Drive the Pan American Highway in 1 Year | THE OTHER OVERLANDERS 2
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- Опубліковано 5 жов 2024
- Ever want to drive the Pan American Highway?
This young, Austrian couple share with us how they made that dream a reality with a loose travel plan, a budget, and an adventurous spirit!
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It seems like a universal lesson spend less time planning the whole trip! Best advice ever!
Yeah, that was our experience as well. Good to know logistics, like visas and import permits, but the rest is best figured out as you go. Our planning usually extended 12 hours to 12 days into the future and was likely to change at any moment :)
The Traveling Together Journal yes that's so true seeing what happen since the beginning with your built, getting to camps you can't actually can stay, information changing, and etc. Its definitely things I experience on my own road trips ( aka 3 or 4 days)
I love your new videos of "The other Overlanders" keep them coming and lots of kisses to Jager 🐶
Just do it!
That's my overall take on there interview.
Good vid.
I loved how you traveled in *America*
Another great video guys. I really like hearing about other overlanders who you are meeting along the way and are willing to share their stories. I also enjoyed your product review videos. I would like to see if anyone you meet really loves a particular piece of gear, if they would review for your channel? Thanks!
We ask each traveler what their favorite piece of gear is. For this young man, it was his guitar. We will continue that question. Thank you for your interest and ideas.
So happy I found this vid, so helpful and warm. Thank you so so much. What are you up to at present?
We have been living on a sailboat in California. Working and saving for our next adventure
That was great, Thanks
So glad you enjoyed it. We have at least 7 more with plans to continue to film more. Any questions you want us to ask future interviewees?
The Traveling Together Journal love the logistical questions, how about some why questions, like why are they doing this, what are they hoping to get from this trip, etc.
Great ideas. Why is so obvious to me, but maybe not to everyone? Everyone has a different why! I love it. Thank you.
Just Do It !!! :)
That's the most common advise we get from our interviewees.
how much more difficult or easy would it be doing this journey solo. I generally don't worry about stuff like this but it is a concern in the back of my mind.
Hi greg.
The only things that would be more difficult about doing this journey solo would be the lack of a partner for emotional support when things don't go as planned (breakdowns, tough border crossing...) and anytime having an extra pare of hands is useful(setting up camp, digging out your truck when you get stuck...)
It would be easier in the sense that you get to stop and go wherever you want at your pace and you only need accommodation and gear for one person, so you can make a much more comfortable living space in your vehicle than two people can.
I think it just comes down to your personality. If you are OK relying on yourself to make decisions and don't mind camping solo, than you'll enjoy the trip solo. If you need to have other people around all the time to entertain you and keep you sane then hopefully you speak Spanish or you can spend lots of your time in tourist areas meeting other travelers.
Matt, where in the South West of the continental U.S. is the best place,to purchase an empty Base van ( hi top/step van). For best price,lack of rust, and selection? Mahalo nui loa Bradah.
Your best selection is probably the Los Angeles area. It's a massive commuter city so tons of people with tons of cars. As long as your potential vehicle wasn't owned by someone living near the beach or in an area that gets lots of snow, then rust probably won't be a big problem. You can usually learn the vehicle history with a VIN check.
If it's an option, I would suggest looking on craigslist and similar sites. If you find a van you want, then fly to that city. If you are buying from a dealership or a private party that is close to the airport, they might even be willing to meet you with the van and have you test drive it on the way back to their house. There are positives and negatives to this approach, but you at least have the chance of getting a vehicle right away and avoiding scrambling around in a rental car.
there was nothing about the pan american hwy.
Hi, im a little bit concern regarding sleeping by the road in central america. Usually would you sleep in a hostel and park the car there? Or do you know campsites?
We only "wild camped" when we felt comfortable. Most of the time we paid to stay at campgrounds or in parking lots at hostels or restaurants.
If we had a self contained vehicle with inside kitchen and a toilet we would have wild camped more often, but we did the best with what we had :)
So quick question. How do you cross the Darien gap?
Ship your vehicle on a container ship from Panama to Colombia. The take a flight or sail to Colombia to pick it up and continue on.
@@TheTravelingTogetherJournal damn. Is there any future plans to construct a road or highway?
not that I've heard of
@@cesar9496 None. It really isn't a popular idea in Panama. It would be very hard economically and politically to build through a totally undeveloped and protected jungle. They also see it as a barrier to smuggling coming from Colombia (that goes on even without a road but it's very limited because it's dangerous and unpractical). Panama trades mainly with the US and doesn't see the need for building a road connecting themselves to South America as being crucial. The Darien Gap is also a big source of Foot and Mouth Disease so that's another problem. The Colombian side is very undeveloped jungle and there'd be nothing to connect it to as well.
@@prime8nate Wow very interesting. I heard a lot of people from South America walk through that to capture the American dream. Coming from a Mexican family and see Mexicans struggle through the rio grande, I can’t imagine people from further down south. It boggles my mind.