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Bahía de los Ángeles to San Francisquito
Does anyone have semi-current information on the road from Bahía de los Ángeles to San Francisquito (through San Rafael)?
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MMc
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Welcome to the sandbox. I have not been There in about 4 months or so, my info is outdated. I looks like you're planing a great trip.
"Never teach a pig to sing it frustrates you and annoys the pig" - W.C.Fields
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Rode from BoLA to San Rafael in late December. Camped on the beach and rode back to BoLA the next day. It's a fast, easy ride/drive. We did San
Rafael to San Fransciquito the year before. Easy going.
Pro tip: they sell wood and fireworks at the market in BoLA. Loaded half my truck up with wood and made a huge fire on the beach. We got Pancho a
little drunk.
Pics from December:
[Edited on 2-4-2018 by JZ]
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great images!
which drone?
Harald Pietschmann
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JZ
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Mavic. Those are screen shots from video.
Since you live in La Paz you might want to check out the La Paz video I just shot.
https://youtu.be/EeM1YBUvEJU
[Edited on 2-3-2018 by JZ]
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Quote: Originally posted by kbrauner  | | Does anyone have semi-current information on the road from Bahía de los Ángeles to San Francisquito (through San Rafael)? |
Fair to fast except for the one grade up, south of San Rafael. Give Pancho at San Rafael some business. He is a very hospitable man who has lived
there many years. The one grade is rough, but done slow, you should be fine. It was a year ago, drove it twice.
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Pancho is a great host, always walks out with a cold beer in hand! One of these days I will camp there for a few days, the place is like a post card!
I will be there in March for a visit on my moto.. Jz, you are getting some awesome pictures and views of the areas I love to ride please post some
more!
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Here's Pancho!
Pancho's kitchen.
Pancho's Landscaping
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JZ
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Here's the beach at SR.
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Roads
On 1/20 the roads were good all the way to Beto's place and to the other beach near the airport. Typical graded road.
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| Quote: Originally posted by kbrauner | | Does anyone have semi-current information on the road from Bahía de los Ángeles to San Francisquito (through San Rafael)? |
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kbrauner
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Paul W.: I am relatively unfamiliar with the area. Could you explain where "Beto's place" and "the airport" are? I don't see them on the map of
David K. Thank you for this comment and other comments of yours to me.
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| Quote: Originally posted by kbrauner | | Paul W.: I am relatively unfamiliar with the area. Could you explain where "Beto's place" and "the airport" are? I don't see them on the map of
David K. Thank you for this comment and other comments of yours to me. |
If you don't mind my answering, Beto's is Puerto San Francisquito and the airstrip is next door at Punta San Francisquito.
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David,
From the looks of your fourth photo, it might be safe to guess that Caracoles are a staple of Pancho's diet.
P>*))))>{
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Yes, lots of murex shells for sure!
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On March 9, I drove from Bahia de los Angeles to Hwy 1 via Rafael, San Francisquito, and El Arco. From El Arco to reach Hwy 1, I traveled due south
and then southwest. The portion from Bahia de los Angeles to San Francisquito was the worst. The portion from San Francisquito to Hwy via El Arco
was a dream. I was able to travel 50 miles per hour quite frequently on that stretch. I was driving a 2007 Toyota 4Runner. As I recall I needed its
clearance and probably its 4-wheel drive (in any case I used it) for the drive to San Francisquito, but not thereafter. My times were as follows:
Bahia de los Angeles to San Rafael - 2.5 hrs
San Rafael to San Francisquito - 1 hr
San Francisquito to El Arco - 2 hrs
El Arco to Hwy 1 - 1 hr
(For the unaware: all of these roads are unpaved.)
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Thanks, finally a up to date road report.
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I am heading north from cabo end of April (flexible ) I would like to do Hwy 1 thru el arco to bola. Looking to see if anyone would want to caravan
this route???? I am in a 4X4 Van
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I drove that route last week in our Explorer. As reported above the road from Francisquito to Hwy 1 through El Arco is in very good shape. From BOLA
to Francisquito is quite good except for the rocky ascent south of San Rafael and a bit thereafter. I used 4wd a couple of times but really didn't
need to. I think a 2wd with decent clearance would be fine.
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