i had the opposite experience when i drove most of the baja pennisula, just me and my girlfriend. we stopped at numerous remote surf spots, albeit all on the pennisula, not mainland mex. we camped the whole way, 3 weeks, and encountered a lot of american guys who kept telling us how brave we were and advising us against going to the locations we were headed to. but we had nothing but totally pleasant encounters with local people, most of the whom seemed to take extra care to look out for us, because we were two women. we made plans at the time to do the trip you are planning but haven't yet executed as our son is just 10 months. (the trip described above was before his birth.) one day though, for sure.

life is full of random dangers and i really try not to let them interfere excessively in my life. i wonder what any guy friend of mine would really be able to do if someone intended serious harm to us. not a whole lot, i think, as is evidenced by the woman's story below. sometimes i think guys get f-ed with more than women when they travel.

my two cents - i say go for it and hopefully one day i get to hear your stories

- susan