Graham Mackintosh: Before heading off to face the wilds of Baja in April 1983, Graham Mackintosh was a lecturer at
West Kent College in England, teaching social sciences and special education to unemployed teenagers. In the hope of
showing his students that a shoestring expedition could be the adventure of a lifetime, Mackintosh, who described
himself as the "least adventurous person in the world," set out to walk around the beautiful but dangerous coastline
of Baja California.
The two-year, 3,000-mile trip changed his life. When Mackintosh emerged from the cactus-strewn wilderness, he
returned to England to write Into a Desert Place and there received the prestigious "Adventurous Traveler of the
Year" award. Mackintosh was soon drawn back to Baja. After years promoting Into a Desert Place in the USA and Baja
California, and scores of trips below the border, he eventually decided to walk down the rugged, mountainous
interior of Baja, visiting many of the old missions along the way. Journey with a Baja Burro, his second book, was
the result. It describes his arduous thousand-mile journey with a pack burro from the US border to Loreto -- a trip
that began exactly 300 years after the October 1697 founding of the Loreto mission, the first permanent European
settlement in the "Californias."
In 2001, Graham spent four months in Baja’s Sierra San Pedro Mártir with two street dogs, which became the subject
of his third book –
Nearer My Dog to Thee."
Graham Mackintosh now lives in San Diego, California. He continues to give lectures and slide shows on his
trips, writes articles on Baja and has guided tourists south of the border on hiking, kayaking, whale watching, and
winery tours. He is married to Bonni, a nurse, who shares his love for Baja and burros.Graham Mackintosh: Before heading off to face the wilds of Baja in April 1983, Graham Mackintosh was a lecturer at
West Kent College in ...all »Graham Mackintosh: Before heading off to face the wilds of Baja in April 1983, Graham Mackintosh was a lecturer at
West Kent College in England, teaching social sciences and special education to unemployed teenagers. In the hope of
showing his students that a shoestring expedition could be the adventure of a lifetime, Mackintosh, who described
himself as the "least adventurous person in the world," set out to walk around the beautiful but dangerous coastline
of Baja California.
The two-year, 3,000-mile trip changed his life. When Mackintosh emerged from the cactus-strewn wilderness, he
returned to England to write Into a Desert Place and there received the prestigious "Adventurous Traveler of the
Year" award. Mackintosh was soon drawn back to Baja. After years promoting Into a Desert Place in the USA and Baja
California, and scores of trips below the border, he eventually decided to walk down the rugged, mountainous
interior of Baja, visiting many of the old missions along the way. Journey with a Baja Burro, his second book, was
the result. It describes his arduous thousand-mile journey with a pack burro from the US border to Loreto -- a trip
that began exactly 300 years after the October 1697 founding of the Loreto mission, the first permanent European
settlement in the "Californias."
In 2001, Graham spent four months in Baja’s Sierra San Pedro Mártir with two street dogs, which became the subject
of his third book –
Nearer My Dog to Thee."
Graham Mackintosh now lives in San Diego, California. He continues to give lectures and slide shows on his
trips, writes articles on Baja and has guided tourists south of the border on hiking, kayaking, whale watching, and
winery tours. He is married to Bonni, a nurse, who shares his love for Baja and burros.«
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