We used it to great profit, and based on reports posted in your
website, we spent a great few days at Larry and Raquel's in LA
Bay over the Christmas break. Wonderful people. They have a
3-bedroom house to rent, at around $100US/nite. Thoroughly
recommend it for families with big kids like ours.
Tourist visas:
The word in LA Bay was that the 150 Peso/person
charge was to be abolished as of 1/1/2000, but the Migracion
official at San Ysidro denied that. What seems clear is that as
of 1/1/2000, all visitors staying more than 72 hours, etc., will
be required to have Passports with them (not just photo ID).
Highway conditions and checkpoints:
Resurfacing of Hwy 1 between El Maneadero and San Quintin is
complete(!). Watch out for the topes in San Vincente, south of
El Maneadero, and in between stretches of straight road north
and south of it. This area seems to be favored as a mobile
checkpoint, right now. On the way south the military were
there; on the way back north the Mexican federal drug agents
were carrying out checks. El Maneadero checkpoint seems pretty
permanent. Military checkpoint south of Cataviña in place also.
As an aside, my perspective on the Mexican military is that they
are ernest young kids, whose presence along the Baja Highway
helps to keep that roadway safe for us tourists. The police I
feel less comfortable with.
Potholes off/on north and south of Cataviña, and on the LA Bay
road pretty much as reported on your website.
Fuel supply:
No functioning PEMEX station between El Rosario and Guerrero
Negro (approx 200 miles). No PEMEX station in LA Bay. Private
resellers were charging 22 Pesos a gallon in LA Bay (although
some tourists were being charged up to 24 Pesos/gallon); I'm
told that there was a reseller with gas in Cataviña also. Over
the Holidays, we were told that the PEMEX station in Guerrero
Negro was out of fuel, although hopefully the situation has
since changed.
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