Expedition Overland - Central America - 2015 Season on YouTube

Episode 7 is live

 

Great stuff, Kurt. I'm really enjoying this season. Thanks!

 

Loving this series, great work

 

Glad to hear you're enjoying it!

 

My only complaint is there was a bit too much tooth pulling footage in the previous episode. That's painful to watch. Otherwise the show is great and I look forward to new episodes each week.

 

Episode 8 is live!



Lots of border dynamics this episode. With a dozens of borders and checkpoints on our trip... it's an important subject to cover.

 

nice episode!
How many episodes will there be? I'll be sad when the season is over

 

Still waiting for you guys to use 4wd. At least the girls were

 

The border crossing look like complete chaos. This series is showing me which countries I never want to travel too.

 

Right, and as I have said ad nauseam... you will. We had absolutely used 4wd to this point, it simply didn't make the episode. You're seeing 5% or less of the footage in any given episode, likely much less. Central America is not an epic 4x4 destination, but we knew that going in and were an an overland trip, not a trail ride

 

12, final will be an hour (as was the episode 1)

Only over until next season

 

That is absolutely the case for many Central and South America borders, more organized in South America but still extremely chaotic compared to the parking lot that is the US border. Now, African borders, while equally inundating with random processes and procedures... are amazingly far more calm, collected and professional, something I was shocked to see honestly.

The crazy thing about Central America border crossings in particular, is how much it can change from day to day. I've been through some of these borders multiple times, as recent as 6 months before the XO trip. Even in that time places and procedures were different. Places where their "insurance" was mandatory no longer required and some let us skip right past fumigation that took an hour of waiting in line on previous trips.

If you recall from the episode Clay was quite worried about the caustic "fog" they flood the vehicles with as it is quite nasty and can leave a residue everywhere it settles. That worry came from my previous trip where they flooded the rigs with fog, closed the doors and when the doors were opened some minutes later, the fog rolled out the bottom of the door openings and left a moisture in it's path. Who knows what it is that stuff but if smells funky and I wouldn't want it in my new rig

From a previous trip, the dude just sat there blasting it for what seemed like a minute. He then shut the doors and made as stand there and watch it settle

 

Thanks for the response. It's still my favorite show. And I have enjoyed the episodes so far.

 

Episode's 7 and 8 were my favorite so far. Those border crossing sequences were pretty crazy.

 

Glad you enjoyed!

 

Man I'd be so pissed if they sprayed that in my truck! I was cringing the whole time while watching!

 

Subd

 

Me too!

 

Episode 9 is live

 

Just watched it. The girls did awesome!! Not going to spoil it for others. Looking forward to next weeks.
I hope clay does a kindof lost episode series to feel in some of the gaps between episodes. I think that would be cool.