for you experienced baja folks...
#21
Posted 13 October 2007 - 02:27 PM
Driving lights would help I guess but as for me I plan my trips for daylight driving. I'm certainly not the last word on this even though I've been doing it for many years. I think if you search other Baja forums you will get the same advice. There are way too many things that go bump in the night down there.
Let me add that Pam although is a hueta (spelling?) her first language is spanish. This as you might imagine is a huge advantage. We have tons of family and friend that live all over Mexico including several in Mexicali and they dont drive out in the hinterlands at night.....unless they've been drinking. 'Nuff said.
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#22
Posted 14 October 2007 - 04:44 AM
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#23
Posted 14 October 2007 - 01:05 PM
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#24
Posted 14 October 2007 - 02:31 PM
Sure you can get by and maybe even learn some Spanish while there (I learn more by using it than by studying it) and that may be enough if you just go there to look at stuff and/or get wasted, but if you go there and want to meet some folks, learn about the cultures there, wander around in the backcountry, find a place to camp where there is no campground or place to just boondock, basically enjoy the country and the people, as much Spanish as you can possibly learn is a must.
Even though I think it is typical of the US tourist, I really think it is arrogant and inappropriate as can be to expect people in other parts of the world to speak English. I actually had a pharmacist in old Mexico tell me "yes, I speak English but you are here now, speak to me in Spanish!"...apparently he was tired of us coming in and demanding someone to speak English.
I have met many expats in Latin America who refuse to learn even the basics of Spanish....even though they have bought a house there and live there full or part time. Any place where there is an enclave of gringos...and believe me you rarely find one living in an area where there are no other gringos, you will find that.
Learn much and enjoy,
Brian
#25
Posted 14 October 2007 - 04:20 PM
how many people complain about spanish in elementary schools, bi-lingual ballots, etc.
we breed that behavior here in our political system.
our current foreign policy reeks of it as well.
#26
Posted 14 October 2007 - 05:21 PM
The only time I won't speek spanish, and deny that I do, is if stopped by the police in TJ.
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Posted 15 October 2007 - 04:24 PM
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Posted 05 November 2007 - 08:19 PM
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Posted 05 November 2007 - 09:49 PM
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