okay OB, need advice on Cabo...no, not fishing charters as I used the search function and got those covered!!

need advice on a few things. To help understand here's what I have set up so far..

day 1 - arrive, check in at place downtown, check out medano and eat at nice restaurant downtown
day 2 - fish with pisces....then we are going out to stay at a condo just outside of town the rest of the trip
day 3 - chill
day 4 - fish with Dr. Pescado....fingers crossed for rooster fish although its tough time of year for them
day 5 - chill
day 6 - fish with pisces....hopefully bring back some good eats and will buy a cooler to bring home
day 7 - chill
day 8 - leave

questions...
1) transportation....we can rent a car, uber, or hire transportation. I know if we rent we'll want to get FULL protection. The condo also has great reviews on helping set up transportation and obviously uber. My initial plan was to get transfer service to/from airport and then uber rest of time because on chill days we're VERY likely just hanging at the beach/pool at our condo. I figured it's probably cheaper or a wash and easier. Even with a couple of early morning drives into the marina. any suggestions?

2) should we just uber to/from the airport as well? It looks cheaper than transports but not sure how easy it is

3) on the days we are going to chill we MIGHT do some sort of activity. This would be either golf, scuba, or a day tour to Todos or La Paz. Yay or waste of time?
a) golf course recos?
b) scuba...worth it or not and recos?
c) tours.....wife wouldn't like the 4 wheeler tours but might be up for checking out nearby towns
d) sunset tour....we're already gonna be on the boat plenty so not sure this is worth it? our condo is right on the water and will have okay to decent sunset view

4) you get one dinner in Cabo....don't want chili's level or touristy crap....but don't want to spend $100 a plate. Where do you go?

5) anyone been to playa chileno? Looks like a good wide beach to spread out and avoid the crowds and minimize the hucksters selling chicle

6) cooler for the fish...is it as simple as going to walmart and buying a 32 or 64 qt cooler and then taping shut with my biz card on it? would hate for a screw up before hand cause problems at either airport. Plan is to freeze and hopefully it'll make it from the condo until we get home to houston.

No matter how hard you try to imagine you are somewhere else you are still in Mexico. Stay at the country club and pool while not fishing and you'll likely survive.

Uber is good there. Never used it from the airport, but used it a bunch getting around.

As for the cooler, get a big rtic backpack cooler. It is almost exactly carry on size. Use it as your carry on. Works great and is useful at home. Put the grease on the zipper!!!

One trip we did whale watching on a private boat. It was way cooler than I thought it would be. Would be expensive for two, but maybe they can pair you up with some folks. There are also sunset cruises galore. They range from super fancy to girls gone wild party. Pick accordingly. There is an art walk in san jose that is pretty cool. Several good restaurants there and it makes a cool relaxing evening.

Don't think uber can pickup from airport. But it's good to use everywhere else. Would not do rental

I've used Cabo Journey for a car service and they were great. They did airport transfers, drove us to dinners (and could get reservations the concierge couldn't) and booked us a private sunset cruise.

As MLB said, the art walk in San Jose makes for a nice evening. I think they do that on Thursdays. If you go into San Jose do beers at baja brewery and then walk to La Lupita for tacos and mezcal.

My wife loved Flora Farms. It is really out of the way but a good spot. Our flight worked out that we flew into SJD just before lunch and our driver took us straight to Flora for lunch, and then took us to the hotel to check in. It was a good way to do something on that travel day and we didn't need to make the hike back out there.

Was there last year and after catching tuna/mahi with Pieces, took our catch to "Mission de Kino" in town and they cooked it 3-4 different ways. It was excellent.

The Office is a good spot for lunch/dinner. Baja Brewing has good views.

Haven't been, but have heard Flora Farms is a must go, as mentioned, it is a bit of a drive though.

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We stayed at Chileno Bay Resort last February. Walked over to the public beach and it's beautiful and definitely nicer than the beaches downtown.

Just went for a long weekend in October. Fished 2 full days. We ended up with about 30lbs of meat. Had it all filleted, vacuum sealed, and deep freezed for ~$60 down at the marina. Picked it up the morning we flew out. Put it in an RTIC backpack and carried on. It was still frozen solid after a flight to IAH and and a 2 hour drive home!

We used Cabo Airport Shuttle. Quick, easy, and affordable.

We went a few years ago. Don't get drunk on the flight. They make you fill out customs paperwork before you land. I did that with one eye open. Don't stop at the information booth. Everyone is a scammer. Cab driver told us fares were fixed by the govt. Flat rate to hotel on East side. We stayed at the Hyatt Ziva Los Cabos. We rode a cab to see Sammy Hagar at his Birthday Bash. 20 min drive. Cab fare was the same both ways and back to the airport. Uber wasn't a big thing when we went, so I have no info on them. Only fishing I did was my lime out of my beer glass. Have fun.

Golf - Quivira or Palmilla

Somewhat reasonable eats - Edith's - just a really cool place with really good food and service.