkable
- remote
The chapters
11 ways to get lost here
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Chapter 02
Nobody rushes. That's the contract.
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Chapter 03
Baja Sur is the desert that reaches water
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Chapter 04
A city that didn't plan on you
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Chapter 05
Sleep near the water. Wake with the fishermen.
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Chapter 06
Getting here is part of the argument
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Chapter 07
The murals arrived before the tourists did
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Chapter 08
Three days of floats, noise, and very good tacos
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Chapter 09
The desert teaches you to move at dawn
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Chapter 10
What the expats found that the tourists missed
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Chapter 11
La Paz and Palawan found the same problem
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Keep wandering
You’ve finished La Paz. Where next?
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