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PostPosted: Tue Jan 15, 2013 10:13 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Like Ben says, check out his newest video!!


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I wish I was there to help rebuild the engine!!!
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PostPosted: Tue Jan 15, 2013 12:57 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

A real cool vid.
But we need one that is realistic and shows the real life mechanical adventures going on.
http://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?t=538476
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PostPosted: Wed Jan 16, 2013 6:15 am    Post subject: more to come Reply with quote

Actually the videos are a pretty good representation of life on the road.

In the Colombia video, the mechanical problems weren't that bad so the video is a fair representation of the problems (although I didn't include the 3 days I sat on the side of the road watching 4 different mechanics try to bodge my breaks...for the following reason)

The trouble is, the mechanics are often in the worst parts of the city, meaning if I want to keep my camera I can't get it out to record. This is Latin America after all!

Anyways, in Panama I was mostly rebuilding the engine so that video for sure will focus more on the dramas, I have been able to record most of that problem.

Costa Rica too (where I am now) I have managed to record everything.

The videos will reflect what happens....BUT I want people to see that all the hard times are worth it too!!! They are travel videos...I just happen to be in a bus.
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PostPosted: Wed Jan 16, 2013 11:45 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

What route will you be taking through the US?
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PostPosted: Wed Jan 16, 2013 2:56 pm    Post subject: US Reply with quote

Its all open really, but mainly the west coast. I wouldn´t mind coming in to see Colorado though. The way things are going it wouldn´t surprise me if I ended up going to Alaska via the east coast Smile
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PostPosted: Thu Jan 17, 2013 10:27 am    Post subject: Re: US Reply with quote

HastaAlaska wrote:
Its all open really, but mainly the west coast. I wouldn´t mind coming in to see Colorado though. The way things are going it wouldn´t surprise me if I ended up going to Alaska via the east coast Smile


Come through!!!

West coast has better waves....
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PostPosted: Fri Jan 18, 2013 10:41 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

If you come thru Dallas I can offer a couch. We hosted a couple that drove through from BRazil, across Russia, the middle east, etc to France a few years ago. Smile
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PostPosted: Mon Jan 21, 2013 7:46 am    Post subject: Re: US Reply with quote

HastaAlaska wrote:
Its all open really, but mainly the west coast. I wouldn´t mind coming in to see Colorado though. The way things are going it wouldn´t surprise me if I ended up going to Alaska via the east coast Smile


I vote east coast Wink if you come this was, you better have an open seat in the bus because im hopping on...........for real though. id totally be in.
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PostPosted: Sat Feb 09, 2013 9:12 pm    Post subject: Stuck In The Middle Of Nowhere! Reply with quote

wuzmop wrote:
If you come thru Dallas I can offer a couch. We hosted a couple that drove through from BRazil, across Russia, the middle east, etc to France a few years ago. Smile


Now that's a trip!!!

taylorb1 wrote:

I vote east coast Wink if you come this was, you better have an open seat in the bus because im hopping on...........for real though. id totally be in.


Maybe you could bring your bus too, I traveled parts of Bolivia, Peru, Ecuador and Colombia in a Kombi convoy, I miss those days. I hope to meet up with a few of the Samba members when (if) I make it stateside.

For completeness, here is the "Death of a VW Bus" video I filmed last Saturday. I thought I was doing my final test run of my newly acquired Costa Rican engine; so I made a video to get the guys on here to listen to the motor for diagnostics, but during the test drive it all went tits up.. check it out.


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Also, I'm probably appealing to the wrong audience as we'd all like a new turn-key motor - but having spent the past 2 months straight living in a mechanics garage and because I am no longer (mechanically speaking) in a position to accept people into this "free-accommodation-in-my-Bus" project, I am accepting small donations to get me back on the road, and the doors re-open to the public. So if any of you feel like metaphorically buying me a beer, here is the bar: http://www.gofundme.com/stuckinthemiddleofnowhere
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PostPosted: Sun Feb 10, 2013 7:48 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

You know if I do end up raising enough for a new motor....when I get to Alaska I might just have to drive it home....to Europe Laughing

This 60 second video show just a few scenes of the problems we've had in recent times.


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More to come in the upcoming videos.
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PostPosted: Mon Feb 11, 2013 8:09 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

I'll be in Honduras for a couple weeks in May. If you make it that far, I'll hook you up with some killer homemade baleadas. I've also built a few VW engines, but hopefully you won't need that expertise by then.
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PostPosted: Sun Feb 17, 2013 6:52 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

vwfreek61 wrote:
I'll be in Honduras for a couple weeks in May. If you make it that far, I'll hook you up with some killer homemade baleadas. I've also built a few VW engines, but hopefully you won't need that expertise by then.


Thanks mate. I would hope that I wont need the help by then, but given the amount of problems so far it wouldn't surprise me. I will get in touch if it looks like I am going to there at the same time as you.
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PostPosted: Sun Feb 17, 2013 7:01 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

The first part of the Panama video is now available (watch in HD as always)

This is the part where we shipped the bus from Colombia to Panama and had a pretty big adventure trying to get the bus back. So as a consequence this one doesn't contain a whole lot of VW goodness, but to make up for it, Part 2 of Panama is ALL VW'ness...that is the part that contains the problems that I am currently dealing with in my other thread...and have been since December!

http://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?p=6511848#6511848

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Part 2 will be ready soon enough.

Thanks to everyone on TheSamba for your continued support. I am so glad you are all there.

PS if anyone else is ever thinking of making this trip, or heading to South America I can give you lots of good info on how to get across the roadless Darien Gap, just PM me.
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PostPosted: Mon Feb 18, 2013 5:56 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

I heard that video might not work in the states due to the music used... Can someone stateside please tell me if you can see it from this link:

http://www.youtube.com/v/d-3h0VMu_JU

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PostPosted: Mon Feb 18, 2013 7:55 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Oh Yeah... Gonna watch at lunch. Look for me on the Facebook site, I'm going.to.leave.you something.
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PostPosted: Mon Feb 18, 2013 9:40 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

liked and shared on facebook to get the word out further!
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PostPosted: Tue Mar 12, 2013 8:45 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Here is where everything started to turn sour in the trip. and the video which takes me through the time when TheSamba started to help me with my technical problems.

Check it out


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PostPosted: Tue Mar 12, 2013 9:54 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Can't wait to watch it at home on a bigger screen, Are you still stuck or out there on the road heading north?
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PostPosted: Tue Mar 12, 2013 6:43 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Ben,
We watched the video tonight on my laptop. It's another great one. You really are a natural at relating your experiences. I believe you have a big future in some sort of documentuary film or television work. I'm curious to see if you made it out of Panama and how the bus is now running. My wife and I are both big dog lovers and work a lot on saving homeless animals. We are in love with Alaska...what a great dog!
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PostPosted: Thu Mar 14, 2013 8:23 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Thanks Matt. It is good fun making the videos so I will keep at it until then end of the trip. I did eventually make it out of Panama but only to get stuck even worse in Costa Rica. I haven' t even started making that video yet, but the 4500 files I records should make for some interesting viewing...watch this space. Smile
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