From the LA freeway To the dusty streets of Baja
It takes four days of approximately 12 hours each to drive from the Pacific Northwest to southern Baja (La Paz area). Two days on the I5 to San Diego and two days on the Baja Transpeninsular from Tijuana to the La Paz area.
Leave North Vancouver on a Saturday morning (this avoids running into weekday rush hour traffic in Seattle, Portland, Sacramento, Los Angles or San Diego. Night number one is spent in Redding, California area. Night number two is spent in San Diego area. The Oceanside rest area ( Alliso Creek ) is recommended as this is close to the Mexican border crossing and allows an early start for day three. I’ve entered Mexico at the Tijuana border crossing on two occasions and the Tecate crossing once. Border crossing details are found on the Baja Friends, Baja Insider, Baja Nomads ,Mexperience.or iKitesurf webpage. Mexican auto insurance is mandatory and can be bought online from Baja Bound. Night of day three is spent in Guerrero Negro and the Hotel Malarrima is recommended. The final day of travel gets you to La Paz or you can continue to La Ventana (another 40 minutes) if it’s not dark yet.
Things to remember when driving in Baja:
never drive at night
if the slow moving truck in front of you signals left it may mean he's saying it’s safe for you to pull out and pass or it may mean he’s turning left in which case it’s not safe for you to pull out and pass
the army road checks are nothing to stress about - just be polite
take the speed limit signs seriously
don’t drive at night.
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