Baja Road Report
Our Insider Reader Doug, from the sailing vessel "Trula A" in La Paz brings us this road report:
We crossed the border at Tecate at daybreak and the guard was bundled up like an eskimo. He opened the doors to our van to discover it packed full. He inspected our cooler and asked is we had any 'armas' and sent us on our way.
The road surface coming out of Tecate was rough for the first 10K but not too bad. The drive through the wine country and cattle ranches in the early light was lovely. The only disconcerting thing was the increasing number of housing developments and and property for sale. More southern California urban sprawl.
We filled up in Ensenada at 5.2 pesos per liter and the posted exchange rate was 11:1. (making it $1.78 gal) There was construction widening the road south of Ensenada, but no delays.
Traffic was light and the road was in great shape all the way to the intersection for Bahia de Los Angeles. It was dark by the time we reached the intersection so we spent the night in the van behind the old Pemex station. when we woke in the morning there were four other vans and six freight trucks who had spent the night with us in the lot.
In many places, from 80km north to 30km south of Guerrero Negro the road was rough enough to make the CD player skip. But in the entire trip we never encountered the tire eating, rim bending monster potholes of years past. At the border with Baja Sur in GN, we were required to get the bottom of the van sprayed (as usual) for 10 pesos.
One thing I found annoying was all the old tope signs in Baja California (norte) had been replaced with new ones with a sedan with it's front wheels on the bump. For someone who has been driving Baja for years, they were much harder to spot.
In Santa Rosalia there was a slight delay for road crews packing cold patch into a sink hole. All the vados along the Sea coast had been filled and in one, the patch was still sticky.
We spent the last night of our journey in Loreto, at the hotel across from the Pemex for $220 pesos, perfect. We filled up one more time there for $5.50 pesos/liter.
South of Insurgentes there are 3 new bridges under construction, one before Constitucion, one at Santa Rita and the last at Las Pocitas. The detour at Las Pocitas was the roughest.
We encountered only 4 military check points on the trip from Tecate to La Paz. We were waved through 2 and only asked if we were 'vacaciones' at the other two.
All in all, it was a very pleasant drive. The hills and fields in the north were still green, but with the exception of a few wild daisies, the flowers have all finished blooming. Safe travels!
One Eyed Doug and his Faithful Indian Sidekick
We crossed the border at Tecate at daybreak and the guard was bundled up like an eskimo. He opened the doors to our van to discover it packed full. He inspected our cooler and asked is we had any 'armas' and sent us on our way.
The road surface coming out of Tecate was rough for the first 10K but not too bad. The drive through the wine country and cattle ranches in the early light was lovely. The only disconcerting thing was the increasing number of housing developments and and property for sale. More southern California urban sprawl.
We filled up in Ensenada at 5.2 pesos per liter and the posted exchange rate was 11:1. (making it $1.78 gal) There was construction widening the road south of Ensenada, but no delays.
Traffic was light and the road was in great shape all the way to the intersection for Bahia de Los Angeles. It was dark by the time we reached the intersection so we spent the night in the van behind the old Pemex station. when we woke in the morning there were four other vans and six freight trucks who had spent the night with us in the lot.
In many places, from 80km north to 30km south of Guerrero Negro the road was rough enough to make the CD player skip. But in the entire trip we never encountered the tire eating, rim bending monster potholes of years past. At the border with Baja Sur in GN, we were required to get the bottom of the van sprayed (as usual) for 10 pesos.
One thing I found annoying was all the old tope signs in Baja California (norte) had been replaced with new ones with a sedan with it's front wheels on the bump. For someone who has been driving Baja for years, they were much harder to spot.
In Santa Rosalia there was a slight delay for road crews packing cold patch into a sink hole. All the vados along the Sea coast had been filled and in one, the patch was still sticky.
We spent the last night of our journey in Loreto, at the hotel across from the Pemex for $220 pesos, perfect. We filled up one more time there for $5.50 pesos/liter.
South of Insurgentes there are 3 new bridges under construction, one before Constitucion, one at Santa Rita and the last at Las Pocitas. The detour at Las Pocitas was the roughest.
We encountered only 4 military check points on the trip from Tecate to La Paz. We were waved through 2 and only asked if we were 'vacaciones' at the other two.
All in all, it was a very pleasant drive. The hills and fields in the north were still green, but with the exception of a few wild daisies, the flowers have all finished blooming. Safe travels!
One Eyed Doug and his Faithful Indian Sidekick
posted at
6:54 PM
Send to a friend
www.BajaInsider.com
2 Comments:
Dear Blogger,
I perused your post (Baja Road Report) with much interest as I was looking for ways to buy and sell road construction software. Unfortunately your article was not exactly what I was looking for
road construction software. But luckily there is a site I have found that allows you to buy and sell anything like road construction software on interest free credit and you can pay for your road construction software whenever you want. Here's the link one more time: road construction software.
Dear Blogger,
I perused your post (Baja Road Report) with much interest as I was looking for ways to buy and sell construction highway zone. Unfortunately your article was not exactly what I was looking for
construction highway zone. But luckily there is a site I have found that allows you to buy and sell anything like construction highway zone on interest free credit and you can pay for your construction highway zone whenever you want. Here's the link one more time: construction highway zone.
Post a Comment
<< Home