BajaNomad
Not logged in [Login - Register]

Go To Bottom
Printable Version  
Author: Subject: Travel down the east side
Peloncito
Junior Nomad
*




Posts: 66
Registered: 1-9-2007
Location: Los Gatos, CA - Los Barriles, BCS
Member Is Offline


[*] posted on 3-25-2008 at 09:41 PM
Travel down the east side


Hello all. I am planning a road trip down to my house in Los Barriles. For a change of scenery, I wanted to head east @ San Diego, then cross over and travel down the eastern shoreline. Into San Felipe, Puertocitos, Gonzaga, BofLA, etc.... Can anyone give me some good tips for gasoline, hotels, sights not to miss and the like? Gracias buckets!

Mike
peloncito@mac.com
View user's profile
David K
Honored Nomad
*********


Avatar


Posts: 64859
Registered: 8-30-2002
Location: San Diego County
Member Is Offline

Mood: Have Baja Fever

[*] posted on 3-25-2008 at 10:09 PM


You do know the road south of Puertecitos is VERY rocky and slow for 40 of the 50 miles to Gonzaga Bay... 3 hours to go 50 miles (in a truck or SUV).

Gonzaga to Hwy. 1 is 36 miles and not rocky, but washboard surface (1.5-2 hrs.).

L.A. Bay south to Hwy. 1 near Vizcaino (via Guillermo Prieto) is fairly good dirt road... great cactus gardens. Sidetrips to Punta San Francisquito and Mision Santa Gertrudis are worth the time.

Alfonsina's is the 'hotel' on Gonzaga Bay. Villa Bahia, Raquel & Larry's (north of town) and Costa del Sol in town are the best that Bahia de los Angeles has to offer.

Gas top offs at San Felipe, Bahia de los Angeles, Vizcaino... Also gas at Gonzaga Bay Pemex, and L.A. Bay Jcn. at Hwy. 1 from independent vendors.

For sights to see: http://community-2.webtv.net/vivabaja/tours (self guided photo tour)




"So Much Baja, So Little Time..."

See the NEW www.VivaBaja.com for maps, travel articles, links, trip photos, and more!
Baja Missions and History On Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/bajamissions/
Camping, off-roading, Viva Baja discussion: https://www.facebook.com/groups/vivabaja


View user's profile Visit user's homepage
Peloncito
Junior Nomad
*




Posts: 66
Registered: 1-9-2007
Location: Los Gatos, CA - Los Barriles, BCS
Member Is Offline


[*] posted on 3-26-2008 at 09:02 PM


Thanks David. Yeah, I once trailered a boat to Puertocitos on that rocky road. It was very long indeed time wise! Thanks

Mike
View user's profile

  Go To Top

 






All Content Copyright 1997- Q87 International; All Rights Reserved.
Powered by XMB; XMB Forum Software © 2001-2014 The XMB Group






"If it were lush and rich, one could understand the pull, but it is fierce and hostile and sullen. The stone mountains pile up to the sky and there is little fresh water. But we know we must go back if we live, and we don't know why." - Steinbeck, Log from the Sea of Cortez

 

"People don't care how much you know, until they know how much you care." - Theodore Roosevelt

 

"You can easily judge the character of others by how they treat those who they think can do nothing for them or to them." - Malcolm Forbes

 

"Let others lead small lives, but not you. Let others argue over small things, but not you. Let others cry over small hurts, but not you. Let others leave their future in someone else's hands, but not you." - Jim Rohn

 

"The best way to get the right answer on the internet is not to ask a question; it's to post the wrong answer." - Cunningham's Law







Thank you to Baja Bound Mexico Insurance Services for your long-term support of the BajaNomad.com Forums site.







Emergency Baja Contacts Include:

Desert Hawks; El Rosario-based ambulance transport; Emergency #: (616) 103-0262