Baja
- We didn’t drink the water, but weren’t super careful, we’re not sick yet
- Keep Pesos on you, most places take USD, but you’ll get a better deal and be a better tourist by having some local currency
- This is the desert.
- Yelp is only useful for finding white people restaurants here.
- Don’t stay in Cabo San Lucas
Getting Around
- The buses were very handy from the beach to town, up and down the beach and to Cabo San Lucas
- If you want to go past that, you’re going to need a rental car. We rented one at our hotel, it was $60/day with full coverage insurance, you want the full insurance.
- Driving is entertaining, expect the unexpected: laws, lanes and street signs are all up for personal interpretation. I recommend going with the flow of traffic and keeping your eyes on the person in front of you.
- Watch out for the speed bumps! They are large and will be where you least expect them.
- You can get a bus to and from the airport (which costs 1/15 what the shuttle costs), but the stop is near terminal 1 and you’re probably in terminal 2, which is a 10 minute walk.
- If you want a bus to Zona Hotelera ask to go to the “Mega”
The Beach
- Due to rip tides and currents, you don’t want to swim at most of the beaches here. Make sure you know what you’re getting into before you get in the water.
Vacationing in Baja
We took the easy way out, booking a flight and hotel together, we were lucky that our hotel was on the bus route and close to town so it was easy to escape to less touristy areas without a rental car. You might not get the experience that you’re after if you’re stuck at a resort for your entire stay and many of the resorts were scattered along the route from Cabo San Jose to Cabo San Lucas which would make it considerably more difficult to escape. The “Zona Hotelera” near the mega where we stayed was a nice compromise between water access, town access and cheap.
There were people mountain biking around town (especially at night) on real mountain bikes, it might be worth looking into to.