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From: YTC#1 on 29 Nov 2009 08:03 The Older Gentleman wrote: > 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? > > Yep, Panama prefer to have a natural barrier between them and Columbia. IIRC, at least 3 adventure types have done the crossing. 1 guy twice http://www.motivation-tools.com/adventures/darien_gap.htm -- 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: S'mee on 29 Nov 2009 09:58 On Nov 29, 4:46 am, YTC#1 <b...(a)ytc1-spambin.co.uk> wrote: > > Must be something severly wrong with me... I've never ever really had > > Yep, I'd saythere is something wrong with you. > <sigh, sob> oh well. At least there's plenty of sun and good food in Jerexes, decent and the drink is palatable...unlike that french dreck. ;^) -- Keith yeah it's ugly but it still runs.
From: YTC#1 on 29 Nov 2009 10:23 S'mee wrote: > On Nov 29, 4:46 am, YTC#1 <b...(a)ytc1-spambin.co.uk> wrote: > >>> Must be something severly wrong with me... I've never ever really had >> Yep, I'd saythere is something wrong with you. >> > > <sigh, sob> oh well. At least there's plenty of sun and good food in > Jerexes, decent and the drink is palatable...unlike that french > dreck. ;^) If you've not been there, how would you know ? -- 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: YTC#1 on 29 Nov 2009 10:24 Dave Emerson wrote: > "YTC#1" <bdp(a)ytc1-spambin.co.uk> wrote in message > news:7gvQm.31266$GF7.4141(a)newsfe07.ams2... >> 'Hog wrote: >>> Yoikes!! that's very impressive. >>> >> Say that again when we get back :-) >> > > Much like the trip my mate Will went on... > http://www.wrongwayround.com/route.htm > > Unfortunately it all went wrong when he crashed, face-first, in Bolivia and > had to be medivac'd home. > Ouch -- 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: turby on 29 Nov 2009 12:43
On Nov 29, 3:45 am, YTC#1 <b...(a)ytc1-spambin.co.uk> wrote: > 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 A couple of friends were driving back from Costa Rica (where one of them lives) sometime in the 80's. They were stuck at the Honduras/ Guatemala border for 2.5 days until some truckers decided "screw the authorities" and made a run for it. My buddies tucked in behind and made it across. But they've done the trip numerous times and that was the only real hassle. > 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. > Well, he went all the way to Panama, turned around and came back. He's on his way to TDF, but wants to do Peru first. |