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Thread: Who would be interested in a 2012 "End of the World" Maya Rally?

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    just fyi, I think we are okay right now in term of volunteers. We will most likely need some help later so I will post something up again.

    However, if anyone has some local contacts who could help with car "donation" either in Guatemala or Belize, please let me know....
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    If you build it, I will come. With the wife and kids too.

    That will give us three drivers (daughter drives) so if people need vehicles transported back home after the end of the world we could arrange something. We are coming from Ohio, so really anywhere in the eastern 3/4 of the US is kind of "on the way".

    I love that you are making it doable by any car, but I think that might limit how remote we can get. Maybe find a place that people with 2wd have to make a little hike, or hitch a ride? I can carry about 5 people on the roof and another 4 hanging off the sliders, a couple more on the front bumper etc.

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    Quote Originally Posted by sp4mike View Post
    If you build it, I will come. With the wife and kids too.

    I can carry about 5 people on the roof and another 4 hanging off the sliders, a couple more on the front bumper etc.
    Thats about on Par with public transportation in remote parts of central america. I am always impressed with how much weight those little 4cyl hi-lux trucks can carry - the 4WD "Chivas" that haul people up into the mountians back to their villages.

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    Is that volunteers of ideas and information or.... ?
    Quote Originally Posted by Christian P. View Post
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    just fyi, I think we are okay right now in term of volunteers. We will most likely need some help later so I will post something up again.

    However, if anyone has some local contacts who could help with car "donation" either in Guatemala or Belize, please let me know....
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    okay another question for everyone:

    once you get to Guatemala, after a couple weeks on the road, and it's hot and humid in the jungle....would you prefer to camp or stay in a hotel?
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    I think that hotels, or their inclusion in the event, would make this less of an "expedition" and possibly devalue the event. Weary but jubilant overlanders camped in the jungle at trails end sharing what we brought would be more authentic, more memorable, and generate better content.

    Just my .02
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    Quote Originally Posted by TACODOC View Post
    I think that hotels, or their inclusion in the event, would make this less of an "expedition" and possibly devalue the event. Weary but jubilant overlanders camped in the jungle at trails end sharing what we brought would be more authentic, more memorable, and generate better content.

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    Quote Originally Posted by TACODOC View Post
    I think that hotels, or their inclusion in the event, would make this less of an "expedition" and possibly devalue the event. Weary but jubilant overlanders camped in the jungle at trails end sharing what we brought would be more authentic, more memorable, and generate better content.

    Just my .02
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    Who wants to be at the end of the world in a hotel.......? I guess if it had a "REALLY GOOD VIEW" and spectacular room service.
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