PUERTECITOS is the end of the road...in more ways than one! Yes, this is where the blacktop from SAN FELIPE stops and the rough dirt road south to GONZAGA BAY starts as the Baja traveler heads into more remote sections of the Peninsula. However, this is also where conventional thinking stops, and almost anything goes. Puertecitos is an interesting place, and a bit difficult to describe. "Long on character" would be a good start!

This eclectic collection of mostly north American vacationers and ex-patriots is unlike any other town in Baja. For that matter, it is unlike any other town on the planet Earth! As new developement continues to grow north and south of town and seems to be taking on some form of normalcy, the core of the town seems intent on staying "out there".

Although the bay has been a stopping point on the Sea of Cortez for hundreds of years, the bay was first permanently settled in 1949 by Rafael Orozco. His daughter Clara still resides in the village, carrying on her father's tradition of hosting weary travelers at the hotel and campground on the bay. In 2003 when Carlos Fiesta ranout of gas and landed on the small airstrip in mid-town, Clara was very helpful in his quest for fuel.

For more information visit them online at http://www.puertecitos.com/