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From: Bill Scott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: Multiple recipients of VACList <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Friday, February 23, 2001 1:58 PM
Subject: [VAC] Re: OVERSEAS Caravans
> The breakdowns were so numerous, axles, shocks, springs, and tow
> vehicles, and the progress so limited, less than a quarter of a mile in
> one day, that several people just got sick of it, and gave up, sold
> their unit and flew home. If you want the awful details, read the book,
> Capetown to Cairo. Most of the Caravanners started out with brand new
> International 4 wheel drive trucks. There were some Chevy pick ups with
> 4 wheel drive. Most were "new", of course , back in 1959, a brand new
> truck would only cost about $4K. Even today if you wanted to travel in
> Europe, or Eastern Europe, if you had a chevy pick up and a major
> breakdown, in , say Romania, or Bulgaria, you would have a difficult
> time getting repairs. The best alternative is to make arrangements to
> rent MBZ trucks or vans for the entire trip. That way, you wouldn't
> have to pay shipping from the states and back, plus, in almost any
> European country, it is easy to find a repair shop to fix a Mercedes
> truck or van.
> Overseas trips are not cheap. Even today, you would not want to travel
> anywhere in the "Balkans", or in many places of the former Soviet Union.
> Much of the old Soviet Union has degenerated into extortion, and
> bribery, to get anything done, or go anywhere. Even the old East
> Germany of today is still a grim place of hatred and jealously,
> grafitti, and lingering Communism. Many of the old Warsaw Pact
> countries are struggling, just to put food on the table. Such was the
> grand experiment with the old Soviet Union. A Grand Failure. I
> suggest keeping the caravan in this hemisphere, from say "Miami to
> Fairbanks", or if the Canadians scare you, try "Seattle to Bangor to
> Miami to San Diego". or from Tucson to Punta Arenas. I think sponsors
> would be easier to find, the whole trip is driveable, South and Central
> America, are poised to join "NAFTA", and overall, if you avoid
> narco-terrorists, and can speak Spanish, and or English, you should have
> no problems. You should still have a rather new tow vehicle, that can
> be fixed anywhere. Thats my 2 cents.
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> Bill Scott
> Charter Member and Membership Chairman
> Washington DC Unit, WBCCI #3221
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