Baja If you’re wondering if you should go to Baja California, you should. It’s neither California or mainland Mexico, but as the name suggests, it’s a marriage of both places on one small peninsula. Tijuana and Ensenada are starting to meaningfully compete with San Diego’s craft brew scene. Farm hands from California’s wine region are returning home and helping to build Baja’s own budding wine region, Valle de Guadalupe. Chef’s like Javier Pascencia and Drew Deckman are turni

The Good The Oaxaca coast provided swell for our last week of surfing in Mexico. The cherry on top was that our favorite camping spot of the trip, Playa San Diego, was empty and we got to enjoy multiple days of private surfing. Playa SD isn’t on a map and it has zero accommodations outside of a communal palapa. But, the water is crystal clear, the sea turtles catch waves with you, and it weirdly has cell service, allowing us to escape without being completely off the grid. A