Traveling allows us to experience many new things: unique cultures, languages, food and wildlife. I am always up to experience it all but it's the creepy crawlies that fall under the "wildlife" category that I'd prefer not to encounter--no matter how hard I try to avoid bugs they somehow always know where to find me.

The other night, just before I was about to hop into bed, I happened to notice something move on the floor below the bathroom sink. My first instinct was SPIDER! and I quickly told Tom, my resident bug catcher, that he might have some work to do. On closer inspection I realized that it wasn't a spider it was instead a rather cranky looking SCORPION! Needless to say that got the bug-catcher moving. We (he) caught it, let it go outside and then each of us performed a fantastic bug dance.

You won't just find beaches in Baja Mexico but an arid desert as well. And this desert is home to a few creatures we'd all like to avoid. Here are a few critters to watch out for in Baja California Sur, how to minimize any encounters and what to do if things get "a little too close for comfort."