Cabo San Lucas, East Cape get off easy as Hurricane Jimena moves north. Hurricane Jimena made landfall halfway up Mexico’s Baja California peninsula on Wednesday, slapping desert towns with howling winds and rain after drenching the Los Cabos resort area overnight. Jimena, a Category 2 storm, pummeled the peninsula’s west coast with 100 mph winds and driving rain but had dropped considerably in force since the weekend when it blew into a highly dangerous Category 4 hurricane. A hurricane warning remained in effect for the north of the peninsula but civil protection officials said there were no reports of casualties or major damage to property in Los Cabos after Jimena brushed past there on Tuesday. People swept up debris, beachfront restaurants emptied out storm sandbags and hotels began removing boards from their windows as the weather calmed down. But many tourists had already cut their vacations early and flown home.

“This leaves us with a very bad week,” Gonzalo Fanyutti, head of the Los Cabos hotels association told local radio. The U.S. National Hurricane Center said Jimena was now about 30 miles north-northeast of Cabo San Lazaro and moving north-northwest at around 13 mph.

An Organization of Economic Cooperation and Development meeting of officials from dozens of countries to discuss tax havens had to be moved from Los Cabos to Mexico City.

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Hurricane Jimena, a dangerous Category 4 storm off Mexico’s Pacific Coast, was on track to buffet resorts on the Baja California peninsula on Tuesday, the U.S. National Hurricane Center said.
Jimena, a small but powerful hurricane that has intensified quickly since it formed early on Saturday, was packing 145 mph winds with higher gusts, and the Mexican government issued a hurricane watch for southern Baja California. A hurricane watch means hurricane conditions are possible with 36 hours.
According to the five-step Saffir-Simpson intensity scale, Category 4 hurricanes are “extremely dangerous” and can cause devastating damage if they hit land. The hurricane center said people located in central Baja California peninsula and western mainland Mexico should also monitor the storm’s progress because more watches could be issued on Monday. Jimena is still a safe distance from shore but set to gather steam and brush the upscale resort of Los Cabos on Tuesday, when the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development is scheduled to hold a meeting there to discuss tax havens.

A hurricane watch is in effect for Baja California. A Hurricane Watch means that hurricane conditions are possible within the watch area, generally within 36 hours.

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How about trading the  posh Cabo San Lucas and Los cabos for some serious dust? Doesn’t sound that good – does it?? It sure does not go with the famous Cabo lifestyle if you read the opening but let me tell you one thing – you are gonna like it!! Does being a modern day cowboy on 50+hp motorcycles “flying” through the Baja Sur landscape raise your interest?? Well, if it does – How about a bunch of desert racing Trophy Trucks, 700 horsepower monsters, moving off road across the Baja Sur desert at speeds you can’t imagine?  Still not enough for you CSL visiting speed-freaks?? Let’s bring you to the edge of your seat and throw in some Class 1 unlimited buggies with about 500 horsepower to give you an overview of the event. There are many hard fought for classes in the upcoming Coyote 300 desert race being held this weekend in La Paz. There are over 100 entries in this 15 th edition of the race.  A race liked by the locals racers as much by racers coming from up north.  They will all compete in this challenging course around the Southern Baja – starting in La Paz Centenario and ending at the finish line at the Tecolote Beach famous for its divine views of the Isla Espiritu Santo.  Coming out of La Paz the off-road racers will pass Todos Sandos via Los Inocentes on the Pacific coast of the Baja Peninsula before turning inland and heading over to Los Planes at the Sea of Cortez going north to the finish line at Tecolote.

There is more to it then just the Coyote 300 race, the evening before the race is a huge fiesta at the Malecon in La Paz where you could see the vehicles and racers up close. So get a car and take the 2 hours trip to the city at the bay – La Paz!! It will be worthwhile! And if you are out there and wondering where those desert trophy truck guys are- just follow the dust because that’s pretty much what you’ll see but the thrill of being present makes it all 100% worth it!!

Additions by the editor: if you know your way around ,or have a local drive you,  you can basically watch the the top classes pass 3 times if you move along across the Baja Sur!!  And you will forget the dust at the huge fiesta taking place after the race at Tecolote beach –  enjoy a few cold brews , chips and salsa, and views of the annual bikini contest!!

Visit the Coyote 300 website here or check in at Puro Off Road on race day for the live race web cast (connection permitting). Puro Offroad does twit also here…

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“Come on down, everything is fine here, weather is fantastic and we are waiting to catch you some fish.” Everything is not fine. The mega-resort community at the tip of Baja California is in dire straits, thanks to the same factors that affect tourism in all of Mexico: global recession, drug-related violence and the swine flu scare. It doesn’t matter that the latter two issues are localized in other areas. As far as many non-Mexicans are concerned, because of what they’ve seen on TV or read, the entire country has plague.

In Cabo, which was built initially around sportfishing, the main drag is all but deserted. Hotels are nearly empty. Cruise ships aren’t coming. The number of flights have been reduced. Tracy Ehrenberg, longtime Pisces fleet owner and wife of a prominent politician, said the town is emptier than it was in the aftermath of the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist strikes and a subsequent devastating hurricane.

But tourist destinations throughout Mexico, as the worst of a flu-related heath crisis seems to have passed, are begging people to come back–and some are doing so imaginatively. According to a story in the Latin American Herald Tribune, eight hotels in Cancun and the Riviera Maya are offering full refunds and free vacations for up to three years to anyone who contracts the swine flu virus during their vacation.

In Cabo and throughout Baja California Sur’s East Cape region, locals occasionally make fun of a swine flu issue that they believe was blown out of proportion by the media (see photo). But in reality, anyone who makes a living off visiting fishermen or other tourists is feeling a major pinch and knows this is no joke. This will pass, however, and tourists will regain confidence and resume traveling to Mexico and elsewhere abroad; but when it will pass is anyone’s guess.

Credits for this content go 100% to P. Thomas, L.A.Times – image credit to M. Rayor

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Imagine white-sand beaches swept by a tropical breeze, a place where the sun shines 350 days a year, where rugged mountains and deserts greet some of the fish-richest azure waters of the world. Los Cabos, the magnificent area at the tip of the Baja California Peninsula, is where the Pacific Ocean meets the Sea of Cortez. Long regarded as a fisherman’s village, Los Cabos is now one of the most important destinations offered by the dynamic Mexican tourism industry. Welcome to the Cabo San Lucas Infotheque, After 4 successful years providing unbiased Cabo San Lucas information you are looking at the improved “second edition” of Cabo’s Online Infotheque. Resting at the tip of the Baja Peninsula is the sparkling city of Cabo San Lucas. Once used as a frequent provision stop for pirates awaiting passage of the Manila Galleons, today Los Cabos is headed for resort stardom. In the last fifteen years, it has evolved from a sleepy hideaway for recluse fishermen and yacht owners into one of Mexico’s most popular resort destinations. This is due largely to improved roads and air access, plus heavy investment by FONATUR (the government’s agency in charge of new resort development) and the private sector.
Bahia de Cabo San Lucas Without any question, “the” beach at San Lucas is El Medano, everyone’s favorite gathering spot. With it’s crystal-clear water and gentle surf, this is a gret place to swim, sail, water-ski, kayak or simply lap up the sun and enjoy the scenery as you treat yourself to fresh seafood and your favorite drink.

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