I think you'll have fun -- try to stay South of a line from San Felipe to Ensenada -- there isn't anything there you haven't seen something similar to and throws in a lot of tourists and narcos... in the old days the area north of that line above was called the Border Zone, and if you went there, but no further east or south, you didn't need a passport, just proof of citizenship to get back into the US... now everyone has to have a passport... oh, and prior to just a couple years ago, there were almost never any Mexican police or officials stopping traffic driving into TJ and checking citizenship -- now, for some reason, they are stopping everyone attempting to drive into Mexico from California.
Oh, and don't go all the way down to Cabo or any place within 15-20 miles of the so-called "Los Cabos" -- it would just remind you of Cancun and vicinity.
Fortunately, there's a lot of Baja peninsula in between those two areas and many things to do... I'm sure you know this, but for others: Baja peninsula is 1,100 miles long roughly... not many people, but some amazing geography (e.g., Sea of Cortez, and on the west coast, 3 bays grey whales show up in large numbers: Ojo de Liebre (formerly Scammon’s Lagoon) in Guerrero Negro, Laguna San Ignacio, and Bahía Magdalena. That last one is close to Puerto San Carlos, which is where a lot of people move their yachts for the winter and has more amenities... but being almost a native, now, of Mexico, you probably know more than I.
I remember one trip down the west coast of Baja with my parents 25 years ago where we made and drank margaritas on our balcony and watched a large number of grey whales right on the surf line on their migration north in spring. Obviously that hotel was right on the beach, had the best restaurant and bar in town and now I think is gone as Baja tourism began plunging 10 years ago.
That Copper Canyon train ride is a bucket list item -- or should be -- for everyone. |
