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I want to travel from Alaska to Argentina/Chile by car. Is this possible? I assume there are bridges/ car ferries across the Panama Canal am I rite? I'm prepared to learn Spanish or whatever mongrel language the savages use in that region. It's always been my dream to piss off of the southernmost tip of the Americas.
>> Anonymous
Practically the entire continent of South America, except for Brazil and the French regions, speak Spanish. It's not like it's fucking hard to remember what language they speak on the continent below you. Don't act like such a dick about it. You're on /trv/, not /b/.
>> Anonymous
>>8701

Fuck, I want to do that too, driving all the way down by car.

BUT

There is a strip of jungle along the portion of Panama near the Guyana border than has no roads you can drive across. Have to take a ferry for that portion.
>> Anonymous
>>8701
I'm from Argentina and I'd love to do that same trip, but up north.

As far as I know, the Panamerican Highway connects the entire American Continent from Alaska to Tierra del Fuego, but in some parts of Colombia the road dissapears and you have to cross very dangerous jungle areas. (Darien Gap)

Otherwise, the rest of the Panamerican is perfectly safe and in good conditions. Many people have done the trip, by motorcycle or car.

Also... savages? mongrel languages? don't be an idort. It's true that languages like Quechua or Aymara are widespread in some parts of Bolivia and Peru, but Spanish and English are enough to make yourself understood. Also, in rural parts of Bolivia they eat cats and guinea pigs, or so I've been told.
>> Anonymous
>>8701
I'm from Argentina and I'd love to do that same trip, but up north.

As far as I know, the Panamerican Highway connects the entire American Continent from Alaska to Tierra del Fuego, but in some parts of Colombia the road dissapears and you have to cross very dangerous jungle areas. (Darien Gap)

Otherwise, the rest of the Panamerican is perfectly safe and in good conditions. Many people have done the trip, by motorcycle or car.

Also... savages? mongrel languages? don't be an idort. It's true that languages like Quechua or Aymara are widespread in some parts of Bolivia and Peru, but Spanish and English are enough to make yourself understood.
>> Anonymous
>>8774
like, how intense is the darien gap, if you're going by car? is it like, ditch your car and buy another one on the other side intense, or is it you drive and keep your sat phone charged and your emergency shit ready in case you need it?
>> Anonymous
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>>8774

Well shit Inuit may come in handy in some places without roads up here. I didn't know if I'd hit non Spanish speaking natives between Mexico and Argentina. I don't mind being a mule, but I don't want to smuggle cocaine up my ass. Are there places I should avoid? Also my family and friends would never pay if I were kidnapped and held ransom. Are there safe words or gestures I could do like the fonz to get me out of those situations?
>> Anonymous
>>8793
There is no road there

At all
>> Anonymous
>>8793
It's pretty much impossible to cross by vehicle.

Read this though
http://magliery.com/Thompson/misctext/darien.txt
>> Anonymous
Get your fat ass a good motorcycle and take the trip, that will make it 100x easier. The whole trip from Alaska to Guatemala would probably take like 5 days if you are a masochist. The 2nd half of the trip will be much harder, but still very possible.
>> Anonymous
"The Darién Gap is subject to the presence and activities of three Colombian rebel groups. These include the United Self-Defense Forces of Colombia (AUC), a right-wing paramilitary group headed by Carlos Castaño; the National Liberation Army (ELN); and the left-wing Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC). All three groups have committed human rights violations. The U.S. State Department reported that combined, the ELN and FARC have been responsible for 51 kidnappings and ten murders of U.S. citizens. Kidnappings are common for political and financial gain. Among the political victims of the Darién Gap were three missionaries who disappeared from Pucuro on the Panamanian side in 1993. British travelers were kidnapped in Darién Gap in 2000 and held for nine months, this is documented in the book The Cloud Garden by Tom Hart Dyke and Paul Winder. In 2003, Robert Young Pelton, on assignment for National Geographic, and two teammates were detained by AUC rebels for one week in a highly publicized incident."