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Did y'all know it's impossible to drive to South America?
Posted on 4/11/17 at 12:45 pm
Posted on 4/11/17 at 12:45 pm
I was thinking it was a neat idea to just fantasize about, if nothing else. But, I looked online and realize that there are no roads that connect Central America and Columbia.
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Confirmed on Google Maps.
Who the hell knew? I had no idea and just assumed it was at least logistically doable.
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The Darien Gap, a roadless region of swamps and rainforests that stretches 90 miles to the tip of Colombia, makes it impossible to drive the entire distance to South America. So we shipped the car from Panama to Colombia and flew there to pick it up, then drove south, through Ecuador, Peru and Bolivia to Argentina.
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Confirmed on Google Maps.
Who the hell knew? I had no idea and just assumed it was at least logistically doable.
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Posted on 4/11/17 at 12:46 pm to Y.A. Tittle
Yup.
Pan-American highway my arse.
Pan-American highway my arse.
Posted on 4/11/17 at 12:47 pm to Y.A. Tittle
With a well equipped Land Cruiser I'm sure it's possible.
Posted on 4/11/17 at 12:47 pm to Y.A. Tittle
You can drive a boat.
Posted on 4/11/17 at 12:47 pm to Y.A. Tittle
Is there a bridge over the Panama Canal that cars can drive over? I think that would be your biggest problem.
Posted on 4/11/17 at 12:47 pm to Y.A. Tittle
Posted on 4/11/17 at 12:47 pm to Y.A. Tittle
damn wtf i've read stories of people driving down there
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Posted on 4/11/17 at 12:48 pm to Brosef Stalin
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Is there a bridge over the Panama Canal that cars can drive over?
Yes, several of them.
It's not all that wide, just have to get clearance for the ships.
Posted on 4/11/17 at 12:48 pm to Y.A. Tittle
Yeah. I knew about the gap. Long before you got there, though, you'd probably get carjacked in Central America.
Posted on 4/11/17 at 12:51 pm to Jorts R Us
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Yeah. I knew about the gap. Long before you got there, though, you'd probably get carjacked in Central America.
Yeah, I realized there's be a whole host of issues you'd likely face before getting that far. I just didn't know there was not a single road connecting the continents.
Posted on 4/11/17 at 12:54 pm to Y.A. Tittle
So this dude chose an old arse 96 land cruiser......he deserved to break down.
Posted on 4/11/17 at 12:57 pm to Y.A. Tittle
The Darien Gap is infamous for just being a completely untamed wildernous. Have heard many many horror stories of people who go lost for weeks just within a mile of the beach
Posted on 4/11/17 at 12:57 pm to Y.A. Tittle
Been a while since there was a gap thread on the OT. This disappoints though.
Posted on 4/11/17 at 12:58 pm to Y.A. Tittle
I figured getting through Mexico safely would be the biggest obstacle.
Posted on 4/11/17 at 1:05 pm to Y.A. Tittle
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Who the hell knew? I had no idea and just assumed it was at least logistically doable.
So when they gonna bulldoze this Darien Gap and make this drivable? been wanting to take the family down to rio in the next couple of years for some parades. Should be a safe trip.
Posted on 4/11/17 at 1:10 pm to Y.A. Tittle
Yes, the road stops in southern Panama in Darien. You probably wouldn't want to drive through there anyway.
Posted on 4/11/17 at 1:12 pm to Y.A. Tittle
Posted on 4/11/17 at 1:13 pm to Y.A. Tittle
Time for a Plan B on your South American drug run?
This post was edited on 4/11/17 at 1:15 pm
Posted on 4/11/17 at 1:14 pm to Y.A. Tittle
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One e-mail I received included a marriage proposal for my traveling companion, Nadia Hubschwerlin. Nadia is a childhood friend; we are not romantically tied. In my blog, I told her suitor: "I will be glad to be the witness at her wedding as long as you are a decent guy."
This dude's been friendzoned on 5 continents.
Posted on 4/11/17 at 1:14 pm to boxcarbarney
What goes down in the Darien Gap?
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