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Ken Cooke
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That sounds like a fun trip you're planning. Have fun!
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WestyWanderer
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David, I am in the market for a new, more detailed Baja map, my AAA map is good but I would like better. Do you have any recommendations? I have
done a little research online and it looks like the Baja Almanac is popular but they are out of stock. Any other recommendations?
BTW, thank you thank you thank you for your epic report, I have been reading it over the past few days and loving every minute of it, its giving me
new ideas for baja travel!
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David K
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Hi Westy! This 2012 trip to La Paz and Cabo was really fantastic. Our hosts in La Paz ('BajaTripper' Steve & Zully) just made it one of the best
vacations my wife and I ever had. They really should be in the tourist business!
Please enjoy my new 2015 trip report, I am writing this week, 3 parts of the trip posted as of now (we got back from 9 days in Baja, just 3 days ago):
http://forums.bajanomad.com/viewthread.php?tid=79730
The Baja California Almanac is the best all purpose road map, and with the corrections you can pencil in on the latitude degree number errors, it is
pretty darn good.
It is available at Baja Bound Mexican Insurance Services in San Diego, as well as other locations... perhaps Discover Baja Travel Club (also in San
Diego area) office as well?
Next might be the National Geographic Baja Adventure Maps?
The AAA map is still the most informative if just main paved and dirt roads are needed... Pencil in the new paving that is changing Baja forever.
[Edited on 3-27-2022 by David K]
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WestyWanderer
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David,
Thanks for the link, I look forward to reading your latest adventure! Ok, I will go ahead and grab the Baja Almanac and use that in addition to my
AAA map. Really, we are looking to start adventuring off the pavement because we have done the trip to Cabo from Southern California 3 times now and
while always amazing, its time to start seeing things on the road less traveled!
Thank you for your patience in sharing your love and knowledge of Baja, its so enjoyable to read as my fiance and I both have a deep passion and
respect for the peninsula.
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David K
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The is fantastic... you have the Baja Bug, indeed!
The maps get you into an area, but so much isn't shown on them.
When you come to a fork in the road, take it!
All dirt roads in Baja go to someplace interesting!
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David K
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This July 2012 trip to Cabo and back remains one of the finest Baja vacations Elizabeth and I have had and when JZ posted yesterday asking about La
Paz, that got me to review it.
In July 2015, we only went as far south as Bahía Concepción...
We (including our bedding and clothes) got soaked from a cloud burst our first day there with its hurricane force, sideways rain for maybe 30 minutes!
Then being accused of having marijuana, at the San Ignacio military checkpoint, and to end up camping at Nuevo Mazatlan because my air pump broke
(which prevented camping on Shell Island), where I got bit up (stung-up?) by fire ants.
Yep, 2012 was totally awesome and 2015 could have been a lot better! LOL
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TMW
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You better be careful around fire ants. The other day a woman in Texas died from being bit several times by fire ants. she had an allergic reaction.
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David K
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Quote: Originally posted by TMW  | | You better be careful around fire ants. The other day a woman in Texas died from being bit several times by fire ants. she had an allergic reaction.
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Thanks, Tom, no allergy here... Just annoying itching/pain for several days. Some relief by applying tea tree oil, which I keep in my Tacoma.
The fire ants are tiny and when the camp owner drove up just after dark I must have been standing on their nest next to one of the salt cedar trees
while chatting with him (no shoes on). They got my feet and ankles really good. Never had problems with ants before at Nuevo Mazatlan (or anywhere
else in Baja). I did get attacked by Africanized bees on Shell Island a few years ago (as they migrated north) and got stung a couple times! Those
things are aggressive and chase you! LOL Tea tree oil to the rescue again then.
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David K
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I would have to say this 2012 trip to Cabo and back, with all the side trips included, is probably the best Baja trip that Elizabeth and I did
together. Hard to believe it was 8 years ago and so much has changed!
A huge thank you to Baja Tripper, Blanca, Shari, Paulina, and Mary Ann Humfreville, for showing us a great time.
I want to hope there will be more Baja camping trips in our future, but maybe not... Getting old sucks!
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David K
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This great 2012 trip is now a trip photo album page: https://vivabaja.com/p712/
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