[WC.TC] Fwd: Expedition Update: Stage 4 - Guatemala

[Jacob Cabrera]

> Subject: Expedition Update: Stage 4 - Guatemala
>
> Dear friends and family,
>
> A new chronicle has been posted on my website along with photos.   
> This segment of the journey covers the circuitous distance in  
> Guatemala from the Mexican border in Northern Chiapas to the El  
> Salvadorean border.
>
> In addition, if you didn´t get a chance to read the chronicle  
> before that, it includes updates from the journey through Oaxaca,  
> Chiapas, and the rest of Southern Mexico.
>
> I am currently writing from San José, Costa Rica, where the super- 
> modern cosmopolitan ambience is entirely different than the places  
> I have been spending time in throughout the rest of Central  
> America.  Stay tuned for the next update, which will come in two  
> weeks from Panama City, the historical and geographical meeting  
> point of the two Americas!
>
> I am now making preparations for the next stage of the journey: the  
> voyage into Panama and the crossing into Colombia and South  
> America.  I have been anticipating this crossing for a while now.   
> The border area between Panama and Colombia is the only section  
> from Alaska to Argentina where there the Panamerican Highway is cut  
> short.  There is a roadless section of 106 km or so, called the  
> 'Darien Gap,' which poses multiple hazards: the dense jungle is  
> impossibly difficult to navigate; the poisonous animals and snakes  
> have no trouble devouring you; the indigenous inhabitants don´t  
> look too fondly to foreigners, and most strikingly, it is teeming  
> with drug cartels and paramilitary agents who shoot first and ask  
> questions later.
>
> Therefore, I am exploring options to execute the crossing into  
> Panama via a sailboat from the Caribbean Coast of Panama to the  
> historic port town of Cartagena de las Indias in Colombia.  This  
> involves a 4-5 day sail across the San Blas archipelago in pirate  
> infested waters and in the height of the tropical storm season.
>
> As the summer is approaching quickly, here´s to sending you all my  
> best wishes and warm vibes.
>
> South America and the Andes are finally looming closer.  I´ll see  
> you there in a few weeks!
>
> : )
>
> Namaste,
> Japhy
>
>
>
>
> -- 
> Jeff Dhungana
> "Japhy" - adventurer, anthropologist, artist, agent-of-change
> japhyd at gmail.com
> www.jeffdhungana.us
>
> .Fortune favors the bold.

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