San Diego to Ensenada, Mexico and points south
Anyone with experience driving from San Diego to Ensenada, Mexico, or even further south? I know there are terrible tales of travel thereabouts but wonder if it is mostly an urban myth.
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mattbaxter wrote:
Anyone with experience driving from San Diego to Ensenada, Mexico, or even further south? I know there are terrible tales of travel thereabouts but wonder if it is mostly an urban myth.
You decide:)
1. long lines , 1 to 2 hrs at the border Longer coming back to U.S. If you get pulled over by the U.S. agents for a secondary inspection for any number of random reasons, you can add another 1 1/2 hrs. at the border.
2. you have to buy mexican insurance. The laws are different in mexico.
3. get pulled over by the polica and you may end up paying a bribe to avoid court.
4. From San Diego to Ensenada you have to put up with masses of tourists:(
Other than a few minor issues, you decide:):):)
Skip TJ and Ensenada and go to San Felepi. Nicer weather, friendly people, you can find a RV site right by the ocean. You won't have to deal with herds of tourist, nice 5 blocks of little mexican stores to buy your mexican curios. Great shrimp. You will get a much more realistic experience of what mexico is really like.
