| The unlittered and silky-white shores lining | | | | Baladra will remain as pristine and timeless |
| Mexico's Baja Peninsula exist, still, hidden | | | | as the above image depicts. |
| somewhere among the luxury Cabo hotels and | | | | |
| the clumps of tourists that paint its beaches | | | | According to the Guarding.co.uk newspaper, |
| and fill its waters. But for every 'hotel | | | | it's not the first time Colectivo Balandra |
| zone' or row of bars, there are still little | | | | has been compelled to thwart off the |
| secluded paradises nestled into small towns | | | | destruction of a last remaining vestige of |
| and anywhere commercialism has yet abused and | | | | Mexico a la natural. |
| remolded. | | | | |
| | | | "The landscape of the rest of the beaches of |
| One such place, Balandra, is a natural | | | | La Paz have already been modified with |
| protected area outside La Paz, just short of | | | | various types of constructions and |
| two hours from neighboring Cabo San Lucas. | | | | installations; Balandra is the only one that |
| | | | remains to use," said the group's website. |
| It's easy to imagine that this is how all of | | | | |
| the Baja, Cabo included, might have looked a | | | | Seemingly a public cry for help, one can not |
| century ago. Before it was overdeveloped and | | | | help but feel sympathy for these |
| touted as a premier destination for tropical | | | | Balandra-natives, because losing one's home |
| vacations. The good news-as long as Mexican | | | | is much like being stripped of identity-it's |
| locals and conservationists have their way, | | | | an awkward, unsettling sensation. |