goinoregon said:
so it sounds like you felt the traveling and camping were safe
how was the cell phone availability? i am ok with not having it, but it is nice to check in once in awhile
anything u would do differently ?
thx
Yes, we felt travel was safe for sure, camping where we camped, we felt safe. I would recommend getting to a place with plenty of daylight, both to be aware of what's around, but also to allow time if your plan doesn't work out. The places we camped remote were far enough away from any town where we didn't worry about late night visitors, the other places where it was busier we were not far from other campers, that is what we used for a guide.
Cell coverage was plenty adequate. Like anywhere, remote locations didn't have any, but I don't think we went an entire day without some time in coverage. We have Verizon, and the truck has an ATT hotspot, between those we were covered. I did download all of Baja into an offline Google map for navigation and would recommend that - not only do you get roads, but business info for offline reference, which was handy.
The number one thing I'd do differently would be to have more time, if it were possible. Since we couldn't have more time, I'd personally skip going all the way south through Cabo and up the Pacific side south of La Paz and would have used that time on the east Cape instead. I would definitely do the whale tour and snorkeling again. And maybe a couple more layover days - we didn't do those just to get a feel for more areas on the initial visit, but the tradeoff was windshield time. So much to see....
