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<p>Chisos Sunset</p><div></div>

<p>Terlingua ghost town is like no other...</p><div></div>

<p>Rio Grand Hot Spring under a nearly full moon</p><div></div>

<p>The Rio Grand in southcentral Big Bend Ranch State Park.</p><div></div>

<p>The Jesus in the Ojinaga church.</p><div></div>

<p><img src="http://www.flickr.com/photos/14900631@N04/3245309734/" alt="" /> <br /> Thanks again for all the info. I wound up going to Big Bend, though walked over to Ojinaga from Presidio for lunch before heading home. Except for getting gringo taxed on my meal and having some dude glare at me and spit on the ground, it was muy pacifico. I do want to go back for an extended time eventually, once the violence has quieted. My glimpse of Mexico was as I'd hoped--music cranked up, colorful buildings, people talking loudly and friendly outside their shops.<br /> Noel, I'm surprised to hear your assurance of safety, particularly in the north. How do you figure, considering the influx of violence (I picked up a paper there and the headline read nine murders just the day before)? Are the victims mostly tied to the drug trade?<br /> Here are a few photos (if I can figure how to post: )</p><p><img src="http://www.flickr.com/photos/14900631@N04/3244482877/" alt="" /></p><p><img src="http://www.flickr.com/photos/14900631@N04/3245308874/" alt="" /> <br /> <img src="http://www.flickr.com/photos/14900631@N04/3244482877/" alt="" /></p>

Wow, that's a lot to think about. Considering the driving distance and social unrest I'm leaning toward Big Bend and maybe the western Gulf Coast. But when I do get a chance to cross the border I'll be much better off, thanks to you all, than before.

Thanks kindly for the insight, folks. That'll help me kick my planning up a gear.

I'm looking into winter photo destinations and am considering Mexico. How do people feel about driving solo

around Mexico in one's own car? It'd be either Baja, the eastern coast or Copper Canyon.