AT#853 - Baja California Sur Road Trip (Mexico)
Hear about travel to Baja California Sur in Mexico as the Amateur Traveler talks to Rebecca Agiewich, the Ambivalent Part-time Expat, about her recent road trip south of the border.
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Explore "seaofcortez" with insightful episodes like "AT#853 - Baja California Sur Road Trip (Mexico)", "#016: The Aquarium of the World: Sea of Cortez - Rick Brusca" and ""Hell, I Knew it was Paradise": Bob Van Wormer on the East Cape (From C.M. Mayo's memoir of Baja California, "Miraculous Air")" from podcasts like ""Amateur Traveler Travel Podcast", "Biosphere 2 Podcast" and "C.M. Mayo's Podcast (Marfa Mondays & More)"" and more!
Episodes (3)
#016: The Aquarium of the World: Sea of Cortez - Rick Brusca
In this episode we are joined by marine biologist and invertebrate zoologist Rick Brusca. Rick is Executive Director, Emeritus, of the Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum where he still conducts research. He is also a Research Scientist at the University of Arizona and the Center of Research for Food and Development in Mexico. Rick is the author of over 200 research publications and 20 books, including the largest-selling text on invertebrate zoology (Invertebrates 3rd ed., ) and the popular field guides Common Intertidal Invertebrates of the Gulf of California and A Natural History of the Santa Catalina Mountains. As a scientist, Rick’s areas of greatest interest is the Sea of Cortez and the Sonoran Desert.
In this episode we dive deep into the Gulf of California also known as the Sea of Cortez. Starting with the famed travels of Ed Ricketts and John Steinbeck on the Western Flyer, our conversation ranges from the the Gulf of California's geologic formation and biodiversity, to its conservation challenges and weirdest creatures. Additionally Rick gazes inwardly as an author and invertebrate zoologist and describes highlights from his own career and how the field is changing.
"Hell, I Knew it was Paradise": Bob Van Wormer on the East Cape (From C.M. Mayo's memoir of Baja California, "Miraculous Air")
C.M. Mayo reads an excerpt from Miraculous Air: Journey of a Thousand Miles through Baja California, the Other Mexico (Milkweed Editions, 2007) from the chapter "The Sea is Cortes", about a visit to the East Cape for the story of Baja California's spectacular sportfishing industry.
"With elegant prose and an artist's eye for detail, Mayo may just have written one of the best books ever about Baja California. Highly recommended"
Library Journal
"Miraculous Air is rich with its own evocative descriptions of the peninsula's raw beauty... Her journey of 1,000 miles is a trip worth taking."
The San Diego Union-Tribune
Read more about this book at www.cmmayo.com