wanting to travel down baja to San Quentin for clamming.

[archery1]

Have traveled both the Baja and Mainland for years but the last 5 only to Rocky Point since all the news articles. Wondering what is current outlook in traveling down the Baja now. Want to clam in San Quentin but heard of a shooting at the El Pabillon campground and nothing else since. Any info would be appreciated.

[MEXICOWANDERER]

CAVEAT: The marinas will smile if you have clams enough to for clam bake or caldo de siete mares and not piles of them. Simply smile, shake hands and wish them buenas dias o tardes. Get caught with a gunnysack and things change for the worse.

But Turtle-Toad is correct Mexican authorities are touchy especially of foreigners seemingly sneering at Mexican law. I would have a fishing license even though it entitles a person to zero mariscos.

[Turtle-Toad]

Were you aware that it is illegal for a non-citizen of Mexico to take lobster, abalone, clams, mussels, scallops, etc? It says so right on the back of your Mexican fishing license. You do have a Mexican fishing license don't you?

[gwbaines]

Correction BajaNomad.com

[gwbaines]

For more direct and current information on Baja and specific information about how the clams are doing in the San Quintin area, I suggest you ask this question on the Baja Nomad website. BajaNonad.com, go to the questions forum and ask. There are people who live there to answer these questions.

[Ozlander]

cdlaine wrote:
Archery,

As you are probably aware the best source for Travel
info related to personal security would probably be
thru the State Department website. That having been
said, I have relatives that live on the Sea of Cortez
and do not feel any increased threat level.... but ,
awareness is key...

(give em' a call)

Charles

Yeah, Check with the State Dept, ha, ha. The government does such a great job running every thing else, how could they screw this up.

[rocmoc]

I would/will RV in Baja any day, anytime. IMHO, it is as safe now as it was when you stopped going down. Stuff happens and you have to use common sense. Check out BajaNomad Forums, http://forums.bajanomad.com/ . There are lots of persons from the USA living full-time and traveling in Baja. As always, camp in USA close to the border the day before you cross. Travel a safe distance south of the border the day you cross. Most problems are near/at the border. Maybe we will cross paths! We will be down in Baja next winter if we don't do our Southern Mexico trip.

rocmoc n AZ/Mexico

[1492]

Moved from Forum Technical Support

[cdlaine]

Archery,

As you are probably aware the best source for Travel
info related to personal security would probably be
thru the State Department website. That having been
said, I have relatives that live on the Sea of Cortez
and do not feel any increased threat level.... but ,
awareness is key...

(give em' a call)

Charles

http://travel.state.gov/travel/cis_pa_tw/tw/tw_5815.html


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