Mar 7, 2009 - Back in Colonia Vicente Guerrero

I decided not to camp out in the desert after all. Instead I decided to drive all day to cover the Baja wilderness in one day. I drove a total of 442 km which is a lot for one day on the Baja highway. It took a total of nine hours. This included a 30 minute lunch stop and stops for cows crossing, speed bumps, villages, traffic accidents, construction, military chickpoints and various other obstacles. One semi tractor drove off the edge of the pavement and rolled the vehicle. If you go off the pavement you will drop down anything from...

Jan 10, 2009 - Colonia Vicente Guerrero, Baja Norte

Today we travelled south to a small town called Colonia Vicente Guerrero. It is named after a man that was the second president of Mexico in 1829. After leaving Ensenada, we soon left the traffic and crowds behind us. From the American border to Ensenada is crowded, after that there are only small villages. Most people don’t venture much beyond Ensenada. After driving for a while the terrain changed to one of rolling green hills. The road is windy and very narrow with no place to pull off. It was a little scary at first but one soon gets...