Baja: North to South and South to North

A few rambling thoughts on the perspective of distance.

Those of who live close to Baja often have our perceptions f the region clouded by the media. Recent sensational articles have overstated the case for alarm in the race for headlines.

We recently came across two different articles that are very interesting and informative.

The first is a story published in the UK where the writer drove from Cabo to San Diego and the second is a Canadian writer who drove from Tijuana to Cabo.

Of interest is their perspective on the Baja stories. Very practical - avoid driving on roads at night. The biggest risk is from cattle on the roads and narrow shoulders.

The links to the two articles:

North to South - Desert and Sea Beckon in Baja California The Calgary Herald
http://www.canada.com/reginaleaderpost/news/travel/story.html?id=f0401983-bbff-4346-b461-72f5ee837e0a

South to North - Mexico: The Beauty of baja California The Telegraph - Great Britain
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/travel/main.jhtml?xml=/travel/2008/02/16/et-baja-mexico-116.xml

Have fun, be safe and enjoy! Robert Donnell

97% of Americans do not believe we can own in Mexico

This is an amazing statistic borne from urban legends and misunderstandings. This does mean that you have an advantage of the 97% if you are one of the 3% who can have the knowledge that you can own real estate in Baja and in all of Mexico.

Here are the facts: For over 30 years foreigners have been allowed to own property through a bank trust modeled after the U.S. family trust. This instrument known as a fideiecomiso has been deemed the equivalent of U.S. fee simple title by the California Department of Real Estate and the Securities and Exchange Commission. This mean you can sell the property, rent it, gift it and pass it on to your heirs. You own it.

You do not have to lease the land - you can own it through a bank trust.

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