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xiv015
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Nine Days In Baja
I'm in the process of creating a website documenting my nine day solo trip from San Diego to Cabo and back. There's an image gallery and two days
worth of trip info up already. I hope the site provides some useful insight Baja travel.
http://www.ninedaysinbaja.com
It was a fun trip that had it all: beach camping, getting pulled over in Tijuana and meeting a few really great people.
- Tom
[Edited on 8-28-2007 by xiv015]
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CaboRon
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xiv015,
Welcome to the Nomad forum...
It was nice of you to introduce yourself with a trip report.
- CAboRon
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bajadock
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XIV, nice report + pix thnx. Your trip was ambitious in terms of time frame & distance.
Did your girlfriend discover that her CRV had been kidnapped?
WELCOME
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Bajaboy
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Hey Tom-
I like what I've read so far...it takes me back to my early adventures. I'm looking forward to the rest of your story.
Btw, you handled the cop in TJ perfectly. Thanks for sharing.
Zac
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Bajagypsy
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I'm realy enjoying your trip report!!
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DianaT
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Looking forward to the rest of your report---hope next time you can slow down and really enjoy more on the way down --- especially that unique desert.
One question---your comments referring to dirty hotels --- too clean for Mexico and too dirty for the US. and then the dirty one in Guerrerro Negro.
From our experience, we find very resonable hotels in most places in Baja and on the Mainland and while they may be frayed around the edges, they are
VERY clean???? And I am not talking about ones that cater to gringos.
Your police story is great and good for you sticking to "going to the station."
Diane and John
[Edited on 8-28-2007 by jdtrotter]
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wilderone
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“I pulled you over for three reasons. You were speeding, talking on your cellphone and you have too many things in your car. "
!!! LOL!!! What a hoot - thanks for the laugh this morning.
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David K
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Tom... good job buddy! You handled the policia perfectly!!! I look forward to seeing your trip report when it is completed!
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bajatorres
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Thanks, brings me back to my first time............
Can't wait to hear more............
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Bajagypsy
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“I pulled you over for three reasons. You were speeding, talking on your cellphone and you have too many things in your car. "
We were once told that we got pulled over cause our car was to dirty!!!!
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BMG
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We don't need no stinkin' badges!
| Quote: | Originally posted by Bajagypsy
We were once told that we got pulled over cause our car was to dirty!!!! |
Rule #1 about dirty cars - If the cop has a bucket and a rag, then he isn't really a cop!!
I think the world is run by C- students.
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tortuga
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Good Job
Looking forward to rest of pictures and story
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Gadget
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A word smith cut from the same cloth brother. You can check out my latest run in with the corrupt cop machine if you are interested. It's posted
under the heading Baja 500 07' trip report.
I can certainly relate to your account of having the anger of a shake down stick with you and how it can drag you down.
Remember this though my friend, things rapidly change as you get away from the border towns. I truely don't feel like I'm "in" Baja anymore until
I'm south of San Quintin.
The natural and rugged beauty of Baja and it's people especially in the out of town and rural areas far out weighs the occasional run in with a
crooked cop.
By the way, that was like reading a page out of most of our play books. You had him on the ropes immediately. What presence of mind and calmness for
a newbie. 
"Mankind will not be judged by their faults, but by the direction of their lives." Leo Giovinetti
See you in Baja
http://www.LocosMocos.com
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xiv015
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Thanks for all of the positive responses. I hope the website is informing and entertaining. I'll post here as I add more of my experiences.
- Tom
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Wingnut
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xiv015, great report, look forward to reading the rest. You might also put in how you set up your website to record all this. That will be interesting
too. Please don't judge all of Baja by the Tijuana cop. You did exactly right especially about writing down the instructions on how to get to the
police station. You might also have asked him for his name and badge number, doubt if he even knows, but that would also put him on alert that you
aren't falling for his scam routine. Keep up the good work.
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xiv015
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Update:
I've updated the website to include day 3.
http://www.ninedaysinbaja.com/
Highlights include: almost dying and relaxing on the beach! To those who have replied: thanks for the great support and feedback.
- Tom
[Edited on 9-4-2007 by xiv015]
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David K
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Thanks!!!
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smlslikfish
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great
I liked the part where you decided not to stay peeed off about the cop. Only took me about 40 of my 45 years on this planet to learn that lesson!!!???
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edm1
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xiv015, the website format of your report is super!!! I wish all of us have the time to mind our html so we can follow your footsteps.
Great report!!!
Wait . . . this thread should be in the Trip Reports
[Edited on 9-1-2007 by edm1]
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xiv015
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Day 4 has been added. Cabo! Cabo! Cabo! I played around with the site's format a little. Let me know what you think. Enjoy!
- Tom
[Edited on 10-18-2007 by xiv015]
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