Friday, November 04, 2005
San Ignacio
On we go. We stopped to have lunch in San Ignacio. This place was a true Oasis as it is located in the middle of an extremely dry area. The town has a huge river that springs out of ground, flows for 2 miles and then goes back under ground. Yes, this oasis came complete with a large grove of palm trees.
On we go. We stopped to have lunch in San Ignacio. This place was a true Oasis as it is located in the middle of an extremely dry area. The town has a huge river that springs out of ground, flows for 2 miles and then goes back under ground. Yes, this oasis came complete with a large grove of palm trees.
Guerrero Negro
Nov 2nd
After a full day of driving we ended up Guerrero Negro, a small fishing town on the coast of the Pacific. After being chased by a pack of dogs we decided we explored the town enough and quickly found a hotel. We decided to rough it!! We had a great seafood dinner and 12 beers coming to a total of $420 pesos ($42 US). During dinner we had the pleasure of meeting Shane, the AAA map maker / actor and tap dancer from the LA area. He filled in on things to see, do and eat in Baja.. THANKS SHANE!!!
Nov 3rd
Before leaving Guerrero Negro, we went out to an abandoned light house that provided an amazing show of birds and photo opportunities..
Nov 2nd
After a full day of driving we ended up Guerrero Negro, a small fishing town on the coast of the Pacific. After being chased by a pack of dogs we decided we explored the town enough and quickly found a hotel. We decided to rough it!! We had a great seafood dinner and 12 beers coming to a total of $420 pesos ($42 US). During dinner we had the pleasure of meeting Shane, the AAA map maker / actor and tap dancer from the LA area. He filled in on things to see, do and eat in Baja.. THANKS SHANE!!!
Nov 3rd
Before leaving Guerrero Negro, we went out to an abandoned light house that provided an amazing show of birds and photo opportunities..
The Boarder Crossing (Paper work before the job is done)
Nov 1st
We drove through the boarder and made a pit stop at the immigration office. Because we are going so far into México we had to go through customs and register the motorcycles. This process included going to the immigration office to fill out forms, then to the bank to pay for customs, then back to the immigration office for a stamp confirming that they saw that we paid, then back to the bank for confirm that we got the stamp, then to the copy office to copy our documents and registration forms, then back to the bank to pay for the temporary Mexican vehicle permit where they made more copies of what we just copied. Fortunately there were no lines and it only took 2 hours. A security guard informed me that on the weekends each office line has about a 2 hour wait..
Off to San Quintin (We are not in prison)
Underestimating our travel time we went against now obviously good advise about driving at night in Mexico. After a beautiful day of desert mountains and breath taking views of the Pacific Ocean, we pulled into San Quintin to sleep. It was sort of not by choice. Driving at night in Mexico includes: dodging cows, goats and dogs, extremely dusty conditions while driving through towns, cars with missing head lights, tail lights, turn signals, no lights at all and sometimes semi-trucks trying to pass you on narrow roads if you are not going fast enough. Unfortunately we didn’t get to see much of the town as we pulled out pretty early in the morning.
Nov 1st
We drove through the boarder and made a pit stop at the immigration office. Because we are going so far into México we had to go through customs and register the motorcycles. This process included going to the immigration office to fill out forms, then to the bank to pay for customs, then back to the immigration office for a stamp confirming that they saw that we paid, then back to the bank for confirm that we got the stamp, then to the copy office to copy our documents and registration forms, then back to the bank to pay for the temporary Mexican vehicle permit where they made more copies of what we just copied. Fortunately there were no lines and it only took 2 hours. A security guard informed me that on the weekends each office line has about a 2 hour wait..
Off to San Quintin (We are not in prison)
Underestimating our travel time we went against now obviously good advise about driving at night in Mexico. After a beautiful day of desert mountains and breath taking views of the Pacific Ocean, we pulled into San Quintin to sleep. It was sort of not by choice. Driving at night in Mexico includes: dodging cows, goats and dogs, extremely dusty conditions while driving through towns, cars with missing head lights, tail lights, turn signals, no lights at all and sometimes semi-trucks trying to pass you on narrow roads if you are not going fast enough. Unfortunately we didn’t get to see much of the town as we pulled out pretty early in the morning.
Cut´n loose
We made it!!!! Well,, kinda. We are still in Baja. We are averaging about 290 miles and 14 beers a day.
For a map of Baja http://www.bajatravel.com/guidebook/map.html
Oct 30th – Nov 1st 2005
We had a late start Sunday, we left about 4pm. We decided to call it a night in LA at about 10:30 and get some sleep. We woke up and had breakfast with my friend Ryan and headed down to San Diego to see my brother. It was a great reunion as the three of us had not spent some quality time together in years. That night,dinner included a fancy restaurant over looking the bay were the three of us proceeded to get a little toasted and stuck in a laughing frenzy causing other people to change tables. Our waitress seemed to enjoy our antics.
We made it!!!! Well,, kinda. We are still in Baja. We are averaging about 290 miles and 14 beers a day.
For a map of Baja http://www.bajatravel.com/guidebook/map.html
Oct 30th – Nov 1st 2005
We had a late start Sunday, we left about 4pm. We decided to call it a night in LA at about 10:30 and get some sleep. We woke up and had breakfast with my friend Ryan and headed down to San Diego to see my brother. It was a great reunion as the three of us had not spent some quality time together in years. That night,dinner included a fancy restaurant over looking the bay were the three of us proceeded to get a little toasted and stuck in a laughing frenzy causing other people to change tables. Our waitress seemed to enjoy our antics.
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