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Three warrior women at the welcome sign to the reserve. Photo by Sofía Garduño.
Punta Mazo Nature Reserve
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By Sofía Garduño
hen I arrived in Ensenada 10 years ago, the inhabitants of the port talked about San Quintin as a desolate and sad town, something like Juan Rulfo's Comala, a place ruled by the wind and by ghosts. I had to go see it with my own eyes to discover that these images could not be further away from reality.
Once one ventures into the bay, everything changes. A few meters from the Transpeninsular highway and after crossing the fields of cucumber, raspberry, eggplant, strawberry and tomato, the landscape, the open skies, the 12 volcanic cones and the mist of the sea hugs you tightly and welcomes you to a wild and misunderstood paradise, because very few people take the time to get to know it thoroughly.
MARCH 2021
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