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21 Days of Van Life in Baja Mexico (driving top to bottom)

Kara and Nate
Kara and Nate
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👁️ 2.0M views📅 1 years ago⏱️ 1:25:58
What This Creator Said
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Source: Our analysis of the creator's lived experience, based on what they said in this video.

Creator's Key Takeaways

it might be the best taco I've ever had

I love Mexico good morning from just north of aninata and what has to be the most beautiful campsite we have ever stayed at

Creator's Tips & Advice

Get your tourist visa (FMM) at the border when crossing by land
Avoid driving at night in Baja due to potholes, speed bumps, and cows
Conserve water by using salt water with soap for washing when needed

🆕New to Cruising? This Creator Addresses:

Safety concerns about driving in MexicoDon't let negative messages stop you from having the experience

Questions This Creator Answers

QHow to cross the US-Mexico border by van
QWhat to expect when driving the Baja Peninsula
QHow to find camping spots in Baja

Port Highlights

Cabo San Lucas4 Happy Bacon
Tijuana2½ Happy Bacon
How to read the Trip Bacon Score
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Sad Bacon — creators took issue with this
Meh — no strong opinion either way

Scale: 0–5 strips in half-step increments. 0 = “meh”, 5 = “bacon bliss”. Aggregated from creator-review sentiment, weighted by channel expertise.

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YouTube Video Description

We drove our van over the Mexico border & did a 3 week roadtrip of the entire Baja Peninsula! Join us for every step of the way in this “vlogumentary” :) #VanLife Mexico is the best! Get a free bottle of immune supporting Vitamin D + 5 individual travel packs, both FREE with your first purchase! Click: http://drinkag1.com/karaandnate Thanks AG1 for sponsoring this video! Episode 933 | Filmed March 2022 | Baja, Mexico ✈️ @DailyDrop is our FREE travel newsletter! Get all the best travel news, tips, and tricks every weekday in your inbox by subscribing here ➡️ https://bit.ly/dailydropkaraandnate 📸 Get behind the scenes content on our Instagram! @karaandnate https://www.instagram.com/karaandnate/ ✈️ We created Daily Drop Pro to help you score super cheap travel with cash or points! Try it risk free and get flight deals up to 80% off ➡️ https://bit.ly/dailydropprokaraandnate 📧 Read our Sunday Summary email to know what goes on between videos - https://karaandnate.com/sunday-summary/ 🎶 Here’s where we got all of our copyright free songs used in this episode - http://bit.ly/epidemic_sound —————————————————— Who are Kara and Nate?! Watch our documentary here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FuFv4iF8wgg&t=1s Originally from Nashville, Tennessee, we got married 2013 and were super “normal.” I was a teacher and Nate started a small printing business from the spare bedroom of our apartment. We discovered the world of “travel hacking” while planning our honeymoon & became addicted ;) So after 2 years of obsessively saving $35k and over 2 million miles and points, we sold our cars and apartment and left home January 10, 2016 for a “one year” trip around the world. Our goal was to see as many places as possible before we ran out of money and went back home to “normal life.” We started this channel to share our experiences with friends and family, but quickly fell in love with living on the road and found a new passion for capturing our travels through video. So we did everything we could to keep going. 4 years later, we achieved our new goal of visiting 100 countries and all 7 continents. We had no plans to slow down, until 2020 forced us to ;) Which is when we bought a converted van to start exploring our own country for the first time! After ~2 years of van life, we are back to full time international traveling! And now we are in our 9TH YEAR of finding the best adventures the world has to offer :) We are incredibly grateful to be able to continue doing something we love every day. 😊🎥🌎 Thank you to everyone who has been a part of our journey! 00:00:00 Baja van life!!!🚐 00:01:00 Day 1: Tijuana border crossing gone wrong😅 00:07:52 head tacos… 00:09:33 Sleeping at a Mexican winery🍷 00:15:17 Day 2: local grocery shopping 00:17:50 first beach campsite!😍 00:23:43 Day 3: sorry my edit messed up here;) 00:25:34 more street food🌮 00:27:13 comment 🤩 if you love cilantro hehe 00:32:04 day 4: living the dream!☀️ 00:41:40 day 9: GREY WHALES🐋best day ever 00:48:03 how we get drinking water in Mexico 00:49:35 picking up a hitchhiker :) 00:50:10 HALFWAY in San Ignacio 00:52:00 day 10: tortilleria!!! 00:53:48 Santispac beach site🤤🤤 00:55:40 our vendor game lol 00:58:48 cooking with kara🥑 01:00:28 Nate’s birthday celebration!🎂 01:03:12 Bay of Conception ;) 01:05:44 Day 12: Stressful drive😳 01:10:49 Day 14: finally surfing!!🏄🏻‍♂️ 01:12:18 cooking lunch/fixing solar probs 01:16:57 our bathing hack🚿 01:17:55 day 18: major cleaning day 01:20:55 our new roommates! 01:23:10 sleeping outside on the beach lol🙈 01:25:03 Coming up next…😁