Need Travel Info To Baja

jimx200 wrote:
We want to take our Class C to Baja for a 10 day getawayto the Cabo area. We live in Sacramento and mileage shows 1550 miles. Has anyone here on RV.net traveled from So Cal down to Cabo area? Likes/dislikes, must have things to take (we are taking spare tire, jack), rv parks you favor, condition of roads, etc? Is there a web site that I could learn more about travel in Baja? We have traveled to many places in Mexico, but never have done a drive (except to Ensenada). Thanks!

BTDT several times. 10 days may not be enough time for that trip. You can't be in a hurry. The one constant thing about Baja is that travel conditions change, . . . constantly. (roads, filling stations, RV parks, restaurants, etc.) Fill your tank(s) when it gets to 1/2. Don't drive at night.

Leave your expectations at home. Have fun now because you can't be sure what'll happen next. Always keep your sense of humor warmed up and be respectful!

Chum lee

Important...Do not bring any self defense weapons like fire arms.

Try posting in the Mexico section...

Moved from Class C.

Best place for current Baja info is BajaNomad.com.

rocmoc n AZ

rocmoc wrote:
Best place for current Baja info is BajaNomad.com.

Yep. Don't post after 3 pm Pac time, bored expats are mostly drunk by that time. Keep in mind that they don't really travel, they just live there - mostly in winter.

If you only have 10 days, I suggest taking a scheduled flight to Cabo or La Paz. It takes 7-8 days to drive to Cabo and return back home, you won't see anything but the road if all you have is 10 days.

Thanks everyone. Im in contact with a group going down and we are likely joining up with them for the trip down.

Watch the shoulders of the highway -- there are often abrupt dropoffs of about a foot.

(By the way, does anyone know whether this is how the roadway was designed, or is this due to erosion occurring after construction was completed?)

If you can, take more than 10 days -- there are some great side trips like to Bahia de Los Angeles or Laguna San Ignacio. And if you are there for whale season, the whale tours are really worthwhile.

No that is not by design or erosion, it is by the lowest bid, so the construction company will not spend more time and money on "useless" roadway that no one will use, grade and prepare the minimum with of road for paving lay the foundation and pave, sometimes they get bonuses on more kilometers paved per day, it does not matter that in a couple of years the road was better when it was a dirt road that could be graded by pulling some railroad rails with a pickup truck to get rid of the wash board sections, toll roads are a different matter they are concessions and do get a little more inspections "AKA bribes handed out" and there are political vested interest behind.

That is one reason you can not travel at high speeds on some of the two lane roads, one mistake and you are an accident with help a long ways away, although Mexican truckers do stop and help, no one else will.

navegator

Everyone has an opinion so here is mine!!

The people on the BajaNomad have been a great help for info in my travels in Baja.

When I have had a problem in Mexico or Baja for directions, ran out of fuel once, lost a wheel, flat or just about anything; I received MORE help than anywhere or country I have ever traveled in.

Guess we have been lucky!

rocmoc n AZ