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roadhog
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AHHH TECATE ! Find Potrero County Park, San Diego County Parks. The Tecate bank takes pesos for the Tourist Card. Get up early, park at the last US
mercado: $5. Walk to bank.
Recamp or continue down Mx 3.
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Phil S
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Mood: After 34 years. Still in love w/ my wife
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Yuma to Ensenada
We have many options, now that we enter coming from West Phoenix Valley. But there is only one that makes sense. IMHO That's Tecate. Even when we
used to come from Oregon for the winter, after a few terrifying traffic experiences through San Ysidro/TJ. Drive is relaxing. No toll booths. and the
scenery is doable!! And yes. We'll be doing it again this coming November. By then, hopefully, the road coming into Ensenada will be completed!!!! I
hope I hope I hope!!! We do continue on to Loreto/Nopolo & Cabo for the month.
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Pescador
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Chapala-ex
Thanks for the suggestion. Do you mean the San Luis, AZ, just south of Yuma? I'll check it out. |
Yes, you enter the boder at San Luis, AZ which is on highway 95. The first major highway heading west is Mexico Highway 2. That takes you south of
Mexicali and west to La Rumarosa. Just west of Mexicali, it turns into a toll road but it is 4 lane all the way. The grade up the hill at La
Rumarosa is steep and on a mountain, so it is a little slower than out on the desert, but the scenery is nothing short of magnificent, with a lot of
pull offs so that you can stop and see everything. And then you can exit on the south side of Tecate and head to Ensenada.
I always stop in Algodones and I go south on BCN2 to the same road. Prescriptions and liquor are the best price there compared to everywhere else
in Mexico.
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David K
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If you are coming west from San Luis... You may want to avoid city traffic going through Mexicali!
Use Hwy. 2-D, Libramente de Mexicali... the toll bi-pass highway... It is the way to go... The toll gate is just west of the Hwy. 5 junction...
I haven't been on it east of Hwy. 5, but it should be well signed as a short cut for the San Felipe highway, Tecate, Tijuana Cuota, 2-D, etc.
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Chapala-ex
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The Nomad group rocks! Here in Ajijic there are many posters that contribute positively and then there are those that always are crotchity, angry or
complaining about everything. Life is too short to put up with the latter. You guys seem to be very positive and like to have fun with your posts.
Thanks to all of you for your interest, concern and information. We look forward to getting to know the Ensenada crowd.
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durrelllrobert
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Chapala-ex
would better off crossing at another point?
Thanks |
have you considered crossing at Agodonas (5 miles west of Yuma) and continuing down to San Louis Rio Colorado where you get on new (toll) road that
bypasses Mexicali and merges with highway 3 near base of mountains? from there you go over mountain (no worse than US I8) through Rumorsa and Tecate
and get off at Coreador 2000 south to Fox studio just south of Rosarito. Good drive and quicker than Otay or TJ
Bob Durrell
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Gaucho
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Chapala-ex
The Nomad group rocks! Here in Ajijic there are many posters that contribute positively and then there are those that always are crotchity, angry or
complaining about everything. Life is too short to put up with the latter. You guys seem to be very positive and like to have fun with your posts.
Thanks to all of you for your interest, concern and information. We look forward to getting to know the Ensenada crowd. |
Oh, there's plenty of crotchity, angry and complaining going on here too! 
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Bajahowodd
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Weather?
| Quote: | Originally posted by irenemm
You will miss the weather
love Ajiji the people were so nice and helpful.
good luck in Ensenada. |
you mean the thunderstorms?
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bajadock
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True on the curmudgeon quotient here on Nomad. But, most are peaceful...OR properly medicated.
Bohemia es mi cerveza favorita tambien, Gaucho. Pero Pacifico es mas barata y en mi refrigador siempre.
Chapala-ex, the beer and wine flow liberally out on Punta Banda. Looking forward to pouring for you.
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David K
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| Quote: | Originally posted by durrelllrobert
| Quote: | Originally posted by Chapala-ex
would better off crossing at another point?
Thanks |
have you considered crossing at Agodonas (5 miles west of Yuma) and continuing down to San Louis Rio Colorado where you get on new (toll) road that
bypasses Mexicali and merges with highway 3 near base of mountains? from there you go over mountain (no worse than US I8) through Rumorsa and Tecate
and get off at Coreador 2000 south to Fox studio just south of Rosarito. Good drive and quicker than Otay or TJ |
ALGODONES
SAN LUIS RIO COLORADO
LA RUMOROSA
Highway 2 (2-D is the toll section, and merges with Hwy. 2 near Laguna Salada, not Hwy. 3). See my map above to get a sense of the routes around
Mexicali.
There is a military checkpoint at the base of the La Rumorosa grade, west of Laguna Salada... and recent reports say the trucks have been not staying
in the right lane, and block passenger traffic which generally gets waved through there.
You may really want to consider staying on the U.S. side until Tecate... Stay on I-8 until Buckman Springs exit (rest stop) and go west there and take
the country road to Campo and then Tecate.
If you target is Ensenada, then when you are at Tecate, head south on Hwy. 3 for Ensenada.
BLVD. 2000 is a shortcut to the coast, south of Rosarito and is the Tijuana bipass highway that starts just past the Tijuana toll gate on 2-D (5 miles
east of the Otay border gate).
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bacquito
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I do not like the drive from Interstate 8 to Tecate and I have had problems crossing at Tacate. I enjoy crossing at Mexicalli and taking the toll road
to the Ensenada turnoff at Tecate OR going straight to San Diego and down the scenic route. Enjoy!
bacquito
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durrelllrobert
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ALGODONES
SAN LUIS RIO COLORADO
LA RUMOROSA
Highway 2 (2-D is the toll section, and merges with Hwy. 2 near Laguna Salada, not Hwy. 3). See my map above to get a sense of the routes around
Mexicali.
Sorry, when I wrote this I must have been off my meds or on my vodka
Bob Durrell
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Chapala-ex
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| Quote: | Originally posted by bajadock
True on the curmudgeon quotient here on Nomad. But, most are peaceful...OR properly medicated.
Bohemia es mi cerveza favorita tambien, Gaucho. Pero Pacifico es mas barata y en mi refrigador siempre.
Chapala-ex, the beer and wine flow liberally out on Punta Banda. Looking forward to pouring for you. |
We looked at Punta Banda when we were there a few weeks ago. The beachfront homes and presumed life style (the endless party) were very enticing but
we didn’t click with any of the rentals we were shown. As it turns out, we found a fabulous place on the north side of the city, just 30 minutes
before leaving for TJ.
While in Punta Banda I couldn’t help but be reminded of a ditty we wore out in the late 60’s/early 70’s flying around Southeast Asia: “Casual
drinking in SEA is the equivalent of acute alcoholism in the US.” Someone warned me before coming down to Chapala that “If you are used to having a
couple of glasses of wine with meals, at Lakeside you will soon graduate to the full bottle”. Ah the retired, expat lifestyle! So much free time to
experiment, to learn, and to enjoy. 
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CortezBlue
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You could cross at San Luis, south of Yuma, and take 2d west to Tecate and then south. However, I think staying on I 8 to Tecate will be cheaper.
However, from I 8 to Tecate is very slow, but very beautiful.
Enjoy the trip
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nbacc
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Mexicali is the way to go..........easy.
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David K
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| Quote: | Originally posted by CortezBlue
You could cross at San Luis, south of Yuma, and take 2d west to Tecate and then south. However, I think staying on I 8 to Tecate will be cheaper.
However, from I 8 to Tecate is very slow, but very beautiful.
Enjoy the trip |
There are at least 3 toll gates on 2-D between Hwy. 5 (Mexicali) and Tecate that together total nearly 10 dollars.... that along with a military
checkpoint at the bottom of the grade, will slow you down as well.
If the country road to Tecate from I-8 bugs you, then you are going to really hate much of Hwy. 3 (and Hwy. 1 if you go south of Ensenada)!
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Pescador
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I just did the reverse this morning because I had never gone down the hill. It is almost as much fun as going up the hill so it was a beautiful
drive. The road from Ensenada to Tecate is great and there was less than 1/2 mile of gravel which was no real inconvenience at all. David, who is
always right on with the maps and routes, has given you the correct sequence. I generally enter at Algodones as well, but that causes you to have
about 12 miles of country rural road, but this time I went all the way through to San Luis and exited the border there. They acted like they had
never seen a gringo going north before so the crossing was very easy.
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