Date:         Tue, 8 Nov 2005 00:09:12 -0800
Reply-To:     Tim Fong <fongball@SBCGLOBAL.NET>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Tim Fong <fongball@SBCGLOBAL.NET>
Subject:      Re: Baja Suggestions
In-Reply-To:  <n170n1pcqm3hqanbk637ed75fmijh4uhvr@4ax.com>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1

I third this.

The first time I went to Baja a couple of years ago I was driving down the highway at night. I came around a blind corner at a normally safe speed of about 45 MPH and SURPRISE!, there is a long horn steer standing in the middle of my lane in the dark, I did not see him until I was about 30-40 feet away, don't know how I missed him, he never moved an inch! I was told that the livestock leave the desert at night for the warmth of the highway.

Also the natives have a bad habit that when they break down at night instead of using flares to warn oncoming drivers, they put a large rock in the middle of the road instead, quite effective except for the poor driver that hits it usually suffers suspension damage with no help in sight for miles.

Oh yeah, there are no lights on the highway either.

Have fun, Baja is a great place, I've been to Los Cabos twice with wife and dog and had a GREAT TIME!

Tim
'87 Syncro Westy "Trigger"



BA <ande@SAN.RR.COM> wrote:
On Mon, 07 Nov 2005 14:56:10 -0800, Markus Mumper
wrote:


>2. Do not drive at night. Between the crazy Gringos who want to make
>it to Cabo in one day and the Mexican 18 Wheelers who have been
>driving for 12 hours straight - it's just not the time and place to
>be.

>8. Lastly, the roads commonly do not have a shoulder but a steep
>gutter. If you get into one of those it's bad news - stay attentive.


Everything (not enough for serious statistics, but so far unanimous)
that we've experienced leads me to Second This ....



Do *not* drive at night in Baja!!!



B&S
'87 Westy 'Esmerelda Blanc'
SoCal