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La Purisima
These neighboring Baja villages are located in a remote and lush valley approximately 100 miles north of Ciudad Insurgentes. Established in 1719 because of the underground springs that accommodated small areas of farming at cattle, these watering holes and the cliffside aqueduct still provide water for citrus, mango and date trees. Palm frowns are also dried here for palapa roofs and fences for other nearby villages.
The large sloped butte just north of town is a landmark that can be spotted from many miles away. "El Pilon" looks a lot like a landing spot for U.F.O's in a sci-fi movie, except for the white cross on the top! La Purisima offers a small market and gasoline from drums mid-town, on the north side of the street (a Pemex is on the way). A small but squeaky clean cafe "Restaurant Claudia" on the south side of the street will stifle that growling stomach and also offers cold sodas.
San Isidro, a mile or two east of La Purisima, has a lot less going on and is a traditional sleepy Baja pueblo. It does offer gasoline from drums on the west side of town. It's another 35 miles east to Baja Highway One on a sometimes tolerable, sometimes terrible dirt road
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