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Bahia de Los Angeles, Mexico, is by far the most beautiful place I have ever visited in my life. Over the next few posts I hope to describe in each a small aspect of the culture and climate of Bahia de Los Angeles, or Mexico in general. This is, of course, only based upon my experience.

Bahia de Los Angeles is paradise largely because it has not yet been invaded by American tourism. America is kind of like King Midas, except everything it touches turns to shit. (that's a Stephen King quote btw). I have been going to Bahia de Los Angeles since I was very young, and very little about it has changed in the past ten years. The ocean is still full of fish, the shore still full of clams, back in town home-made tortillas for 50 pesos a bundle.

Along the shore, as far as the eye can see, maybe three or four people. Most of them natives or the few tourists who come out this way. In front of you, the Sea of Cortez - home to whale sharks, huge humboldt squid, delicious clams (which you can pick right up off the ocean floor), octopi, and all kinds of freaky shit you can only discover if you flip over a lot of rocks.

This photo was taken at around 5:10 AM. I got into the habit of setting a timer to get up at 4:50 AM every morning in order to start shooting the sunrises. My lil' bro got up at around the same time and went straight to the tidepools for morning hunting (coincidentally, hunting for the same freaky shit creatures mentioned above).

Cheers, and more photos from Bahia later!

- Chui

Technical info: shot taken with Canon 1DS DSLR, F16, 15 second exposure and 10 second exposure (one for foreground, one for background). Tripod, of course, and remote shutter release.

Description
Bahia de Los Angeles, Mexico, is by far the most beautiful place I have ever visited in my life. Over the next few posts I hope to describe in each a small aspect of the culture and climate of Bahia de Los Angeles, or Mexico in general. This is, of course, only based upon my experience.

Bahia de Los Angeles is paradise largely because it has not yet been invaded by American tourism. America is kind of like King Midas, except everything it touches turns to shit. (that's a Stephen King quote btw). I have been going to Bahia de Los Angeles since I was very young, and very little about it has changed in the past ten years. The ocean is still full of fish, the shore still full of clams, back in town home-made tortillas for 50 pesos a bundle.

Along the shore, as far as the eye can see, maybe three or four people. Most of them natives or the few tourists who come out this way. In front of you, the Sea of Cortez - home to whale sharks, huge humboldt squid, delicious clams (which you can pick right up off the ocean floor), octopi, and all kinds of freaky shit you can only discover if you flip over a lot of rocks.

This photo was taken at around 5:10 AM. I got into the habit of setting a timer to get up at 4:50 AM every morning in order to start shooting the sunrises. My lil' bro got up at around the same time and went straight to the tidepools for morning hunting (coincidentally, hunting for the same freaky shit creatures mentioned above).

Cheers, and more photos from Bahia later!

- Chui

Technical info: shot taken with Canon 1DS DSLR, F16, 15 second exposure and 10 second exposure (one for foreground, one for background). Tripod, of course, and remote shutter release.