On Sat, Feb 28, 2009 at 3:46 PM, mark drillock <mdrillock@cox.net> wrote: > My friend Brian called me today to say he was back in the US after 6 > weeks south of the border. He traveled through Mexico, into Belize and > Guatemala and back again. He has an 87 Syncro Westy with nearly 300,000 > miles on it. > > He did this journey on his own, after everyone who had planned to go > along bailed out on him. I was one of them, as originally there were to > be 3 or 4 Vanagons as a group. He never intended it to be a solo trip > and even had a passenger who bailed a week before departure. > > Lots of people warned him of dangers they had heard about but he put > them aside and WENT ANYWAY! > > He has amazing tales of helping with a night release of sea turtles from > a hatchery, sleeping or trying to parked alone in the jungle with moneys > howling in the trees, and having the Monarch butterfly reserve all to > himself a couple of days ago on the way back. I'm sure it will take a > few get togethers before he can tell me all his stories. > > Brian is not a member of this list and though he has had his Syncro > since it was nearly new he is no mechanic. He took steps to get the van > ready and even learned how to do few things to it in the process. > > Westy trips of a lifetime are still possible no matter what we may have > heard. Just a few minutes before he called I saw a cable news story on > warnings from the State Department to stay out of Mexico. Brian has a > lot to say about these scare stories. > > Mark >
FWIW, he has posted some of his accounts over on the Yahoo VWvanfulltimers site. That's pretty cool what he's done. I travel solo, but haven't done anything close to what he's done in terms of travel. Inspiring stuff. Neil. Neil.
-- Neil Nicholson '81 VanaJetta 2.0 "Jaco" http://tubaneil.googlepages.com/ http://groups.google.com/group/vanagons-with-vw-inline-4-cylinder-gas-engines |
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