Comments on: Ecuador Begins http://theroadchoseme.com/ecuador-begins A lifetime of ebb and flow Thu, 09 Feb 2012 05:09:43 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Dan http://theroadchoseme.com/ecuador-begins/comment-page-1#comment-1949 Dan Fri, 30 Apr 2010 17:09:20 +0000 http://theroadchoseme.com/?p=2066#comment-1949 Hey Mark - great to have you along for the ride. I am glad to hear you like the blog and thanks for the awesome suggestion, I will make that happen next time I have good internet with my laptop. With regards to your trip - hell yeah man! go for it. A van is a very cool way to go for sure. The ability to sleep in the Jeep is the one major thing I would change if I had my time over. Make sure you keep the overall hight below the hight of the door on a standard shipping container (I think 2.35m) otherwise you will pay a fortune to ship it around the gap. Good luck man, I would love to hear when you set off! -Dan Hey Mark – great to have you along for the ride. I am glad to hear you like the blog and thanks for the awesome suggestion, I will make that happen next time I have good internet with my laptop.
With regards to your trip – hell yeah man! go for it. A van is a very cool way to go for sure. The ability to sleep in the Jeep is the one major thing I would change if I had my time over. Make sure you keep the overall hight below the hight of the door on a standard shipping container (I think 2.35m) otherwise you will pay a fortune to ship it around the gap.
Good luck man, I would love to hear when you set off!
-Dan

]]> By: Dan http://theroadchoseme.com/ecuador-begins/comment-page-1#comment-1948 Dan Fri, 30 Apr 2010 17:06:16 +0000 http://theroadchoseme.com/?p=2066#comment-1948 I don´t know the answer to that question. I assume they find it a very personal thing and don´t want tourists going around taking photos of them all over the place. I will see if I can find out. I don´t know the answer to that question. I assume they find it a very personal thing and don´t want tourists going around taking photos of them all over the place. I will see if I can find out.

]]> By: Dan http://theroadchoseme.com/ecuador-begins/comment-page-1#comment-1947 Dan Fri, 30 Apr 2010 17:05:08 +0000 http://theroadchoseme.com/?p=2066#comment-1947 Hey Lore, great to hear from you again. I would love to read Che Guevara´s diaries, I am keeping my eye out for a copy whenever I swap books. Santiago sounds like a long way away, I have no idea when I will be there. Seeya then Hey Lore, great to hear from you again. I would love to read Che Guevara´s diaries, I am keeping my eye out for a copy whenever I swap books. Santiago sounds like a long way away, I have no idea when I will be there.
Seeya then

]]> By: Lore Navarrete http://theroadchoseme.com/ecuador-begins/comment-page-1#comment-1916 Lore Navarrete Wed, 28 Apr 2010 18:21:02 +0000 http://theroadchoseme.com/?p=2066#comment-1916 Dear Dan, It's really amazing! I wrote to you several months ago, after i saw Into The Wild and i found your blog, at that time you were in Canada. And now I visit again your blog and you're in Ecuador!!! Congrats!!! Latin America is beautiful and magic, full of very kind people, you'll see. Maybe you should read Che Guevara's diaries when he traveled like you, but in the opposite direction. Ok, when you arrive to Santiago, I'll invite you a beer! Good luck and enjoy Latin America! Dear Dan,

It’s really amazing! I wrote to you several months ago, after i saw Into The Wild and i found your blog, at that time you were in Canada. And now I visit again your blog and you’re in Ecuador!!! Congrats!!! Latin America is beautiful and magic, full of very kind people, you’ll see. Maybe you should read Che Guevara’s diaries when he traveled like you, but in the opposite direction. Ok, when you arrive to Santiago, I’ll invite you a beer! Good luck and enjoy Latin America!

]]> By: Rejeana in Alabama http://theroadchoseme.com/ecuador-begins/comment-page-1#comment-1915 Rejeana in Alabama Wed, 28 Apr 2010 17:24:10 +0000 http://theroadchoseme.com/?p=2066#comment-1915 Love the picture of the eagle. In the picture of the cloud over the mountain, the cloud looks like an eagle in flight. Question: why is "photos of people in Ecuador" a touchy subject? Love the picture of the eagle. In the picture of the cloud over the mountain, the cloud looks like an eagle in flight. Question: why is “photos of people in Ecuador” a touchy subject?

]]> By: Mark http://theroadchoseme.com/ecuador-begins/comment-page-1#comment-1913 Mark Wed, 28 Apr 2010 14:41:08 +0000 http://theroadchoseme.com/?p=2066#comment-1913 Hey Dan, I'm finally up to date with your blog. It took a while but it's been fun. I've read many a blog about very similar trips and I have to congratulate you mate... this one is the best I've come across by far. We've been scheming and planning and dreaming of doing the road trip to Argentina ever since we moved to Canada so I'm sure you know the impatience I'm feeling right now. Every month the savings account grows a little more and every day I check the classifieds for the perfect van. I came across your blog looking for Darien Gap shipping info, then I just had to start from the start. Just letting you know I'm along for the ride. Keep up the good work. Cheers, Mark PS: I have one suggestion for your blog - a full archive list instead of just the recent posts so we can get back to favourite posts easily or look up travel info etc. That would be handy. Hey Dan, I’m finally up to date with your blog. It took a while but it’s been fun. I’ve read many a blog about very similar trips and I have to congratulate you mate… this one is the best I’ve come across by far.

We’ve been scheming and planning and dreaming of doing the road trip to Argentina ever since we moved to Canada so I’m sure you know the impatience I’m feeling right now. Every month the savings account grows a little more and every day I check the classifieds for the perfect van. I came across your blog looking for Darien Gap shipping info, then I just had to start from the start. Just letting you know I’m along for the ride.

Keep up the good work.

Cheers,

Mark

PS: I have one suggestion for your blog – a full archive list instead of just the recent posts so we can get back to favourite posts easily or look up travel info etc. That would be handy.

]]> By: O'Shea 12566 http://theroadchoseme.com/ecuador-begins/comment-page-1#comment-1909 O'Shea 12566 Wed, 28 Apr 2010 13:01:18 +0000 http://theroadchoseme.com/?p=2066#comment-1909 Dan- Glad to see your trip is going well! Dan- Glad to see your trip is going well!

]]> By: Dan http://theroadchoseme.com/ecuador-begins/comment-page-1#comment-1901 Dan Tue, 27 Apr 2010 13:02:25 +0000 http://theroadchoseme.com/?p=2066#comment-1901 Hey Judy, Great to hear from you. I'm going great, still trekking along nicely. I couldn't get a great photo of the condor, but I'm told further south I should be able to see them in the wild flying around. I'll do my best to get a photo for you. I hope everything is great up there :) -Dan Hey Judy,
Great to hear from you. I’m going great, still trekking along nicely.
I couldn’t get a great photo of the condor, but I’m told further south I should be able to see them in the wild flying around. I’ll do my best to get a photo for you.
I hope everything is great up there :)
-Dan

]]> By: Dan http://theroadchoseme.com/ecuador-begins/comment-page-1#comment-1900 Dan Tue, 27 Apr 2010 13:00:52 +0000 http://theroadchoseme.com/?p=2066#comment-1900 It would be awesome to meet up sometime, somehow. Anything is possible. It would be awesome to meet up sometime, somehow. Anything is possible.

]]> By: Luis Getter http://theroadchoseme.com/ecuador-begins/comment-page-1#comment-1898 Luis Getter Tue, 27 Apr 2010 12:20:05 +0000 http://theroadchoseme.com/?p=2066#comment-1898 This is awesome Dan. I really wish we could see a few of these places together even though we do not even actually "know" you... in the meantime you are a great unofficial scouting party for us. Thanks :) This is awesome Dan. I really wish we could see a few of these places together even though we do not even actually “know” you… in the meantime you are a great unofficial scouting party for us. Thanks :)

]]> By: Judy http://theroadchoseme.com/ecuador-begins/comment-page-1#comment-1895 Judy Tue, 27 Apr 2010 04:14:04 +0000 http://theroadchoseme.com/?p=2066#comment-1895 Hi Dan, Just thinking about you and hoping you are well and safe. I see you are still on your fantastic trip -- I would love to see that condor stretching it's wings. We saw them at the Grand Canyon but not up close. Enjoy those hot springs! Cheers, Judy from Nanaimo Hi Dan, Just thinking about you and hoping you are well and safe. I see you are still on your fantastic trip — I would love to see that condor stretching it’s wings. We saw them at the Grand Canyon but not up close. Enjoy those hot springs! Cheers, Judy from Nanaimo

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