Comments on: Continued Work http://www.racinggreenendurance.com/blog/?p=1347 Fri, 20 Jan 2012 15:20:06 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Diego http://www.racinggreenendurance.com/blog/?p=1347&cpage=1#comment-2283 Diego Fri, 24 Sep 2010 16:40:24 +0000 http://www.racinggreenendurance.com/blog/?p=1347#comment-2283 PD: Don't worry about FARC, now it's more a reduct of criminals hidden deep in the forest more than a real threat. PD:
Don’t worry about FARC, now it’s more a reduct of criminals hidden deep in the forest more than a real threat.

]]> By: Diego http://www.racinggreenendurance.com/blog/?p=1347&cpage=1#comment-2282 Diego Fri, 24 Sep 2010 16:37:34 +0000 http://www.racinggreenendurance.com/blog/?p=1347#comment-2282 Hi, I work for KPMG in the Medellín office, Colombia, and I think that your project it's a great way to turn off down the obsolete vision that many people have about electric cars. Enjoy your travel in our green country, I'm sure that you gonna get a lot of Colombian friends. Hi, I work for KPMG in the Medellín office, Colombia, and I think that your project it’s a great way to turn off down the obsolete vision that many people have about electric cars.
Enjoy your travel in our green country, I’m sure that you gonna get a lot of Colombian friends.

]]> By: Jorge Barrera http://www.racinggreenendurance.com/blog/?p=1347&cpage=1#comment-2223 Jorge Barrera Thu, 23 Sep 2010 03:35:36 +0000 http://www.racinggreenendurance.com/blog/?p=1347#comment-2223 Dear Team, Welcome to Colombia. as someone with many years of experience racing solar cars around the world I understand your undertaking, pains and gratifications. I lived many years outside of Colombia where I help to build my fair share of technology, I can say I am now glad to be back. I believe is was my lab which was offered to repair the car but in Medellin a full days way. If there is any piece of advice I can give you, it is: look out for the traffic, its your greatest threat traveling through this country and always be friendly, this is one of the nicest thing about this country, its people, whether they are in some hut buy the road side or in the trendiest part of Bogota 99.5% of them are there to help. can't wait to catch up with you and cheer you on. enjoy what i hope will be a pleasant discovery sincerely Jorge Dear Team,

Welcome to Colombia. as someone with many years of experience racing solar cars around the world I understand your undertaking, pains and gratifications. I lived many years outside of Colombia where I help to build my fair share of technology, I can say I am now glad to be back. I believe is was my lab which was offered to repair the car but in Medellin a full days way.
If there is any piece of advice I can give you, it is: look out for the traffic, its your greatest threat traveling through this country and always be friendly, this is one of the nicest thing about this country, its people, whether they are in some hut buy the road side or in the trendiest part of Bogota 99.5% of them are there to help.

can’t wait to catch up with you and cheer you on.
enjoy what i hope will be a pleasant discovery

sincerely
Jorge

]]> By: Robert Llewellyn http://www.racinggreenendurance.com/blog/?p=1347&cpage=1#comment-2209 Robert Llewellyn Wed, 22 Sep 2010 20:57:13 +0000 http://www.racinggreenendurance.com/blog/?p=1347#comment-2209 Just wanted to say hi, well done so far, good luck with the rest of the trip and boy, it sounds like you've been having a tough time. I've been so busy over the past few weeks I haven't managed to keep up with how it's been going. I am so in awe of you guys, sticking with it, not cheating, waiting and hassling and going through all you've been through. Well done all of you. Can't wait to hear about the successful completion and see the results of the buckets of footage Claudio must have shot by now. all the very best to all of you Robert Just wanted to say hi, well done so far, good luck with the rest of the trip and boy, it sounds like you’ve been having a tough time. I’ve been so busy over the past few weeks I haven’t managed to keep up with how it’s been going. I am so in awe of you guys, sticking with it, not cheating, waiting and hassling and going through all you’ve been through. Well done all of you. Can’t wait to hear about the successful completion and see the results of the buckets of footage Claudio must have shot by now.

all the very best to all of you

Robert

]]> By: Tony Zaccharia http://www.racinggreenendurance.com/blog/?p=1347&cpage=1#comment-2201 Tony Zaccharia Wed, 22 Sep 2010 17:13:28 +0000 http://www.racinggreenendurance.com/blog/?p=1347#comment-2201 Best of luck to you on your incredible adventure! I look forward to seeing the documentary. On a reassuring note, I just returned to California after a three week visit to Colombia. I spent two weeks in Southern Colombia, in the department of Narino, which has been known to be home to guerillas. Let me assure you that it is safe. President Uribe really did a number on the FARC, and the guerillas are no longer the threat that they were a few years ago. I visited isolated areas, and all was calm. No hint at all of any guerillas or drug traffickers. keep up the good work! God's speed to the team! From, A fellow adventurer. Best of luck to you on your incredible adventure!

I look forward to seeing the documentary.

On a reassuring note, I just returned to California after a three week visit to Colombia. I spent two weeks in Southern Colombia, in the department of Narino, which has been known to be home to guerillas. Let me assure you that it is safe. President Uribe really did a number on the FARC, and the guerillas are no longer the threat that they were a few years ago. I visited isolated areas, and all was calm. No hint at all of any guerillas or drug traffickers.

keep up the good work! God’s speed to the team!

From,
A fellow adventurer.

]]> By: Charles H Schulmann http://www.racinggreenendurance.com/blog/?p=1347&cpage=1#comment-2197 Charles H Schulmann Wed, 22 Sep 2010 15:17:47 +0000 http://www.racinggreenendurance.com/blog/?p=1347#comment-2197 Dear RGET , “ The Long Way Round ” and “ The Straight Way Down ” ( the Pan American Highway ) show that there is still a lot to discover about our world and Mother Earth , which is no different from some of the romantic and exotic explorers who have walked the earth , to name a few Alexander the Great , Genghis Khan , Marco Polo , Vasco Da Gama , Christopher Columbus , The Conquistadors , Sir Walter Raleigh , Magellan , Captain Cook , Napoleon , The Slaves in Egypt , America and other countries , The French Huguenots , The Irish Immigrants to the Americas , The 1820 Settlers in South Africa , Dr Livingston , Stanley even Cecil John Rhodes , Mahatma Gandhi who rediscovered his own country India , whether in war , discovery or necessity for good or for bad , the list continues while we may not forget some of the mass migrations due to persecutions , inappropriate political emancipation and some basic human requirements like food and water have often presented new horizons and opportunities for humankind , offering a kaleidoscope of cultures and ideas which continue to mesmerize our enquiring minds and perpetually changing the face of our world . Today we are fortunate that we have electronic medium and technology to convey the “ latest ” at our convenience with the remote touch of a button . However , it is the reactions to the processed information that determine some of the outcomes which could have some everlasting impact . Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarios de Colombia – FARC , the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia was a distant idea similar to the romantic notion of the revered or reviled Che Guevara ( Ernesto Guevara ) , who by the way did two trips through South America on a motobike , starting from Central America probably along the precursor to the Pan American Highway and wrote “ The Motocycle Diaries ” which was adapted into an award wining film in 2004 . Dear RGET , I take the liberty of INSISTING that one of you READ more about FARC and their ilk who have peppered or spiced South American lore and legends as you are about to beat in the footsteps of people who were there before you and forewarned is to be forearmed as all these people deserve the RESPECT for good or for bad , because they have left an indelible mark where you are about to tread . It seems that this part of the Trip is going to prove very interesting and we wish you all , the very best with ENVY from Ladysmith ( Kwazulu Natal ) in sunny South Africa , Charles and friends . Dear RGET ,
“ The Long Way Round ” and “ The Straight Way Down ”
( the Pan American Highway ) show that there is still
a lot to discover about our world and Mother Earth ,
which is no different from some of the romantic and
exotic explorers who have walked the earth , to name
a few Alexander the Great , Genghis Khan , Marco Polo ,
Vasco Da Gama , Christopher Columbus , The Conquistadors ,
Sir Walter Raleigh , Magellan , Captain Cook , Napoleon ,
The Slaves in Egypt , America and other countries ,
The French Huguenots , The Irish Immigrants to the Americas ,
The 1820 Settlers in South Africa , Dr Livingston , Stanley
even Cecil John Rhodes , Mahatma Gandhi who rediscovered
his own country India , whether in war , discovery or
necessity for good or for bad , the list continues while
we may not forget some of the mass migrations due to
persecutions , inappropriate political emancipation and
some basic human requirements like food and water have
often presented new horizons and opportunities for humankind ,
offering a kaleidoscope of cultures and ideas which continue
to mesmerize our enquiring minds and perpetually changing
the face of our world .

Today we are fortunate that we have electronic medium and
technology to convey the “ latest ” at our convenience
with the remote touch of a button .
However , it is the reactions to the processed information
that determine some of the outcomes which could have some
everlasting impact .

Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarios de Colombia – FARC , the
Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia was a distant idea
similar to the romantic notion of the revered or reviled
Che Guevara ( Ernesto Guevara ) , who by the way did two
trips through South America on a motobike , starting from
Central America probably along the precursor to the Pan
American Highway and wrote “ The Motocycle Diaries ”
which was adapted into an award wining film in 2004 .

Dear RGET , I take the liberty of INSISTING that one
of you READ more about FARC and their ilk who have peppered
or spiced South American lore and legends as you are about
to beat in the footsteps of people who were there before
you and forewarned is to be forearmed as all these people
deserve the RESPECT for good or for bad , because they
have left an indelible mark where you are about to tread .

It seems that this part of the Trip is going to prove very
interesting and we wish you all , the very best with ENVY
from Ladysmith ( Kwazulu Natal ) in sunny South Africa ,
Charles and friends .

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