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| Baja California Dreamin’ |
Editor’s Note: The following post is by Laura Z, the online marketing guru at Blurb; Laura also writes about her voracious book consumption on a different site. We think the concept of Blurb is very cool, so we asked Laura to tell us about her recent trip to Mexico and how she created her own trip photo book.
There’s something about stepping on a plane in California and, a few hours later, ending up in a foreign land that makes it easy to do weekend getaways to Baja, Mexico. It’s my guilty-pleasure destination — one that’s not really “exotic” but still serves my annual need for beach relaxation. I typically fly into San Jose del Cabo (SJD), rent a car and get the heck out of there (the ratio of Americans to Mexicans in Cabo is frighteningly gringo-heavy).
A few hours north of Los Cabos is La Paz, a city that has become more Americanized in recent years, but whose beaches remain delicious. The hidden beaches along the Pichilingue peninsula are particularly swim-worthy. Here you won’t find tequila-shot-wielding Americans on jet skis, more like happy Mexican families picnicking along the water’s edge.
On my last trip, the stay in La Paz was shortened in order to amble along the coast to Las Ventana and eventually Cabo Pulmo, which hosts the only living coral reef on the western shores of North America. Cabo Pulmo was established as a National Marine Park in 1995, and the Pulmo Bay has the largest living coral reef system in the Eastern Pacific Ocean.I had so much fun snorkeling, reading and relaxing that the journey was un-photographed for the most part. I made up for the lack of photos on the last day, wildly snapping pictures along the dusty road back to San Jose del Cabo. These pictures make up the backbone of my post-trip photo book that I made with Blurb (full disclosure - I work at Blurb). I supplemented the photos with scans of Cabo Pulmo brochures, and scans of my travel journal. The resulting book is 80 pages and cost me $27.
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| Laura’s travel photo book laid out with Blurb’s software… can we get a copy? |
It took me about an hour to pull everything together into a book I was happy with. Blurb’s software makes it easy to create your own professional-looking book, and I definitely recommend it to travelers who want to create an unforgettable post-trip memento. I scanned my travel journals, but you can just as easily use our text boxes to write your own (legible) text to accompany any digital photos or scans you have.
–Laura Z, guest blogger
What are you doing with your travel photos… why not make a Blurb book to show them off? Laura has created a special promo code for all Viator travelers. Simply enter the promo code gotravel on the Blurb checkout to receive $7 off shipping through the end of the year. Thanks Blurb!
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