Mexico road trip
Ever since my visit to El Paso in 2006, I've contemplated crossing the border to Mexico. I've been to the border in San Diego, Durango as well without crossing. For several reasons. This year, I allied myself with three SINTEF colleagues to take a road trip to Ensenada. This time I succeed in visiting Mexico for the first time. It turned out to be a fantastic but eventful roadtrip. Preparations for the trip started with the rental car booking. With Avis in Norway, my thorough travel agent double checked that the car was OK to enter Mexico. No VISA required, and border crossing times at Tihuana and Tecate was taken into consideration when planning. Laguna Hanson in Parque Nacional de Constitucion 1857 was the only National Park within range; due to geocaching I had already marked this spot for my 2011 trip to San Diego. My colleagues also wanted to take a hike there so we decided on the following route estimated to be less than 8 hours of driving: The plan was to arrive in ...