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EXTENDED ROAD TRIP
HELLO ALL- MY HUSBAND AND I ARE IN THE ADVANCED PLANNING STAGES FOR A 4 MONTH ROAD-TRIP WE ARE INTENDING TO SPEND BETWEEN 2 AND 3 MONTHS IN BAJA LATE
NEXT SUMMER. WHAT WE ARE WONDERING IS... HAS ANYONE HERE DONE AND EXTENDED RV TRIP IN BAJA (I SHOULD MENTION THAT WE ARE ONLY 30 AND NOTNOT AS
INTERESTED IN PRIVATE CAMPGROUNDS, AS PRIMITIVE ONES, OR BEACHES), WE'D LOVE TO HEAR ANY TRAVEL ACCOUNTS, ANY MUST-SEE LISTS, MUST-AVOID LISTS, AND
ANY HELPFUL HINTS. ALSO HOW HAVE PEOPLE DEALT WITH THEIR WATER TANKS- E.G. TREATING THE WATER BEFORE IT GOES INTO YOUR TANKS. THANKS FOR THE HELP WE
APPRECIATE IT.
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Wow, too many things to list without knowing some more stuff like what size RV, do you like to surf, fish, kayak, hike, bike,windsurf,snorkel,
dive,birdwatch, party, eat out, stay in one place for a long time or be on the move every few days? "Late Summer" might mean chubasco season. Water?
Most everyone I know fills their tanks wherever is convenient and buys purified water for drinking in the big carboys. Buy or put a deposit on them,
then turn them in or have them refilled at one of the many purification plants.
Are you going to be hauling a car behind your RV? That might determine side trips. Is your RV a "camper" or a big rig?
Have you ever been to Baja or other parts of Mexico before?
Gypsy's beach camp at San Quintin has good burritos, tacos, beer for $1.
Tecate is the border crossing I prefer, but depends where you are coming from.
Algodones and Tijuana are good for shopping for trinkets and meds.
Artesano's in Cabo San Lucas good for shopping for trinkets and furniture, but getting more pricey all the time.
Gigante in Ensenada is good for grocery shopping, CCC, Ley, Soriana are good big stores in La Paz. The government ISSSTE stores have good prices on
food, booze....they are in several cities.
The cave paintings in Catavi?a are easy to get to and interesting. Lots of other Cave Painting opportunities on the peninsula too.
The museum in La Paz is very nice.
Snorkeling at Cabo Pulmo is cool, though if the North winds are blowing strong, not so great.
Wine tasting opportunities in northern part.
Buy your beer at the Depositos if you are beer drinkers.
Keep your aluminum cans in a bag seperate from your garbage......kids almost everywhere know they can recyle them and they'll pull them out of the
garbage or ask you for them.
Todos Santos has a good book store, some nice restaurants, lots of artsy stuff.
Rice and Beans is a good RV park, hotel, restaurant in San Ignacio. Make sure you go into town and see the church and town square.
Bah?a Concepcion is very pretty and a lot of gringos never make it any farther south than that. Sometimes it's kind of buggy, but usually just at
sunset. The waters are getting kind of polluted there, but it's still pretty.
Currently, there would be some gas precautions as far as where you need to fill up, but by next summer, it'll be different, so it's too early to talk
about that. There are some gas ripoffs that happen regularly, Santa Rosalia is one.
Don't carry guns or drugs. Just get used to the inspections and be friendly.....they are just doing their job.
There will be some agricultural restrictions as far as fruits and vegies(spuds, citrus, depends on the season and what pests are likely to harm their
crops) There is an ag inspection and they'll check tourist cards at Guerrero Negro and they'll charge you a small fee to spray the underside of your
rig for pests. There's another ag inspection leaving La Paz northbound.
ATM's are the way to go for getting peso. Traveler's checks are not so widely accepted anymore. Check cards and credit cards accepted in the big
cities, but hardly anywhere else.
Do you know the routine on getting your FMT? (tourist card)
Give us some more specifics.......and you'll get a lot more answers.
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