What's the safest route through Mexico for a road trip from the USA to South America in a Ferrari?
There are none.First off, it’s a bit brash to drive a Ferrari through the poor countries of Central America. You’re just begging for corrupt cops to pull you over for a bogus violation and demand $500 in cash.Plus, you’ll have to spend the night a bunch of times, it’s at least a six day drive. So you’re going to be pulling off the Pan-American Highway regularly, and parking in sleepy little towns or big cities, in either of which you’ll stand out like a walking ATM. Or M-13 gangs will challenge a new kid to carjack you.Third, insurance will be a nightmare. You’ll need to stop at every border and purchase insurance for THAT country, plus typically pay a few hundred bucks for a “hologram” (a window decal), that must be redeemed on the way out. Driving without the hologram and/or insurance is an excellent way to get your Ferrari confiscated.Finally, you can get no father than Colombia by car. To get to Peru or Brazil or Argentina or Chile, you will need to take ferries across parts of the Amazon. Which presumably take cars (they definitely take motorcycles, because I know a couple of guys who have biked from Alaska to Tierra del Fuego).All that being said, the Pan American Highway is very nearly complete, and so you can drive on mostly excellent roads from Laredo or Eagle Pass (let’s say San Antonio) to Panama City, with only a few parts of Nicaragua and El Salvador where you’ll need to divert onto crappy local roads for a while.But all in all, if your point in doing this is to drive around in a Ferrari down in Rio or Buenos Aires, why not fly there and rent one? Or if you’re moving there, have it shipped by a cargo ship. Not cheap, but neither was the Ferrari, I presume.
Where is the wall portrayed in pictures as a wall between Mexico and Guatemala?
What do you mean?There is no wall or fence.There isn't a project for building a wall.Therefore no one is demanding anyone to pay for anything.The Mexico- Guatemala border looks like this:The Mexico-Belize border looks like this:As you can see there are a couple of checkpoints in certain locations, but that’s it. Other than that it’s open space and natural barriers (rivers, etc.)
Where are the poorest places in Mexico?
the 3 poorest states in Mexico are Chiapas, Oaxaca and Guerrero. speaking about Municipalities, the 3 poorest ones not only in Mexico but in whole Latin America, according to UNO reports are located between Guerrero and Oaxaca and are: Cochoapa el Grande, Metlatónoc and Tlacochistlahuaca. that are located in la the are known as "La Montaña" and are rural and indigenous.
Will they ever pave a road through the Darian Gap and connect North and South America?
This won't happen for years, if it ever happens at all. The US offered to pay for a road through the Darién Gap back in 1971, however environmentalists had it blocked in 1974. They tried again in 1992, but the United Nations had it blocked in 1994. Also it is believed by some that the Darién Gap has prevented things such as cattle diseases coming north from South America into North America. And the indigenous peoples of the Darién Gap have fought to keep their lifestyle. Also in the 1990s, the Colombian government lost control of the its side of the gap to Marxist rebels and really hasn't fully gained control since.
Why can't Panama/Colombia or the US just build a road in the Darien Gap?
On the Colombian side, it’s a national park. So that’s a good reason not to.The Colombian side is also not particularly well developed, so you can build a road through the Darién Gap and then what would you do? You’d have to build hundreds of km of road to reach the closest town, Turbo, which is not exactly a bustling metropolis.In addition, there’s already a lot of excellent, low-cost air and sea connections between PTY and most cities in Colombia. On the maritime side, the port of Cartagena has more or less specialized in emptying very large container vessels in about 14 hours and then redistributing the containers in other, smaller vessels that sail to their final destination. Those very large vessels invariably come from Panama as their previous port of call, so moving cargo to and from Colombia to Panama is easy.So what’s the point of ruining what is possibly the world’s last pristine ecosystem in the name of a road? I’ll put it to you this way - both countries care so much about the Gap that we’ve been discussing how we should build a 700 MW HVDC cable between the two countries (a piece of infrastructure we both need) for the better part of a decade. The latest iteration is an underwater connection. So, yeah - we care about the Gap and we’re probably not going to do anything that will ruin it, even if the infrastructure in question is actually necessary.
Is it possible to drive from Vancouver to Argentina?
There is a highway called the Pan American Highway. This is the Alaska Highway to Dawson Creek, then Highway 97 through BC to Weed, California, and then on. The highway is less known these days, but, it is possible to drive all the way. But,... As others have said, the road can be rough in spots. Worse, in some of the countries, the bandits will basically get you. It is exceedingly dangerous to drive in some of these places, where the law either doesn't exist, or is totally corrupt. I had a look on Google Maps - it can get as far as Panama, but, it only has the very largest roads in Columbia, and none showing for Panama -> Columbia at all. Just towns in the middle of nowhere! Here is a site of someone who drove the Pan American Highway. With maps, and tips: http://www.go-panamerican.com/