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An uncommon way to get there....

How about exploring uncommon ways to get there.

In 2000, I drove alone to Mexico city from Montreal, Canada. 4 1/2 days and about 5000 Kms. Roamed around for 3 months, did 4 cities and drove back ; a lot of fun and no major problems.
That could be fun to drive to Colombia but wouldn't do it alone this time, anybody wants to join? :-) I will pick you up on a street corner in little rock jejejej No heavy booze or smoke though.
I also thought about taking a boat from Miami or Louisiana, anybody inquired about that? Hope to hear from you

By zephyr1957 on Jul 14, 2005, 16:42 in Friendly Talkzone.

ColombiaBoard says on Jul 15, 2005, 08:07:

Drivin´in Colombia You can´t drive from Panama to Colombia because there are no roads between the two countries so you´ll have to ship your car from Colon to Cartagena and then continue from there.

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Zedd says on Jul 15, 2005, 08:48:

Any idea on the cost to ship your car from Colon to Cartagena? I've often wondered about the feasibilty/safety of driving to Colombia from Detroit, where my wife (una Colombiana) and I live. I would imagine that there might be auto ferries for that Panama-Colombia link, do you know, ColombiaBoard?

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Mr. Hollywood says on Jul 15, 2005, 08:52:

No ferries There is no auto ferry. There's just not enough business to support them.

I don't have recent quotes but I know that a friend who brought a car to Peru from the US looked into the costs because he thought it would be an interesting drive. At that time, it was cheaper to ship from the West coast of the US to LIma than to ship from Colon to Cartagena, without even factoring in the driving costs of driving through Mexico and Central America.

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