A TripAdvisor™ TripWow video of a travel blog to Ensenada, Mexico by TravelPod blogger Thymeoff. See this TripWow and more at tripwow.tripadvisor.com Graceful Gray Giants "Imagine giving birth to a one ton baby! Grotesque as this may seem to us, for the female gray whale it’s not even worth batting an eyelash. Although most of the male grays had already left on their great migration to the north, we were extremely fortunate to be in time to carouse with the mothers and babies still frolicking in the warm waters of the Ojo de Liebre lagoon near Guerrero Negro. And what an unforgettable experience it was! Every year in December, some 1500 gray whales leave the frigid waters of Siberia and Alaska, making their way along eight to ten thousand km of coastline until they reach Baja California. The Laguna Ojo de Liebre, along with Laguna San Ignacio and Magdalena Bay provides warm, shallow and protected waters - perfect conditions for mating and birthing. More than nine hundred whale calves are born here each winter, and although their parents have been to the Arctic and back since mating, the calves can all claim authentic Mexican citizenship! Making our way from Guerrero Negro to the lagoon, we passed dozens of man-made salt evaporation pools. We were surprised to learn that the Exportadora de Sal company is the largest salt production facility in the world, making approximately 25000 tons per day, and contributing some 20 percent of the world's supply. What on first glance ...