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[Anonymous]

Panama bound........

Panama bound........

Ride to the nation of Panama huh?........Bring plenty of replacement tires when the roads turn from smooth pavement to huge potholed asphalt & then into deep rutted dirt trails.
Take plenty of cash to bribe the "federales" when they pull you over just for the hell of it.
Talk to your parents about their financial well being when your ass is in a mexican jail on some trumpted up charges & the "authorities" "request" monies for your release.
...............or perhaps if you look as poor as the locals with a clapped out bike you might make it.
Do you speak Spanish fluently?
You have NO CLUE what your getting yourself into!!!!!!!!!
All the laws & civil rights protections you now enjoy disappear once you cross the multiple borders your intending to.
Rick..........

 

[KGB]

Pepto Bismol

You're going thru Mexico 8O

 

[Anonymous]

Richard: I'll be buying enough insurance to cover my debts and get my body flown home but I shouldn't really need it. I've driven my van through Mexico, Belize, and Guatemala a few years ago and it wasn't a big deal at all. I don't speak Spanish very well but I don't care about that either, it's fairly easy to converse with a limited vocabulary. Have you been down there? As far as I know people actually live in these countries quite happily.

Steve

 

[Anonymous]

A few more items:

Singing...
Raindrops on roses and whiskers on kittens
Bright copper kettles and warm woolen mittens
Brown papper packages tied up with strings
These are a few of my favorite things

Cream colored ponies and crisp apple strudels
Doorbells and sleigh bells and snitzel with noodles
Wild geese that fly with the moon on their wings
These are a few of my favorite things

Girls in white dresses with blue satin sashes
Snowflakes that stay on my nose and eye-lashes
Silver white winters that melt into springs
These are a few of my favorite things

When the dog bites, when the bee stings, when I'm feeling sad
I simply remember my favorite things and then I don't feel so bad...

Stop this....stop this right now....it's getting extremely silly!

Simon

 

[gremlin]

get your passport now. it will come in handy. after all the 9/11 bs you realy will need it.

 

[Anonymous]

International travel

International travel

Richard: I'll be buying enough insurance to cover my debts and get my body flown home but I shouldn't really need it. I've driven my van through Mexico, Belize, and Guatemala a few years ago and it wasn't a big deal at all. I don't speak Spanish very well but I don't care about that either, it's fairly easy to converse with a limited vocabulary. Have you been down there? As far as I know people actually live in these countries quite happily.

Steve

Steve:
My "experiences" are whats' been told to me by my wife who was born in Argentina and made her way to the states at the age of seven when the politics of shooting up Police stations spooked her father(who was a cop) into trying to find a better life. She now just this moment tells me "When someone steals your bike you can just walk home"
She also tells me of road construction devoid of cones, lights and other warnings as they tend to get stolen, so they put out 55 gallon drums with burning oil for warnings." usually right next to the pothole so you have no warning"
"Live in these countries quite happily".....??????
If that is the case why do hundreds & thousands risk life,limb & imprisonment trying to cross the border?
Me myself I'm more worried about your bike getting ripped off.....
Imagine roving bands of theives scouting out for unlocked bikes who drive around in pick-ups & hop out & throw machines into the back at a moments notice . NOTE: Wife says "Yep!"
Rick.......
PS: Chain up your bike to an immovable object!