Riding in Baja

[hbliam]

There are more dangerous places in the US, but people get freaked by the different language and the fact that's it a different country. Once you experience REAL Baja (south of the border towns) your perspective will change. In many ways it is how the rural US used to be.

The place is a craphole other then the great surf. The corrupt government, corrupt population, and the inability to recognize that tourism is a postive thing for their Country is evident at every turn. A group of us used to go every summer for about 10 days from 1990-2000. We always went way south of the border towns to some barely accessbile coastline. Baja was corrupt then and we had spanish speakers with us. Yes, we ran into some good people that treated us well but for the most part the population tried to rip us off at every turn. Knowing how not to get ripped off was part of the adventure. Now knowing how not to get murdered is. I'll pass. And I don't believe there is anywhere in the US more dangerous. I would rather walk through Compton at night then drive through Baja Norte these days. At least if I called LASD in Compton I could be sure they would come and help me.

[ghostrider]

My Airline is the biggest operator in Mexico. Our company is advise its crews to not leave the hotel on their overnight stays there.
Just food for thought.

[DanTheMan]

Baja ride report to SF to San Filepe and back

http://ducatimonsterforum.org/index.php?topic=21801.0