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From: turby on 28 Nov 2009 20:05 On Nov 27, 2:04 am, YTC#1 <b...(a)ytc1-spambin.co.uk> wrote: > > I find that over planning can get tedious, try not to plan too much, but > have ideas of what you would like to do. Fer sure. But I'm usually guilty of the other extreme. I've done several major trips where I had no idea where I was going, how I was going to get there, or what I would see when I did. Serendipity happens, as when I chanced on the massive Rath Yatra festival in Puri, India, which is where the word "juggernaut' originated, but I'd like to be a little better prepared this time.
From: Twibil on 29 Nov 2009 03:10 On Nov 28, 10:43 pm, "S'mee" <stevenkei...(a)hotmail.com> wrote: > > > Must be something severly wrong with me... Yes, we know! > I've never ever really had > a desire to go to France...now Spain otoh. Spain I could do. Bull.
From: YTC#1 on 29 Nov 2009 06:45 turby wrote: > On Nov 28, 1:09 pm, YTC#1 <b...(a)ytc1-spambin.co.uk> wrote: >> 'Hog wrote: >>> So where is the next expedition to then Bruce? >> Apart from the next UKRM French trip ? >> >> Something like this >> >> http://www.quikmaps.com/show/91656 > > Nice. > > What's wrong with Honduras? Last I heard it wasn't _that_ > problematical. A bit of a personal joke. a) Every thing I read about it seems to point at shite boarder crossings and it being a shite country b) If you look at the map, its not exactly easy to bypass without a boat :-) > > As for the Darian Gap, a friend just shipped his bike from California > to Peru because the cost of getting it across the Gap from Panama was > so expensive. Wuss ! He may as well just fly it to Santiago and go to TDF from there. -- Bruce Porter XJR1300SP, XJ900F, GSX250, Pegaso 650 Trail POTM#1(KoTL), WUSS#1 , YTC#1(bar), OSOS#2(KoTL) , DS#3 , IbW#18 ,Apostle#8 "The internet is a huge and diverse community and not every one is friendly" http://www.ytc1.co.uk There *is* an alternative! http://www.openoffice.org/
From: The Older Gentleman on 29 Nov 2009 07:01 YTC#1 <bdp(a)ytc1-spambin.co.uk> wrote: > > As for the Darian Gap, a friend just shipped his bike from California > > to Peru because the cost of getting it across the Gap from Panama was > > so expensive. > > Wuss ! > > He may as well just fly it to Santiago and go to TDF from there. Heh. I think getting a road bike across the Darien Gap would be interesting. Am I right in thinking there are basically no roads at all? -- BMW K1100LT Ducati 750SS Honda CB400F Triumph Street Triple Suzuki TS250ER GN250 Damn, back to six bikes! Try Googling before asking a damn silly question. chateau dot murray at idnet dot com
From: Pip on 29 Nov 2009 07:59
In article <1j9xymt.17z76q01sphzqtN%totallydeadmailbox(a)yahoo.co.uk>, The Older Gentleman says... > Heh. I think getting a road bike across the Darien Gap would be > interesting. Am I right in thinking there are basically no roads at all? Where interesting = impossible. Apparently it consists of a combination of marsh and swamp (!) and no, there's no road at all. It is wet, muddy and you'd have to contend with all sorts of lurgies, indigenous peoples and rebel terrorists. There isn't a road because it has already swallowed several attempts, summing millions of dollars, the greenies won't let 'em, the loacals don't want it - and it is a natural barrier to the spread of foot and mouth accessing Central America. The gap may only be ~60 miles in a straight line, but there's accounts of well-organised, well-funded expeditions taking months and months to travel 100 miles, cheating by using boats along rivers. The first alleged crossing was by one John Blashford-Snell, explorer and eccentric, who took several months to cross The Gap and used boats (and the British Army) in any case. General Motors tried and failed, with a bulldozer supporting, FFS. Get Bonwick to take it on, is my advice. On a Rokon, with a time limit of six weeks. -- Pip, the "Mechanical Nightmare" (tm Bonwick Major) |