bryanmckenzie - 10-17-2013 at 01:37 PM
Hey everyone,
I shall be returning to Baja via San Diego on October 29 for 3 days of dental work in Rosarito Beach (4 nights) and another 2-week peninsula trip;
turning aroundat Playa Tecolote / La Paz.
After a night at Coyote Cals a night in BOLA, I am doing the Bahia Tortuga/Punta Eugenia-Asuncion-La Bocana-Abreojos circuit (5 nights) before heading
down to Playas Pacificas north of La Paz.
And a quick day trip to La Paz & Tecolote Beach before turning around and heading back north.
Alas, I shall have to omit a Sea of Cortez, east coast trip to Mexicali, San Felipe, Puertecitos and Pete & Olivia in El Huerfanito as well as
Gonzaga Bay. Sigh. If the road from Highway 1 junction to Coco's Corner & Papa Fernandez were paved, I could do it with a rental vehicle. But
since not, it would be a 300-mile round-about to get there. Sigh, again.
So I have a few items that I'd like feedback:
(1) short of the bus or hitch-hiking, is there an option to renting a vehicle (yes, AVIS rents in Mexico now) in San Diego and paying
$30 insurance (on top of the vehicle rental) PER DAY which they require be purchased from them and not from a third party?
(2) Would anyone on the Mexican side want to rent me their personal vehicle? I'll purchase full-coverage insurance on the Mexican
side for ~14 days. (no accidents or tickets in over a decade). I can get from San Diego airport to Rosarito on my own (Oct. 29).
(3) Since it's a 90% certainty that I'll be renting a vehicle --- does anyone need something transported southbound???
(4) Transported northbound???
(5) Would like to make a donation to the animal rescue organizations that I'll be glad to pickup and take down with me???
(6) Does anyone NEED A RIDE? Please note the trip map with my desired stops.
GOOGLE EARTH KML dynamic file available via THIS LINK.
Note: because of GE ideosynchracies, I've renamed the file baja2013.TXT. (1) RIGHT-click to save the file to your own computer; (2) Simply rename the
file to baja2013.KML; (3) Then double-click the file to open it using Google Earth.
1400 pixel trip map here
[Edited on 2013-10-25 by bryanmckenzie]
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David K - 10-17-2013 at 03:45 PM
Just to be sure it is known... the Asuncion to Abreojos section and some/most of the Tortugas/ Punta Eugenia road from the Asuncion section is dirt.
When traveled in mid 2012, the Asuncion-Abreojos dirt road was very fast, having been just graded for the new water pipe installation. Hwy. 1 to
Gonzaga (35 miles) is less dirt road driving than what you plan on doing out on the 'hook of Baja'. It could be rockier, however!?
bryanmckenzie - 10-17-2013 at 04:59 PM
Thanks David. I'll mention all this to the rental car agent.
Does anyone want to step up to the plate and rent their vehicle to a fellow Baja Nomad for a few weeks? Seriously. I'm a good driver off-road.
Actually on-pavement, too. Seriously. Better than, David.
[Edited on 2013-10-18 by bryanmckenzie]
David K - 10-17-2013 at 06:15 PM
Yes... he takes his 2WD VW everywhere with ease! See his great trip reports and Google Earth maps posted over the years here. Gonzaga, San Pedro
Martir, etc. 
10/24: Updated Trip Map & Itinerary
bryanmckenzie - 10-24-2013 at 03:06 PM
Dates now pinned down. Times are close, but approximate.
LARGE MAP IMAGE