Los Cabos: Mexico’s Gem of the Desert

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Ask anyone about Los Cabos and they will mention Sammy Hagar’s Cabo Wabo or a host of celebrity visitors from Jennifer Aniston to George Clooney. It is hard to imagine that about 60 years ago, Los Cabos was a tuna cannery, a few local families living in Cabo San Lucas, and a small city built off the remnants of 1700s missionaries and the rebelling indigenous called San José del Cabo.