Food and Drink Planning to drive from LA to Patagonia next year (looking for copilots) - Page 13

scho63 · 05-18-2018, 07:23 AM

HOLY SHIT THAT IS A STORY FOR A LIFETIME!

Glad you are OK!

patteeu · 05-18-2018, 07:40 AM

You should have told them you were with the CIA. That would have made an impression.

Hydrae · 05-18-2018, 08:02 AM

Wow, thanks for the update. I have been wondering how you were getting on with all those roadblocks. Very glad to know that it all worked out okay in then end!

suzzer99 · 05-22-2018, 09:20 PM

3 Nicaragua posts are up - the 3rd one is the more fleshed-out version of my getting out story.

http://ushuaiaorbust.com/2018/05/20/...-pacific-side/

http://ushuaiaorbust.com/2018/05/20/nicaragua-east/

http://ushuaiaorbust.com/2018/05/22/nicaragua-exodus/

suzzer99 · 05-23-2018, 12:52 AM

Lots of dudes had scarves covering their faces. They really didn't want to be photographed and also were the ones who had the homemade rocket launchers. I just wanted to get out of the country and was scared to do anything that might jeopardize that.

BucEyedPea · 05-23-2018, 08:05 AM

What route through So America do you plan to take to get to Patagonia?

Do you plan to go through Peru and get to stop in Machu Picchu, the Lost City of the Incas?

I'd love to go to both places—Patagonia and Machu Picchu, myself.

BucEyedPea · 05-29-2018, 09:04 AM

Hope you were able to get out of Nicaragua okay. I saw on Int'l Business Times that US has had a travel warning since January for it and embassy is closed now.

You might want to check the State Dept's site periodically to plan your route.

https://travel.state.gov/content/tra...dvisories.html

http://www.ibtimes.com/nicaragua-unr...closed-2685235

patteeu · 05-29-2018, 09:11 AM

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Originally Posted by BucEyedPea

Hope you were able to get out of Nicaragua okay. I saw on Int'l Business Times that US has had a travel warning since January for it and embassy is closed now.

You might want to check the State Dept's site periodically to plan your route.

https://travel.state.gov/content/tra...dvisories.html

http://www.ibtimes.com/nicaragua-unr...closed-2685235

He made it out.

suzzer99 · 06-20-2018, 07:10 PM

New Costa Rica pt. 1 post is up: http://ushuaiaorbust.com/2018/06/20/...se-torteguero/

Also the forum will probably enjoy the fun 4x4 adventure I recently had down near the Darien Gap in Panama. As always it was stupid non-chalant parking, and then escalating dumb decisions. I wound up in the ditch at probably 40 degrees (ignore my commentary in the video, I was confused):

It rains so much, that ground is like the softest mushiest sod. Basically at some point I got pissed and just decided to back up as fast as I could in the ditch. Which ended up clanging against the drain and getting me fully stuck. But on the plus side I did re-dredge their ditch for them. Luckily a propane delivery driver watched the whole thing and immediately pulled me out with the help of my come along strap.

For the record - I was wrong about the right/left attitude. I was looking at forward/back roll. Looking at those pics the right/left was easily 30 degrees. Also as far as me being bitchy about Dan's interview technique - he'd been getting on me for being a dead interviewee. Which is true. Just saying there's history.

Some of you might know Dan Bartlett. He was a bartender at the Hurricane for a few years back in the early 90s. Here's their page: https://www.facebook.com/endofallroads/

We ended up drinking mucho cervezas with the guy who pulled me out, and staying at his hospedaje (cheap hotel) down the road, where be BBQed for us. And we saw the end of the Pan-Am highway in Yaviza - where it turns into a footbridge and then impenetrable jungle after that. Fun day.

PunkinDrublic · 06-21-2018, 09:23 AM

Great read as always. How’s your Spanish doing? Is it getting any easier?

suzzer99 · 06-21-2018, 10:30 AM

Thanks! A little bit at a time. I took another week of intensive classes (4 hours/day) in Boquete, Panama - but I was sick as a dog so I wasn't in top form and didn't do any of the optional activities.

My car is currently on a boat with the Wallenius Wilhelmsen shipping lines - until I can pick it up in Galveston July 2nd or 3rd. So I'm going back to Antigua for one more week of Spanish.

I am determined to have good Spanish before I do South America. Another reason I want to live in San Jose for a while.

patteeu · 06-21-2018, 11:13 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by suzzer99

Thanks! A little bit at a time. I took another week of intensive classes (4 hours/day) in Boquete, Panama - but I was sick as a dog so I wasn't in top form and didn't do any of the optional activities.

My car is currently on a boat with the Wallenius Wilhelmsen shipping lines - until I can pick it up in Galveston July 2nd or 3rd. So I'm going back to Antigua for one more week of Spanish.

I am determined to have good Spanish before I do South America. Another reason I want to live in San Jose for a while.

Wait... you're not driving on to Patagonia?

**Rain Man** · 06-21-2018, 11:32 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by patteeu

Wait... you're not driving on to Patagonia?

Yeah, this... you're not driving on to Patagonia?

PunkinDrublic · 06-21-2018, 11:23 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by suzzer99

Thanks! A little bit at a time. I took another week of intensive classes (4 hours/day) in Boquete, Panama - but I was sick as a dog so I wasn't in top form and didn't do any of the optional activities.

My car is currently on a boat with the Wallenius Wilhelmsen shipping lines - until I can pick it up in Galveston July 2nd or 3rd. So I'm going back to Antigua for one more week of Spanish.

I am determined to have good Spanish before I do South America. Another reason I want to live in San Jose for a while.

Don’t feel bad bro. I’ve been in China since September and I can’t hold a conversation in Chinese for shit. Learning a different language is ****ing hard.

Hog's Gone Fishin · 06-22-2018, 06:26 AM

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Originally Posted by PunkinDrublic

Don’t feel bad bro. I’ve been in China since September and I can’t hold a conversation in Chinese for shit. Learning a different language is ****ing hard.

I would imagine chinese would be very difficult to learn. What are you doing in China ?

05-18-2018, 07:23 AM	#1
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05-18-2018, 07:40 AM	#2
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05-18-2018, 08:02 AM	#3
Hydrae Sandbox: Leander Lasercats Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Austin, Tx Casino cash: $2097000	Wow, thanks for the update. I have been wondering how you were getting on with all those roadblocks. Very glad to know that it all worked out okay in then end!
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05-22-2018, 09:20 PM	#4
suzzer99 In Search of a Life Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: L.A. Casino cash: $2734284	3 Nicaragua posts are up - the 3rd one is the more fleshed-out version of my getting out story. http://ushuaiaorbust.com/2018/05/20/...-pacific-side/ http://ushuaiaorbust.com/2018/05/20/nicaragua-east/ http://ushuaiaorbust.com/2018/05/22/nicaragua-exodus/
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05-23-2018, 12:52 AM	#5
suzzer99 In Search of a Life Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: L.A. Casino cash: $2734284	Lots of dudes had scarves covering their faces. They really didn't want to be photographed and also were the ones who had the homemade rocket launchers. I just wanted to get out of the country and was scared to do anything that might jeopardize that.
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05-23-2018, 08:05 AM	#6
BucEyedPea Gimme My Berries Back! Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: None of your business Casino cash: $3239963	What route through So America do you plan to take to get to Patagonia? Do you plan to go through Peru and get to stop in Machu Picchu, the Lost City of the Incas? I'd love to go to both places—Patagonia and Machu Picchu, myself.
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05-29-2018, 09:04 AM	#7
BucEyedPea Gimme My Berries Back! Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: None of your business Casino cash: $3239963	Don't know if this was posted already but no harm either way: Hope you were able to get out of Nicaragua okay. I saw on Int'l Business Times that US has had a travel warning since January for it and embassy is closed now. You might want to check the State Dept's site periodically to plan your route. https://travel.state.gov/content/tra...dvisories.html http://www.ibtimes.com/nicaragua-unr...closed-2685235
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06-20-2018, 07:10 PM	#9
suzzer99 In Search of a Life Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: L.A. Casino cash: $2734284	New Costa Rica pt. 1 post is up: http://ushuaiaorbust.com/2018/06/20/...se-torteguero/ Also the forum will probably enjoy the fun 4x4 adventure I recently had down near the Darien Gap in Panama. As always it was stupid non-chalant parking, and then escalating dumb decisions. I wound up in the ditch at probably 40 degrees (ignore my commentary in the video, I was confused): It rains so much, that ground is like the softest mushiest sod. Basically at some point I got pissed and just decided to back up as fast as I could in the ditch. Which ended up clanging against the drain and getting me fully stuck. But on the plus side I did re-dredge their ditch for them. Luckily a propane delivery driver watched the whole thing and immediately pulled me out with the help of my come along strap. For the record - I was wrong about the right/left attitude. I was looking at forward/back roll. Looking at those pics the right/left was easily 30 degrees. Also as far as me being bitchy about Dan's interview technique - he'd been getting on me for being a dead interviewee. Which is true. Just saying there's history. Some of you might know Dan Bartlett. He was a bartender at the Hurricane for a few years back in the early 90s. Here's their page: https://www.facebook.com/endofallroads/ We ended up drinking mucho cervezas with the guy who pulled me out, and staying at his hospedaje (cheap hotel) down the road, where be BBQed for us. And we saw the end of the Pan-Am highway in Yaviza - where it turns into a footbridge and then impenetrable jungle after that. Fun day.
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06-21-2018, 09:23 AM	#10
PunkinDrublic Stay down bitch! Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: Plano, TX Casino cash: $6330670	Great read as always. How’s your Spanish doing? Is it getting any easier? __________________ Disappointing my parents since 1976
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06-21-2018, 10:30 AM	#11
suzzer99 In Search of a Life Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: L.A. Casino cash: $2734284	Thanks! A little bit at a time. I took another week of intensive classes (4 hours/day) in Boquete, Panama - but I was sick as a dog so I wasn't in top form and didn't do any of the optional activities. My car is currently on a boat with the Wallenius Wilhelmsen shipping lines - until I can pick it up in Galveston July 2nd or 3rd. So I'm going back to Antigua for one more week of Spanish. I am determined to have good Spanish before I do South America. Another reason I want to live in San Jose for a while.
Posts: 27,304