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[*] posted on 6-23-2014 at 04:47 PM


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You can avoid the 2 uphill grades, curves and slow traffic leaving Ensenada on the free road by taking highway 3 as far as San Jose de Las Minas then taking the first paved left turn and following that road back to the free road (comes out at the Valle de Guadalupe turn off). Adds 7.6 miles to your trip north but probably reduces travel time to La mission by at least 20 minutes,.


It's a little less obvious than that: you take Highway 3 and then once you get through San Antonio (not San José) de las Minas, where the traffic light is, you have to U-turn and then turn right. There's a big sign for it, though, for El Tigre. Then, as you say, left at the stop and back to the free road. The intersection where you make that left is all chewed up, though.

If you're not afraid of dirt roads--and the dirt roads in the Valle de Guadalupe are paradise compared to elsewhere on the peninsula--you can turn left at the traffic light (it looks like a driveway but it isn't) and go up the dirt road, which is smooth and graded except for the last 50 meters where it meets the El Tigre road. Saves you a little more time since you're not going further into the Valle.


Sorry, I meant San Antonio. David K's map above shows this clearly (except for the u turn)




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[*] posted on 6-23-2014 at 05:01 PM


Did the Otay / Tecate toll road again today....$101 Ps for 15.3 miles of heaven. We were almost the only car on the road.



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