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Chiris

He's safe & alive


Why he's not posted on here is beyond my comprehenson but he's OK

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He posted on Av-Rider, fairly miffed with his mother as he had warned her he would be out of touch for a while. Apparently the official reception committee waiting for the boat to dock numbered in the hundreds... There's a link somewhere else on the HUBB to that post. Can't find it right now.

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Apparently safe and well and blaming foreigners for not speaking English. And no, I can't understand why he hasn't had the manners to post here.
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....Apparently the official reception committee waiting for the boat to dock numbered in the hundreds... .....
I'll never forget how Vanna's shiny blonde hair and cute breasts bounced when I screamed my guess of "exaggeration" to Alex.
There's no way they would be willing to split the loot that many ways....

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Hey guys, sorry for not posting here earlier. Thank you to everyone who searched for me. I really appreciate your concern.
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The Cafes de Cyber that don't allow you to smoke while transferring thoughts to worn keys can make it tough in getting beyond a simple sentence or few.

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This is a bit of a anti-climatic ending to what was likely a wonderful adventure. This 23 year old, (who I don't know) decided to do something different. He didn't blindly follow the Lonely Planet guidebook. He decided to cross the Darien Gap in a way most people don't. At some point, you have to trust a person for them doing what they think is best. My hat is off to him. I hope he continues living life to the fullest, and sets an example to others to take a few steps off the beaten track.
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This is a bit of a anti-climatic ending to what was likely a wonderful adventure. This 23 year old, (who I don't know) decided to do something different. He didn't blindly follow the Lonely Planet guidebook. He decided to cross the Darien Gap in a way most people don't. At some point, you have to trust a person for them doing what they think is best. My hat is off to him. I hope he continues living life to the fullest, and sets an example to others to take a few steps off the beaten track.
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GatoGato's thread on ADVrider about the adventure crossing the Darien Gap. CLICK HERE
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Hey guys, sorry for not posting here earlier. Thank you to everyone who searched for me. I really appreciate your concern.
It's a bitch when you tell your parents that you will be out of contact for a while, and they take no notice.
It's hard for them to understand, so I would say the lesson is:-
tell them, then tell them what you just told them and then repeat it a bit later.

Nice pics BTW over there on that other webpage.

ps "many of the man hole covers are missing from vandals trying to make a quick buck recycling them" - this happens in the UK regularly (also road signs and church roofs (lead) disappear overnight); the world price of metals is sky-rocketing.
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ps "many of the man hole covers are missing from vandals trying to make a quick buck recycling them" - this happens in the UK regularly (also road signs and church roofs (lead) disappear overnight); the world price of metals is sky-rocketing.
That is terrible, I thought it was only a third world country problem with the sewer covers. In the U.S. we are having a problem with people stealing copper pipes from gas furnaces and the gas furnaces leaking and houses exploding on rare occasions.
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That is terrible, I thought it was only a third world country problem with the sewer covers. In the U.S. we are having a problem with people stealing copper pipes from gas furnaces and the gas furnaces leaking and houses exploding on rare occasions.

Yep, it's the same old story the whole world over; you don't actually have to travel very far to see life in the raw!

Maybe I should have mentioned the guys who strip the copper cable from the railway track signalling, causing the signals to fail and the trains to halt.
Aluminium, Copper, Lead - it's all the same to them.

Anyway, now you are using Skype, you can phone home more often - good luck with the travels and watch out for the "person-hole" covers (or lack of).
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