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Quote: Originally posted by BooJumMan  | Maybe I'm a wuss, but I wouldn't be walking that area alone at night.
Was there anyone else walking that stretch? |
I know you are not a wuss. Travelers have to follow their gut instinct. I also don't disagree with what Goat has said about this stretch of pedestrian
path. Maybe it is sketchy. There are usually others walking there as well, at all times of day or night; not a lot of people, but a few.
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| Quote: Originally posted by ligui | Not sure I wasn't there but it seems like a normal check. You were heading towards the police then did a u turn away from them . they never asked you
for money. After dark in TJ sounds like they were just looking to see if you were doing something wrong.
Do a u turn at a DUI check point and they would assume you are drinking.
Hope you will feel good about going back to Mexico soon |
The thing is, those police had to have known that no one was going to be able to identify them where they were. They were in the dark without any
lighting. They had to have been doing this in order to 'trap' people. Believe me, I've been through my share of police check points in Mexico over the
years, and I've never seen one conducted like this. They wanted people to turn around, giving them legal cause to perform such a search of body and
property.
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| Quote: Originally posted by surfhat | Why would anyone choose to enter Baja "Norte"without a vehicle?
I did one time ride along with a friend down the whole of Baja and found I would never do that again.
Life is for learning. Is it not?
I, to this day, question why anyone would consider exploring Baja without a vehicle?
I put my own time into seeing Mex. from a bus in the old days from Tijuana to Guerrero and beyond down to Centro and further into Central America.
A lifetime of memories still resonates decades later with the gift that travel give us all.
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In 1991, I drove my Nissan pickup from Los Angeles to Panama and back. It was a different world then. In any event, it is a moot point, because the
areas that my low clearance Honda Accord can reach in Baja, I have already seen, and those places are easily reached via public transport and private
taxi. The places I want to go now are not reachable in my car. I enjoy Not having a car on my travels. People have been murdered for their automobiles
in Mexico, you must know this. It is not a rare event. People driving an automobile are also 'known' to have money. Driving an automobile in Mexico
automatically makes you more of a target. That has been my experience.
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| Quote: Originally posted by surfhat | Why would anyone choose to enter Baja "Norte"without a vehicle?
I, to this day, question why anyone would consider exploring Baja without a vehicle?
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Here is a real example, as it is something I want to do. Trekking from Mision Santa Gertrudis to San Ignacio. My car can not reach Santa Gertrudis, I
know this because I have been to that Mision earlier this year, via a paid private ride in a truck. But, lets just say I did have a vehicle that would
get me to Mision Santa Gertrudis. I park there and spend the next several days walking to San Ignacio. All the while my vehicle is left at Santa
Gertrudis, it is vulnerable to theft, vandalism, pick-a-part. Then, I reach San Ignacio and now what? How do I get my vehicle? Answer: I pay the same
man that took me in his truck earlier this year, to take me back to my vehicle...IF he is available to do this. That is a big if. If I can't find
anyone to take me back to my vehicle, what do I do? Spend a couple of weeks walking there? What if I do spend the time and walk there, only to find my
car has been stolen. Then what? You can see how this could turn into something I just don't want to deal with.
Now the same trip without a vehicle:
I reach Guerrero Negro easily on a public bus. I call Angel to see if he can take me to Santa Gertrudis in his truck. Two scenarios: 1) Angel is not
available, and neither is anyone else. No problem, I am in GN and Not stranded. 2) Angel is available and drops me at Santa Gertrudis. I then spend
several days walking to San Ignacio, from where I can take a public bus north or south, as desired.
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