Originally Posted by
sstorkel
To say that the Department of State is "overly cautious" is, perhaps, the understatement of the century... Those guys would probably advise you not to leave your bed in the morning, if they could!
Yup - sstorkel nailed it.
We cycled Baja in 2006 and loved it. We were ahead of schedule and had 6 weeks before we would meet my mother in law in Mazatlan, so we stretched Baja out for 6 weeks. It was lovely.
Our favorite part was cycling until we passed through a teeny tiny town that had a small store. We would stock up with food and water, then ride another couple miles before heading back into the desert to camp. We found a nice place to pitch our tent in the desert, then stayed there 2 or 3 days - I could easily ride into the town to get food and water. Our sons had a blast playing in the desert!