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Mark: I’m a late thirty-something English guy whose realised that it’s a hell of a long way to retirement. Some would say that’s a mid-life crisis. I’m sticking with my story that I just need some adventure. I’ve quit my stressful job in London and I’m off, with my wife, to travel a bit. When the idea of travelling first crossed my mind I quickly decided that I didn’t want to just go backpacking again, I wanted an adventure with a purpose. We initially talked about driving from London to Cape Town, something that a guy from my rugby club had done a few years ago. Sarah didn’t fancy Africa so we soon changed tack to the Americas and I came up with the concept of driving from the top to the bottom. This hit the spot and the plan developed from there.
Hi Mark, We met you on evening at the old trestle rest stop on the McCarthy-Kennecot road. I see you are are leaving Whistler on Sept 23rd, so you are probably south of us by now, but if you are not, and need a place to park you rig in Seattle, you are welcome to stay with us. We spoke briefly about your rig and our future plans for a similar trip as yours.
Cheers
David Henderson and Karen Anderson
Hi Guys,
Great to hear from you after our brief meeting. Thanks very much for your offer but we have been and gone to the seattle area – we checked out Olympic and Rainier National Parks and are now enroute to Rocky Mountain National Park.
Best of luck with your plans for the future.
Mark
send me your Email address. Dennis
Hi – we just bumped into some Londoners who bumped into you somewhere…. We’re in Honduras heading south and our rig (Dodge 50) is also too big for a container…
You’ve heard, surely, about the new ferry from Colon to Cartagena??
Any information you could share with us would be really cool…
check us out on http://www.earthcircuit.org or the facebook group Earthcircuit.
safe travels…
Hi Andy,
We’ve heard about the new ferry. I’m pretty sceptical that it’ll be running at the start of May – its likely to be on latin american time I reckon. We’re in Cartagena waiting for our truck to arrive – we went RORO and arranged it all before hearing about the ferry. I’m sure more details will arise over the next few weeks.
Mark
Hi Mark,
We’re gonna be wanting to ship our vehicle, a Toyota 4runner, from Panama to Columbia. What company did you use, do you have contact details for them? I’ve found lots for shipping containers but no contacts for RORO? As much info as you can give would be really appreciated. Thanks. Sam, samy_p@icloud.com
Hi Mark,
I’ve had been watching Overland Vehicles’ website for some time with the plan of commissioning them to build us an overlander. To my huge disappointment, it now seems they have shut down. Would you have any contact info for their team or other organization that is building similar trucks to yours? Or if you know of anyone planning to sell their’s in the next while?
Any help you can give would be greatly appreciated!
And, of course, thanks for the excellent blog!
Happy travels,
Andrew
Hi,
We will be selling our truck at the end of April 2013. The price will be USD30k and this includes all overlanding equipment – generator etc that we have on board. It will be located in South America at this point. If we have to ship back to Europe the price will be USD5k higher.
Mark
Hi Mark,
Thanks for getting back to me. How can I contact you to discuss further?
Regards,
Andrew
My email address Is fromatob2011@gmail.com
Hello!, I am writing to you from a branding agency in New York and we are interested in purchasing one of your images from Mexico. WOuld this be something you would consider?
Many thanks
Hi,
I am open to offers. Contact me on fromatob2011@gmail.com
Regards,
Mark
Hi Mark,
Wondering if you guys are still in Ushuaia? We heard you might be around. Would love to share a beer and travel stories. We missed you in Pucon. http://Www.americanrecess.com
Let us know, Logan