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Bienvenido sa Los Cabos Mexico. Behind me is Cabo San Lucas and today we are going to explore the southern tip of Mexico’s Baja California Peninsula. Los Cabos Mexico, if you like to play in the surf, relax on the beach, shop and party, then head to this desert paradise on the sea. Los Cabos is a municipality located 1,000 miles south of San Diego in the Mexican state of Baja California Sur. There are three main areas that make up Los Cabos; the more traditional relaxed town of San Jose del Cabo, the 18 miles stretch of beaches and desert along the coastal highway know as Los Cabos Corridor and our first top, Cabo San Lucas. What was once a quite fishing village has become one of Mexico’s hottest tourist destinations—by hot, I mean I was really sweating a lot. I am here in August which I hear is the hottest month of the year. It also happens to be the low point for tourism and I don’t think that is a going — Cabo San Lucas is located on the bay with a beautiful view of at lands in Peninsula which features this most famous natural rock formation El Arco or ‘The Arch.’ There are tons of water taxis, glass bottom boats, bus, cruises, fishing tours, etc., willing to take you out to the arch for a photo up but that is not to come to Cabo. Now right here, this is the real reason I come to Cabo; beaches in the sun. There are miles and miles of beaches lining the Los Cabos shore and you can find the perfect beach for your taste like the quite sands of Playa Solmar on the pacific coast or the hustle and bustle of Playa El Medano, Cabos’ busiest beach. At Playa El Medano, you can grab a beach chair and one of the many restaurants and hotels on the bay and order cervesas and margaritas until long after the sun has set. Downtown Cabo San Lucas is party central for Los Cabos and features some great clubs like the EPIC partying El Squid Roe and Sammy Hagar’s Cabo Wabo Cantina. Cabo specializes in pedaling sin in many forms including lots of stripped clothes which tend to be barely disguised bra fills and then over whelming amount of drug dealers offering to sell you blow-blow, weed-weed. There are lots of outdoor activities in Los Cabos like snorkeling, deep sea fishing, parasailing and jet skiing. There are also tons of options for shopping, from the souvenir shops that line the streets around the marina with their aggressive sales people to the more laid back modern shopping mall experience of Puerto Paraiso. If you are feeling hungry, then there are tons of great restaurants in Taquerias with delicious seafood, Mexican food and cuisines from all over the world but when reaching for your wallet, remember, this is not cheap Mexico. Los Cabos holds some very wealthy visitors and although you can find a few good deals, prices are unpar with some of the more expensive U.S. cities. After thoroughly exploring Cabo San Lucas, I decided to venture out and see the rest of Los Cabos. All right I just run in my scooter and I am about to head out. There is only road from Cabo San Lucas to San Jose del Cabo; a 30 km stretch of highway known as the Corridor. It travels along the coast with the Sea of Cortez to the south and miles of empty desert to the north. Many expensive resorts and golf courses lie in the Corridor and are popular vacation spots for the rich and famous. But I took my scooter in the other direction, away from the population. I’ve taken a little detour. I’m out in the middle of the desert; just me and my scooter and as you could see it just goes on for miles. Los Cabos sits in a harsh, arid environment and you don’t have to travel very far from the path to leave society behind. The lack of fresh water made Los Cabos unappealing, almost uninhabitable place for Mexicans and Europeans to settle for centuries. On the oceans side of the highway, my friends and I stopped to Zippers Beach to try out the surfing. Waters have this perfect—oh men, down there we played over the waves, do it. It’s fun; playful Los Cabos has some great surf breaks but make sure to do some research before hand or ask the local surf shops for advice otherwise you might find your self surfing in a dangerous situation. The whole ocean if covered of rocks out there, so it’s pretty rough on your feet. You have to go down the waves which you find out later to surf where there are no rocks. After surfing, it was on the San Jose del Cabo for some more exploration. I continued down the highway pushing the scooter to its limits and still, not keeping up with traffic. I just took this scooter from Cabo San Lucas to San Jose del Cabo, daring experience on the highway; I don’t recommend it. San Jose del Cabo is the other major town of Los Cabos and it represents a quieter, more traditional Mexican town. It has a laid back town square featuring the Iglesia San Jose; a replica of the original mission church that the town was founded around. Well I just took my initial walk through San Jose del Cabo and I got to tell you this is way more relax than Cabo San Lucas. As you are walking down the street, you don’t have like 5,000 people trying to sell you stuff. Even though it is more relaxed than Cabo San Lucas, that doesn’t meant that it doesn’t have plenty of shopping, restaurants, and activities for tourists to enjoy. Grab a canopy, safari, swimming with dolphins, we also have a snorkeling, ATV as wave runners, a lot of fun in here. I didn’t get to stay in San Jose del Cabo as long as I would have like because I had to return my scooter but I had a tasty affordable lunch at La Serena and enjoyed strolling through the shops at Boulevard Mijares where you can find some cool Mexican crafts as well as the standard trinkets that are found throughout out all of Mexico’s tourist destinations. Even though Los Cabos is a fun place, there are still a few down sides to it. Everyone is working aggressively to get your money. Some of the beaches have roaming vendors that distract your relaxation. There are aggressive time share salesmen around town that hound you as you walk around especially if you are a couple who is over 35 years of age. Some people will be put off by the amount of drug dealers and street clubs that are found in downtown Cabo San Lucas. Further more, you should buy services from reputable companies that are mentioned in some of the popular travel guides. I learned my lesson the hard way when my scooter saleman turned out to be really shady. Yeah I just got screwed out about $20 and I’m waiting here for two hours to get it back, so we’ll see if I ever do. Don’t worry, I got my money back but I did have to get the police involved. There is construction everywhere and Cabos is expanding at an astronomical rate. My final concern is the environmental impact of this growing town is having on this delicate dry landscape. It is hard to adjust to find multiple luxurious, thirsty golf courses in the middle of the desert. In Cabos defense though, I’ve heard that they used greywater to irrigate golf courses; an all new resorts of self sufficient with their own desalinization and sewage treatment. Overall, I enjoyed my time in Los Cabos. It was the perfect destination for hanging out the beach, drinking a margarita, getting outdoors and partying to the Mexican nights. I like to thank tripfilms.com for helping me get to Los Cabos, Mexico. 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