[pct-l] Los Angeles to San Diego

[Patrick Beggan]

Do it, I ride amtrak all the time, and rode amtrak to San Diego from  
LA (and before that from Seattle to LA) in 2008 and 2009 and had no  
trouble, other than 5 or 10 minutes behind or ahead of schedule.


On Nov 4, 2009, at 10:35 PM, Kea wrote:

> For my 2010 thru' hike,I will be flying in to LAX.  And I will need  
> to get
> to San Diego.  I don't want to fly as one needs to allow a long gap  
> between
> flights to allow for delays.  By Amtrak seems ideal. A bus goes from  
> the
> airport every half hour to the Amtrak station and then a train goes  
> about
> once an hour to San Diego.  No booking required so it seems OK.  I  
> looked at
> a forum discussing this and the  over-whelming opinion was "don't go  
> by
> Amtrak!".  But no reason was given.  "Hire a car" they said.  But,  
> not after
> a night without sleep, jet-lagged and driving on the wrong side of  
> the road.
>
> So, should I go by Amtrak; and if not, why not?
>
> Kea
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