I remember the good old days where I would use Apple Maps on my family's first generation iPad to search for directions to Beijing, select "Walk", and watch this glorious contraption instruct me to canoe across the Pacific ocean
Thanks for the video from Panama! Back in 1996 I was part of a volunteer/US military group that flew Christmas donations to a remote village in the Darien. The Boeing CH-47 Chinook helicopter traversed "the rugged landscape" by flying up over ridges and back down into the many valleys. Lots of nausea as we searched for the village. We stopped at an airfield for directions and dismounted for a bathroom break. We were rushed back into the helicopter as police notified us the FARC had been spotted in the area, and yes they love hostages for ransom money. We did deliver the gifts without any gunfire. I have since met Columbians that walked to Panama. It is not an easy feat to say the least.
it's colombians* and even tho a peace treaty has been signed withe the FARC guerrilla there are other insurgent groups that are currently operating around this zone, it is very dangerous.
@•• That is not true. You can have a 10 foot (3 meter) long bridge connecting two continents and it will still be considered an intercontinental bridge. The "epic" factor has more to do with the significance of connecting two continents.
just watched this, it's fucking amazing! Not only did they make it across that inhospitable gap of highway, but they did THE ENTIRE PANAMERICAN HIGHWAY, OVER 17,000kms ON THEIR ODOMETERS! The perseverance and strength of that group is beyond inspiring!
Random fact: Most birds are completely immune to spice such as that in peppers. They also don’t digest pepper seeds, making spice the perfect strategy to spread their seeds.
Here in Panamá there's currently a joke that says "Darien doesn't exist" due to the fact that it is so isolated and wild down there that almost no Panamanian has ever been there and that we've almost met nobody from Darien hahahaha.
If Venezuela, the Guyanas and Brazil all share a very similar.. if not worse jungle ... WHY HASN'T THERE BEEN A MORE SERIOUS APPROACH TO FINISH THE PANAMERICANA WITH ALL THE NEW TECHNOLOGY AND ROAD CONSTRUCTION TECHNIQUES?
I’ve learned so much from your videos over the past couple of months. Right when I get down with 1 I’m on to the next & even looking deeper into the topic on my own. Thank you for your amazing content 😄
They only traveled a distance of about one tank's worth of fuel and probably had a few extra canisters as cargo. Plus they only got a couple hundred meters per say, so they didn't use a lot at once. They probably spent a lot of time creating a path with the truck turned off.
While it’s an excellent point that they didn’t actually travel much distance, severe off reading like that is extremely fuel inefficient. Time idling and wheel spinning in the thick mud would add up to quite a lot of fuel. Surely they would be conscious of that and try to mitigate waste, but I’m still curious if they took all the fuel with them or if they were resupplied at any point.
@@OtakuUnitedStudio Issue with that is fuel will only last about 6 months in a sealed container, and that reduces to about three months in higher temperatures which I'm sure would be the case in a rainforest!
@@cursedelmo1697 Because A) North Korea is not swampy, and B) If not for China, North Korea would have been completely conquered back in 1951. America was basically mopping the floor with the NK Army, and was within SIGHT of the Chinese Manchurian border, when all of a sudden half a million Chinese soldiers swarmed across the border, and pushed America back, by sheer numbers. By the time the U.S. recovered from the magnitude of that surprise attack, the war descended into a complete stalemate, for two years, until the armistice was signed. So really, it was China that won the Korean War... not North Korea.
As being born in Panama, Panama really cares about its rainforest and environment. (Besides the capital) and of course they won’t have enough money to do it on a long, and difficult rainforest. I’m pretty sure they don’t also want to lose a lot of people just from working there.
Jane here. Your videos are so enlightening! Sometimes places just don't need to be conquered. Period. No worker should have to die just to make a road. I'm shocked by the numbers who died making the Panama Canal.
I think what he meant by pristine and untouched was that it’s completely undeveloped with no roads or infrastructure. The criminals and natives that live there are few and haven’t don’t much to change the physical landscape.
The militant groups in Colombia thrive on "underdeveloped" areas where the military and police forces have trouble enforcing the law because of a lack of infrastructure. And having traveled to Colombia dozens of times, I can assure you these groups are no joke and don't mess around. This problem is being steadily resolved throughout the country though, but this border area is probably the most remote location of the entire country.
@Richard Hopkins I'm not trying to be rude but I think he/she said that this "Darien Gap" story is like Bermuda Triangle on land. Hopefully you understand :)
@Hyperskreem 82 I've been to Panama several times. And I can assure you that massive cities and "tons" of mansions don't make a country rich... A country is truly rich and developed when there is a good Gini Index. I'm from Colombia, and I consider Colombia and Panama both poor countries. Nonetheless, I think Panama is more developed than Colombia.
@@JaylemagnifiqueGame ... It Would Be Way Longer Than That... We Have To Find A Way To End The Conflicts (Decriminalization Is For The Mexican Drug War... For Colombia... Well, What Do Think?)... Before We Try To Help Their Economies! (If Colombia Can Regain It’s Peace... Then They Should Allow Us To Do The Underground Tunnel... Without Using Their FARC Guerrillas!)
Literally nobody in TH-cam explains better than you. There is not a single video in this chanel that I do not understand. And before opening it I am like fck I don't want to watch 10 minutes but after every video I feel smarter. Big like. What a voice and what a nice choice of sentence structure. Easily one of the best TH-cam channels. 👍
Use to be a car trip from the USA and Europe that when directions were requested on google earth, the results would take you to a dock in NYC, then tell you to exit your car and swim 2,000 miles to Europe.
Actually, the Olmecs which are the precursor of the Aztec culture came from south america. And there was also trade between north and south america, that's how the Aztecs brought over cacao from south america.
No, you watched the video? Is possible and simple to cross to Colombia to Panamá, (today is more complicated because of FARC but it didn't existed back in the day). Its impossible to cross with a car
In 1971/72 a group of Brits drove through the Gap with two Range Rovers and as a scout vehicle a Land-Rover 88" Series IIa. It took them three months to complete El tampon. The whole trip from Alaska to the south tip of Chile was covered in approx. seven Month in total.
2 Brazilian guys did it in model Ts in the early 1920s. A groups of Jeeps also did the first all land crossing of the gap in the 80s. Made respect to anyone that tries it.
I know a lot of people talk about this but I see you on almost every educational type videos similar to RLL's ones like what if and on kento bento I think
All my thoughts while he was showing how long it took them to drive through the Jungle. Oh it took them 74 hours? Wow Oh it took 741 hours? Omg Oh it took 741 days. 😳
Video idea: I saw something on tv many years back about a man hoping to build a tunnel under the Bering Strait, connecting Alaska to Russia. With that, it would be theoretically possible to drive, or take a train from New York to London, New Delhi, or South Africa. That would make an interesting topic for one of your videos.
Person living in Panama here. The reason we haven’t added routes is because of the militia and we want to preserve the natives communities as well the environment. Opening a route will make it easier for drug cartels in Colombia to come as well
3 Corvairs and an '88 GMC pickup have driven the Darien gap. One of the Corvairs did run out of gas on the home stretch and was abandoned, but it did make it through the difficult stuff.
If it were possible imagine a train journey from the Arctic Circle to the tip of South America. You start your journey seeing polar bears and end it seeing penguins.
@@johnsach4156 05:34 “A highway did technically go into construction once in 1971 and then again in 1992. But it was killed both times by damning environmental damage reports.”
@@ha-zg3gp It was still the biggest reason. They were ready to look past all the other reasons that make this endeavor almost impossible and what ultimately stood in their way was the public opinion, not the unforgiving circumstances that they were ready to take head on.
Did you guys not get the joke here? It was bad enough that even in the messed up years where they would sacrifice anyone to get things done, they had to cancel it
@@klincecum Really? Do you do cross continent container shipping? They don't go by boat from Seattle to Miami or LA to New York, or Halifax to Vancouver... they go by rail.
*I love how one highway project would be be an unmitigated environmental disaster, but somehow revolutionaries, kidnappers, murderers, and drug cartels are totally fine for the environment.*
1) They aren't building intercontinental roads. 2) They aren't building anything actually, since they want to remain hidden. 3) They are generally biodegradable.
You're confused how hundreds, maybe thousands, of gas guzzling vehicles driving through the jungle each day may be worse for the environment than groups of people living there?
Ya know, I’ve always thought about if you could drive through this tiny spot. Glad this video popped on my timeline!! LIFELORE keep doing ya thangg🤘🏽🤘🏽
@@jannikheidemann3805 Most of them are a joke to me, as somebody who comes from the neighborhood for real. Yea. I see right through alot of them. Although that's neither here nor there. Lol
a group did just that in the 70s, they drove Jeeps from the tip of South America to the tip of Alaska while traversing through the gap “expedition de las americas” the shot documentary is on TH-cam
Matvei Soykin -insert ‘ackchyually…’ meme temple here ^ *sighs heavily* FINE!! “…the NORTHERN most point of Canada all the way SOUTH to the SOUTHERN most point of South America…” HAPPY?!?
I’m did that! I’m from Argentina and I travel by road to Alaska back and for. To cross the Darien gap need to pay a container for the truck and is really expensive. But the road trip was really amazing.
The environmental impact excuse (never mind the weather) was just as valid when they built the road and pipeline to Prudhoe Bay in Alaska, which when first opened was a PRIVATE road used only for oil field access. It was only in recent years that it became open to all traffic. Same with the Panama Canal - that was territory actually under US control since the US had a vested interest in getting the canal constructed so that maritime traffic could move between the US east and west coast. It had ZERO to do with any environmental hurdles or the number of people dying during it's construction. So the real reason why you don't see a road through the Darien gap is simply because the USA is saying "No, we have no interest there", and not because it isn't an engineering or construction problem. Pretty sure as well that as soon as the US DOES have a reason groups like FARC would disappear overnight. BTW: Crossing the Bering Strait by road could be done too, it's just that the US and Russia really don't want to be THAT warm and fuzzy with each other LOL
You are right, just have to take a look at China's mega highways in the middle of nowwhere in the mountains. A highway bridge (not clear about the name) would be less impacting on nature, as the road is very high from ground.
Tunnel under the Darien Gap. Using "The Boring Company's" Las Vegas estimates, $24.3 million per mile, for a high speed tunnel rated for 155 MPH. For a total cost estimate of about 1.5 billion. Now double that estimate just to be safe with your budget. With a toll price of $5.00 per ton the bi-directional tunnel could easily generate $100,000+ per day. Which is about $20.00 for a full size sedan. Much cheaper and faster then a ferry. That would make the tunnel completely paid for in 10 years.
A correction there were two other groups that made the trip over the Gap in vehicles. The first in the 60's was driven by the British Army using land rovers and US built military Trucks. The Second was six specially equipped Jeep vehicles sponsored by America Motors in the late 70's. The second carried "ladders" and "pontoons" that were used to drive over deep "ditches" and streams and rivers. They drove from Punta Arenas in Argentina through the Darien to Point Barrow Alaska in a little over a year and a half. Two areas slowed them down. The Darien and the section in Alaska.
I would personally go with a coastal bypass road to San Francisco Colombia then a 22 mile long causway across the Brazo Leon from there to Necocli. It would be the same distance as the Pontchartrain Causway, so on the surface it looks doable. Obviously a ferry would be cheaper, but a causway physically linking the whole network would be a flex
1:28 French Guyana isn't a sovereign nation, it's part (overseas department) of France and thus the EU (even shown on the Euro banknotes). You could say that France is one of the sovereign nations present on the South-American continent.
I feel like the best long term solution is something that’s been in front of me forever, just a short drive on ferry from Panama to Columbia. I grew up on Long Island and went to Connecticut to see my dad’s family by getting onto a big af boat that people drive their cars onto, slightly faster than driving
It’s a hotspot for human trafficking too. Just a few days ago about 15.000 immigrants from Africa, South America and the Caribbean were stuck there, trying to make their way to the US, which is of course a very dangerous run.
This is wrong. The first Vehicle crossing was years before: "The first vehicular crossing of the Gap was made by three Brazilians in two Ford Model Ts. They left Rio de Janeiro in 1928 and arrived in the United States in 1938." It's right there on Wikipedia dude.
@@0subsWith0vidsChallenge when you have millions of subscribers you have a responsibility to thorughly fact check a ten minute video. It's not that difficult.
There are many places not connected by road, e.g., there’s no route between New Delhi and Kabul, relatively nearby cities, but there is a road route from Kabul all the way down to Johannesburg.
The video fails to explain that the main reason for not even wanting to talk about this highway is the MASSIVE opposition of the panamanian population who know that it would facilitate the movement of crime from the Darien gap to Panama. Just picture the troubles US has in their border with Mexico.
I imagine quite a bit of it was going 75% of the way then "oh crap, this is a total dead end off a cliff, there are absolutely no ways through this way". Then, having to backtrack and try again through an easier road. Rinse/repeat. It would probably be easier these days, because instead of relying on crappy Google Maps imagery which wouldn't really help you know if a direction is passable, you could launch a drone every once in a while to take some imagery, then have a best path to go. Retrieve the drone and rinse/repeat.
It would be hyper expensive and very dangerous too. It would also probably hurt some wildlife as well because they will have to create vents or smth similar to take out all the gas from the vehicles and to keep the tunnel airy (I think that's the word). Also a while bunch of resources will be needed, places to park the trucks when digging, a lot of dirt/sand to dispose... In short, it would be hell
Perhaps instead of trying to build a road connection over land through the jungle in the Darian gap, they can build a tunnel underneath it. The Gotthard Base Tunnel is the world's longest tunnel at about 57km long, so it's not infeasible to double that length. Going underneath the Darian would eliminate any problems of disrupting the ecosystem there.
I assume no one would mind.. well, except for the people who the land belong to .... much like if someone said, "hey, mind if we take one part of your country so we can build a road on?" or "mind if we take a part of your land to build a canal on?"
So what was the purpose of building the North and South highways up until the Darien Gap if it's impossible to do any construction works? Because there is no way engineers found out about the gap only after the construction started. There definitely must be some subjective reason like blackmailing for the construction not to continue.
real-life lore: All of Europe is connected by land. Britain, Ireland, Iceland and all other islands in Europe: : ( I edited this based on the comments : )
Idea for an alternative route: From Santa Fé del Darien, Around the Coast of Guna Yala, Then The Border in Cabo Tiburón, Goes Down to Santa María La Antigua Del Darién and then a bridge connection with Turbo or a road link-up with Lomas Aisladas, and then, it finally done. But It's so expensive, dangerous and anti-environmentally conscious, so let things like that.
I bet you that when China see this video they will basically contact Panama government and wants to sponser a highway across the Darian Gap as part of their belt and road initiative.
I'm Panamanian and you aren't exactly wrong. Our previous president (in office from 2014-19) was in bed with China. They wanted to build a high speed railway between Panama City, the capital and David, our second largest city located in the Western part of the country (it's close to the Costa Rica border) and bring in lots of Chinese labor to build it. This would mean that Panama and its corrupt government won't be able to pay back the debt so Panama would basically be owned by China. Now because of COVID-19 all those plans are sure as shit abandoned. Thank God we didn't get owned by those bastards.
I live in Canada and I visited the Darien gap last winter. It is a truly amazing place to go. I have been to some really amazing places in this world but the Darien gap was beyond anything I had ever imagined. It is so lush and georgous. The people are super relaxed and the wildlife is unlike anything I have ever seen before. It is some real Tarzan type of jungle. Truly breathtaking
Missing the prime reason …it acts as a security barrier for Panama from potential aggressors to the country hence its strategic importance to Panama . A road through would undermine this point and is therefore off the table (think Russia v Ukraine )
Clark Clifford dangerous in what terms? I’m sorry? If ur talking about robbery or assaults and kidnapping or violations or something like that well obviously, you’re comparing an actual town, city or district with a freaking jungle. If ur looking for some dangerous place in Colombia to compare to Camden NJ u have Ciudad Bolívar or Soacha both in Bogotá, or AguaBlanca in Cali but not a Jungle. Like there’s few cases of assaults and robbery and stuff because NO ONE ENTERS THERE maybe?!? Duh. A normal city has more assaults than this place, this is a jungle so no one enters there smh
Looking at the map, it looks like it would be easier to hug the coast. There are plenty of small communities that dot the coast on both sides of the border. I'm sure that, like with many communities in Alaska, there is a reason they don't want to be connected by road but that would be an easier and less obtrusive way of connecting the two countries and it would be a hell of a highway to drive.
@@AndenMowe-hh5qk yeah looking at the map, it looks like the shortest you could make a bridge is only 10km long. Which is nothing compatible to some bridges that have been built in the last few decades
When he started to mention completing the highway around the gap I immediately thought the same thing about building a bridge, but yeah that would be one of the most expensive construction projects ever, but ferrying would also be rough because of the amount of ferries they would possibly need, and they’re risking any type of resistance groups or gangs from harming the travelers
@@tomascayul5728 How would a underground tunnel damage the environment? Are you worried about the dirt? Aslong as you go deep enough to avoid most of tree roots your fine
As a panamenian I can say that due to the reasons said on the video and the government lacking any real interest in Darien as a province for the whole history of the country the road hasn't been finished and one thing that the video doesn't mention is that even though we as a country are pretty small thanks to the Darien Gap and other parts we have a huge biodiversity, you can find new species yearly
I rode my 10 speed bike thru the gap from Panama to Columbia in 1978. I never got kidnapped. I got a flat tire and the natives made me a new one from their rubber trees. I never even got bit by a single mosquito.
David martinez torres Nope, even in English the country is spelled as Colombia. That’s the official name in both English and Spanish. Nobody is asking French speakers to stop calling it “La Colombie” because that’s the actual name of the country in French. Writing “ColUmbia” when meaning the S.A country is as wrong in English as calling the European country “Jermany”.
There was a group of men that Drove three Corvairs through the Darien Gap in the Mid 60s or so. Only two Corvairs made it out on the other side. The Corvairs we're driven from Chicago into South America. The 3rd Corvair is still in the Jungle.
Panamenian Here! Hello =P I can actually confirm all this info, preety good explanation! Also the amount of indocumented people arriving to Panama would be Insane, most SouthAmericans consider Panama a great place to get to since our Currency is the US Dollar too and is not so hard to get a whatever job to survive.
The only veichle that can safely traverse The Darien Gap with no issues is of course the legendary Toyota Corolla.
2 Corvairs did it in 61.
@@wjanis1 he was making a joke because the toyota corolla is used in these videos as a form of units
@@CobnutVTS EDIT: and is now an ongoing meme
@@juicebox6124 yep xD
Or the top gear hilux
"Single little spot"
*100 km natural barrier*
Random Schmid it’s honestly not that big compared to a lot of other natural barriers
Consider the "barrier" that prevents an intercontinental road between americas and europe, called Atlantic Ocean.
It may be a small barrier, but it’s a pretty big spot.
@@obgaming6802 for mankind
Random Schmid I understood
I remember the good old days where I would use Apple Maps on my family's first generation iPad to search for directions to Beijing, select "Walk", and watch this glorious contraption instruct me to canoe across the Pacific ocean
Fr?? Did they really ask you to canoe in the Pacific 😂
There are some places where it tells you to swim.
Just build yourself a pontoon bridge and problem solved
I used to get “Sail across the Pacific Ocean.” Good times
I did too but it told me to canoe to alaska then to china
This video should be used as a material to teach how to rephrase the same sentence in 100 different ways.
Seriously! 🤣
This could have been a 30 second video
This is all of their videos.
I don’t understand why the “” in “America” hahaha that’s literally the name of the continent, it does belong to the US ahahaha
I know. Most of these videos do buggle critical thinkers.
Yeah....get to the point already !!
So now there is a full video about the darien gap epic
Way less than 1% of America, full video
I was like, "Hasnt this been mentioned before?", so that makes sense.
It was mentioned in the longest walk I think
Looks like it
Oh wtf, I hate americans. Blah blah blah. I heard this before and now seeing it in a video sucks. Zzz. I never heard of it.
Darien Gap: Haha you can't go pass my forests
Humans in the future: *So you've chosen deforestation.*
I love the smell of napalm in Central American rainforest.
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Just let Elon Musk make a tunnel with his Boring Company. He can do it cheaper with no disruption to the ecosystem.
As a panamanian, most of us are against building a road or anything that would damage our precious rainforest. No one is touching the Darien Gap.
Thanks for the video from Panama! Back in 1996 I was part of a volunteer/US military group that flew Christmas donations to a remote village in the Darien. The Boeing CH-47 Chinook helicopter traversed "the rugged landscape" by flying up over ridges and back down into the many valleys. Lots of nausea as we searched for the village. We stopped at an airfield for directions and dismounted for a bathroom break. We were rushed back into the helicopter as police notified us the FARC had been spotted in the area, and yes they love hostages for ransom money. We did deliver the gifts without any gunfire. I have since met Columbians that walked to Panama. It is not an easy feat to say the least.
FARC doesn't exist any more.
@@Blagotebi1 It was in 1996 so FARC existed but in 2017 it was dissolved
it's colombians* and even tho a peace treaty has been signed withe the FARC guerrilla there are other insurgent groups that are currently operating around this zone, it is very dangerous.
0:23 people walk back and forth all the time
3:32 700 DAYS IN A CAR
Well, it takes a lot more to move a vehicle through the jungle, than it does to walk.
Just use skillshare to learn how to make a road trough the Darien gap.
i agree
Perhaps even learn how to SPELL, too!
@Phantom yeah lol
John Karavitis just for a missing h? Smh
They could make a highway around the Darien Gap at the coast of gulf of mexico, because there are villages there and moderate rainforest
Why does everything sound so epic when you put "intercontinental" before it, even though it is just a highway
Jaymond Sperling um because it’s important?
Intercontinental breakfast
@•• That is not true. You can have a 10 foot (3 meter) long bridge connecting two continents and it will still be considered an intercontinental bridge. The "epic" factor has more to do with the significance of connecting two continents.
Intercontinental ice cream sprinkles..... Eureka!!! You're right!!!
intercontiental genocide
You've obviously have never heard of the Duke boys . They could make that jump.
"The Darian breakthrough", look it up, two Range Rovers drove across it in 1971.
just watched this, it's fucking amazing! Not only did they make it across that inhospitable gap of highway, but they did THE ENTIRE PANAMERICAN HIGHWAY, OVER 17,000kms ON THEIR ODOMETERS! The perseverance and strength of that group is beyond inspiring!
Random fact: Most birds are completely immune to spice such as that in peppers. They also don’t digest pepper seeds, making spice the perfect strategy to spread their seeds.
Cool
Well, I already knew. But thank you.
The spice must flow!
Do they digest anal beads, we want those beads everywhere.
R/cursedcomments
Here in Panamá there's currently a joke that says "Darien doesn't exist" due to the fact that it is so isolated and wild down there that almost no Panamanian has ever been there and that we've almost met nobody from Darien hahahaha.
Trueee😂
true compa😂
If Venezuela, the Guyanas and Brazil all share a very similar.. if not worse jungle ... WHY HASN'T THERE BEEN A MORE SERIOUS APPROACH TO FINISH THE PANAMERICANA WITH ALL THE NEW TECHNOLOGY AND ROAD CONSTRUCTION TECHNIQUES?
In New Jersey the joke is the same about the Pine Barrens
@@10000spidersinatrenchcoat In Germany, people joke that there is no Bielefeld.
I’ve learned so much from your videos over the past couple of months. Right when I get down with 1 I’m on to the next & even looking deeper into the topic on my own. Thank you for your amazing content 😄
Instead of building a road through this gap, lets build a road around the gap. Let's build a road on the beach.
A "detour" like that was suggested here: 5:51
I n f e c t e d C o w s
Maybe we should cure the cow disease first before we do this.
@@carljohnson7168 I wouldn't insult Colombians like that.
Tunnel
I wanna know where that Jeep was getting gas while driving through a dense jungle for two years.
They only traveled a distance of about one tank's worth of fuel and probably had a few extra canisters as cargo. Plus they only got a couple hundred meters per say, so they didn't use a lot at once. They probably spent a lot of time creating a path with the truck turned off.
While it’s an excellent point that they didn’t actually travel much distance, severe off reading like that is extremely fuel inefficient. Time idling and wheel spinning in the thick mud would add up to quite a lot of fuel. Surely they would be conscious of that and try to mitigate waste, but I’m still curious if they took all the fuel with them or if they were resupplied at any point.
Sheesh, they ordered it on Amazon and it was delivered the next day.
@@mikebronicki6978 pretty convenient since Amazon is really close to there
@@OtakuUnitedStudio Issue with that is fuel will only last about 6 months in a sealed container, and that reduces to about three months in higher temperatures which I'm sure would be the case in a rainforest!
Who would win?
Multiple nations who went through wars, revolutions, and technological advancements, or;
One swampy boi.
@Kim Jong Un why not north korea? KIM JONG UN?
Answer: whatever's cheapest. (True fact of life)
@@cursedelmo1697 Because A) North Korea is not swampy, and B) If not for China, North Korea would have been completely conquered back in 1951. America was basically mopping the floor with the NK Army, and was within SIGHT of the Chinese Manchurian border, when all of a sudden half a million Chinese soldiers swarmed across the border, and pushed America back, by sheer numbers. By the time the U.S. recovered from the magnitude of that surprise attack, the war descended into a complete stalemate, for two years, until the armistice was signed.
So really, it was China that won the Korean War... not North Korea.
@@shindari there was no armistice. It's a stalemate in the war but nod an end to it
@Kim Jong Un Win for what title?
As being born in Panama, Panama really cares about its rainforest and environment. (Besides the capital) and of course they won’t have enough money to do it on a long, and difficult rainforest. I’m pretty sure they don’t also want to lose a lot of people just from working there.
Jane here. Your videos are so enlightening! Sometimes places just don't need to be conquered. Period. No worker should have to die just to make a road.
I'm shocked by the numbers who died making the Panama Canal.
"the whole area is pristine and untouched"
less than 1 minute later...
"the whole area is a hotbed for criminals, drug whatever, blah blah"
k...
I think what he meant by pristine and untouched was that it’s completely undeveloped with no roads or infrastructure. The criminals and natives that live there are few and haven’t don’t much to change the physical landscape.
@@explorenaked How is it safer? This is a very dumb comment!
The militant groups in Colombia thrive on "underdeveloped" areas where the military and police forces have trouble enforcing the law because of a lack of infrastructure. And having traveled to Colombia dozens of times, I can assure you these groups are no joke and don't mess around. This problem is being steadily resolved throughout the country though, but this border area is probably the most remote location of the entire country.
@@explorenaked ops sorry!
LOL!
This sounds like black hole or Bermuda triangle on land.
@Richard Hopkins I'm not trying to be rude but I think he/she said that this "Darien Gap" story is like Bermuda Triangle on land. Hopefully you understand :)
Why don’t they build a tunnel
@Hyperskreem 82 I've been to Panama several times. And I can assure you that massive cities and "tons" of mansions don't make a country rich... A country is truly rich and developed when there is a good Gini Index. I'm from Colombia, and I consider Colombia and Panama both poor countries. Nonetheless, I think Panama is more developed than Colombia.
Samuel Cardona Monsalve Bueno, si Panama y Colombia son considerados pobres, que carajo son Honduras, Venezuela y otros?😂
@@JaylemagnifiqueGame ... It Would Be Way Longer Than That... We Have To Find A Way To End The Conflicts (Decriminalization Is For The Mexican Drug War... For Colombia... Well, What Do Think?)... Before We Try To Help Their Economies! (If Colombia Can Regain It’s Peace... Then They Should Allow Us To Do The Underground Tunnel... Without Using Their FARC Guerrillas!)
If it was in Japan, they'd just dig a tunnel.
Two weeks, tops:)
or in Germany - you know, the guys who built a lock system across their continental divide, so they boat from the Rhine to the Danube!
Nope in Japan....you run out of money 💰 paying tolls 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
Yeah , our countries sucks
Literally nobody in TH-cam explains better than you. There is not a single video in this chanel that I do not understand. And before opening it I am like fck I don't want to watch 10 minutes but after every video I feel smarter. Big like. What a voice and what a nice choice of sentence structure. Easily one of the best TH-cam channels. 👍
Humans: "Wouldn't it be cool if we made a road that stretches from Canada to South Americ-
Some rainforest: haha no
So the tree concil say no
That never happened.
It's a very mountainous region as well.
Nuke the entire forest lol jk
I’ve been on this issue since 1986. Sad to say but it’s not gonna happen anytime soon.
Humanity likes natural borders.
(Day 1 driving across the Darien Gap)
Kids: Are we there yet??
Dad: Almost! Only 2 more years to go!
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“There’s an even bigger reason why a road hasn’t been built here”
*subway ad instantly plays*
You don't need to put America in quotations like that.
Source: the rest of the world.
They do bc in Europe we get taught its 2 continents i think in most of North America and some Asian countrys as well
If you've got to travel, by the nine divines, stay on the road. It's the Daedra, you see.
@Kim Jong Un C'mon Kim, you and I both know that's a lie.
You should stay away from the Darien gap, there's a group of bandits over there. :Map has been updated:
Have you heard of the high-elves ?
Stendar will protect me
Stay safe citizen, these are dark times
Use to be a car trip from the USA and Europe that when directions were requested on google earth, the results would take you to a dock in NYC, then tell you to exit your car and swim 2,000 miles to Europe.
Gotta do whatcha gotta do
True, miss that
@@zakunick1 it told my college roommate that to get from Pittsburgh, PA to Tokyo, to drive to San Francisco, then canoe across the Pacific Ocean
@@Retailman100 That’s good cardio.
@@zakunick1not really i tried swimming 2000 miles once and my water broke
Thank you so much for uploading this video. It is helping me get through the pandemic!
Just build a really long bridge over the water like the New Coastal Road
I won my school's geography Bee on a question about the Darien forest
Good job
I thought Reno was in Texas and lost in the first round of my school geo bee😂
Good job
Geography bee?
I guess my school doesn’t have that if we had that though I think I would do good
Man when will the geobee challenge be in Europe
Also historically known as the big reason why the aztecs and incas had no clue about each other despite being relatively close
Actually, the Olmecs which are the precursor of the Aztec culture came from south america.
And there was also trade between north and south america, that's how the Aztecs brought over cacao from south america.
I imagine they knew of each other, but just didn’t interact much beyond very basic trade and the occasional very lost traveler.
No, you watched the video? Is possible and simple to cross to Colombia to Panamá, (today is more complicated because of FARC but it didn't existed back in the day).
Its impossible to cross with a car
no they knew eachother just never really contacted eachother
They did knew about each others
In 1971/72 a group of Brits drove through the Gap with two Range Rovers and as a scout vehicle a Land-Rover 88" Series IIa. It took them three months to complete El tampon. The whole trip from Alaska to the south tip of Chile was covered in approx. seven Month in total.
2 Brazilian guys did it in model Ts in the early 1920s. A groups of Jeeps also did the first all land crossing of the gap in the 80s. Made respect to anyone that tries it.
One of the few “big voice” videos I found to be informative and entertaining. Lots of great info here.
Darien Gap: No entry
RealLifeLore: *Hold my Corolla*
u again
Lol
I know a lot of people talk about this but I see you on almost every educational type videos similar to RLL's ones like what if and on kento bento I think
Dude, ever heard this thing called "a beard"
Omg go away pls
All my thoughts while he was showing how long it took them to drive through the Jungle.
Oh it took them 74 hours? Wow
Oh it took 741 hours? Omg
Oh it took 741 days. 😳
That's two+ years😳
@@NeighborSenpai oh really
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Frozen Kebab woah, that’s like more than a day 😳
How did they have fuel for 741 days? Fuels tends to go bad after ~90days if not stored in special tanks🤷♂️
@@mrprice8536 I'm also wondering how
Imagine driving nearly 2 and a half years to successfully drive through the Darien gap
no need to imagine. They filmed it.
Imagine the tropical hemorrhoids.
Video idea: I saw something on tv many years back about a man hoping to build a tunnel under the Bering Strait, connecting Alaska to Russia. With that, it would be theoretically possible to drive, or take a train from New York to London, New Delhi, or South Africa. That would make an interesting topic for one of your videos.
"Raise money for charity every time you open a new tab"
*uses autoclicker*
*S T O N K S*
*L M A O*
*Just hold ctrl+t lol.*
Well you actually have to look at the ads, and if you really want to raise money then click in the ads.
Live The Future Its 👏 a 👏 joke 👏
I've always wondered why Google Maps couldn't find a route if it's connected. Now I know thanks to you! 💯👍
They should actually add ferry routes.
@@kiradotee they should but then again they might have at least one but it's probably for locals or militias
@@kiradotee but ferrys are not the real answer. they break the route and panamericana should be the whole length
Person living in Panama here. The reason we haven’t added routes is because of the militia and we want to preserve the natives communities as well the environment. Opening a route will make it easier for drug cartels in Colombia to come as well
vitali we actually do have a ferry route but it goes from Colon to Cartagena
3 Corvairs and an '88 GMC pickup have driven the Darien gap. One of the Corvairs did run out of gas on the home stretch and was abandoned, but it did make it through the difficult stuff.
If it were possible imagine a train journey from the Arctic Circle to the tip of South America. You start your journey seeing polar bears and end it seeing penguins.
Imagine how awful the environmental damage would be, if it was bad enough to stop a project in the year of *1971*
Did you seriously not listen to the other reasons he gave on why they gave up. The environmental damage is a very minimal reason. 🤦🤦
@@johnsach4156 05:34
“A highway did technically go into construction once in 1971 and then again in 1992. But it was killed both times by damning environmental damage reports.”
Steinar But that’s not the only reaosn
@@ha-zg3gp It was still the biggest reason. They were ready to look past all the other reasons that make this endeavor almost impossible and what ultimately stood in their way was the public opinion, not the unforgiving circumstances that they were ready to take head on.
Did you guys not get the joke here? It was bad enough that even in the messed up years where they would sacrifice anyone to get things done, they had to cancel it
Reallifelore:Why can't you drive through Americas.
Container Ships: *THAT'S ILLEGAL*
Container ships don't care. Still cheaper.
@@klincecum Really? Do you do cross continent container shipping?
They don't go by boat from Seattle to Miami or LA to New York, or Halifax to Vancouver... they go by rail.
*I love how one highway project would be be an unmitigated environmental disaster, but somehow revolutionaries, kidnappers, murderers, and drug cartels are totally fine for the environment.*
Is that not immediately obvious?
@@censored1430 *Yes.*
1) They aren't building intercontinental roads.
2) They aren't building anything actually, since they want to remain hidden.
3) They are generally biodegradable.
Sit down you’re wrong
You're confused how hundreds, maybe thousands, of gas guzzling vehicles driving through the jungle each day may be worse for the environment than groups of people living there?
Ya know, I’ve always thought about if you could drive through this tiny spot. Glad this video popped on my timeline!! LIFELORE keep doing ya thangg🤘🏽🤘🏽
Im gonna fly here in Microsoft Flight Simulator and find out close.
Ralph Laurenz Cortez how come i crashed every simulator i used try to take off????
@@Isabel-ge1ou Taking off is the easiest part of a simulator. Its the landing thats you gotta worry about.
You know what this means: *airplanes*
and ships
and balloons
Wendover productions has joined the chat
And portals
@@merpatigrafikahp4916
You're on the right way my comrade
Finally I'm proud of being from Nicaragua, my tiny country was taken into consideration for one of your videos mate ❤️
In the Late 1960s - early 1970s the British Army drove a group of Landrovers through from Panama to Columbia. A lot of fording.
So you are telling me, that parasites and drug dealers quard one of the last rainforests on earth?
What a strange time to be alive.
Drug dealers are a subset of parasites, so it's redundant to mention them.
@Slippery Storm Must be a bumass drug dealer. No real one brags about it to others.
damn are you brainwashed if you think that is the only rainforest left
@@yoosherbthekid464 Gangsta Rappers: Are we a joke to you?
@@jannikheidemann3805 Most of them are a joke to me, as somebody who comes from the neighborhood for real. Yea. I see right through alot of them.
Although that's neither here nor there. Lol
Man imagine how cool it would be to drive from the top of Canada all the way down to the bottom of South America that would be a awesome road trip
Sounds like a road trip they would do for top gear
a group did just that in the 70s, they drove Jeeps from the tip of South America to the tip of Alaska while traversing through the gap “expedition de las americas” the shot documentary is on TH-cam
There is no "bottom" and "top", the map is just drawn that way for some reason
Matvei Soykin -insert ‘ackchyually…’ meme temple here ^
*sighs heavily* FINE!! “…the NORTHERN most point of Canada all the way SOUTH to the SOUTHERN most point of South America…”
HAPPY?!?
I’m did that! I’m from Argentina and I travel by road to Alaska back and for. To cross the Darien gap need to pay a container for the truck and is really expensive. But the road trip was really amazing.
Well done as always!
The environmental impact excuse (never mind the weather) was just as valid when they built the road and pipeline to Prudhoe Bay in Alaska, which when first opened was a PRIVATE road used only for oil field access. It was only in recent years that it became open to all traffic.
Same with the Panama Canal - that was territory actually under US control since the US had a vested interest in getting the canal constructed so that maritime traffic could move between the US east and west coast. It had ZERO to do with any environmental hurdles or the number of people dying during it's construction.
So the real reason why you don't see a road through the Darien gap is simply because the USA is saying "No, we have no interest there", and not because it isn't an engineering or construction problem. Pretty sure as well that as soon as the US DOES have a reason groups like FARC would disappear overnight.
BTW: Crossing the Bering Strait by road could be done too, it's just that the US and Russia really don't want to be THAT warm and fuzzy with each other LOL
yeah I agree, in reality no one gives a shit about the environment when it comes to building infrastructure or energy sources
You are right, just have to take a look at China's mega highways in the middle of nowwhere in the mountains.
A highway bridge (not clear about the name) would be less impacting on nature, as the road is very high from ground.
🎯🎯🎯
The second that connecting these two highways will prove profitable, it'll be built. Until then, there will be no connector.
I knew someone in the comments would say it. You are absolutely correct.
No shit, isn't that why anything at all is connected? To help transfer goods?
Sorry to burst your bubble, but it would already be profitable
@@PrezVeto Not profitable enough though.
@@PrezVeto Then the U.S will want to claim the highway belongs to them.
YES, an 8 min video only about the Darien Gap, my Saturday has been made
Tunnel under the Darien Gap. Using "The Boring Company's" Las Vegas estimates, $24.3 million per mile, for a high speed tunnel rated for 155 MPH. For a total cost estimate of about 1.5 billion. Now double that estimate just to be safe with your budget. With a toll price of $5.00 per ton the bi-directional tunnel could easily generate $100,000+ per day. Which is about $20.00 for a full size sedan. Much cheaper and faster then a ferry. That would make the tunnel completely paid for in 10 years.
If it's dubai, it would have already constructed man made islands and sea link, and made all those islands tourist spots. 👍
Thats why dubai sucks. And will die soon
he should have mentioned how long it would take to drive through the forest in a Toyota Corolla aswell
*as well.
Is this a meme because a Land Cruiser could do it and it might even take less than a calendar year.
No, its a meme because he used to measure stuff randomly through Toyota Corolla's often in the earlier days of his channel.
2:03
Brazil:
*LET ME IN*
*LET ME IIIIIN*
We actually have the panamerican road in Brazil.
It just starts and ends without connecting with any other country, tho
@@roreah that's so weird
@@roreah wtffff that doesn't make any sense bro
@@luiz_second Like american "football" kkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkk
A correction there were two other groups that made the trip over the Gap in vehicles. The first in the 60's was driven by the British Army using land rovers and US built military Trucks. The Second was six specially equipped Jeep vehicles sponsored by America Motors in the late 70's. The second carried "ladders" and "pontoons" that were used to drive over deep "ditches" and streams and rivers. They drove from Punta Arenas in Argentina through the Darien to Point Barrow Alaska in a little over a year and a half. Two areas slowed them down. The Darien and the section in Alaska.
I would personally go with a coastal bypass road to San Francisco Colombia then a 22 mile long causway across the Brazo Leon from there to Necocli. It would be the same distance as the Pontchartrain Causway, so on the surface it looks doable. Obviously a ferry would be cheaper, but a causway physically linking the whole network would be a flex
6:26
Darien Gap: *Is full of tropical diseases, insurgent groups and drug cartels*
Swedish Backpacker: It's free real state
Sweden should have nuked the place after that.
1:28 French Guyana isn't a sovereign nation, it's part (overseas department) of France and thus the EU (even shown on the Euro banknotes). You could say that France is one of the sovereign nations present on the South-American continent.
That can be fix
@Marechal Zolotoy continents are not real they are a concept, continents are whatever u want them to be
@@jeronimoepic2946 someone inteligent (no joke. I said this because a lot of people gets upsed by this)
what about UK in Falklands islands?
@@astrofabio68 You can't drive from the American continent to the Falkland/Malvinas.
I feel like the best long term solution is something that’s been in front of me forever, just a short drive on ferry from Panama to Columbia. I grew up on Long Island and went to Connecticut to see my dad’s family by getting onto a big af boat that people drive their cars onto, slightly faster than driving
That's Darien, Connecticut, Sophie.
Illegals like do travel the hard way.
It’s a hotspot for human trafficking too. Just a few days ago about 15.000 immigrants from Africa, South America and the Caribbean were stuck there, trying to make their way to the US, which is of course a very dangerous run.
This is wrong. The first Vehicle crossing was years before: "The first vehicular crossing of the Gap was made by three Brazilians in two Ford Model Ts. They left Rio de Janeiro in 1928 and arrived in the United States in 1938." It's right there on Wikipedia dude.
Yeah but he can't get every thing 100% correct. It's not like he is some sort of super computer.
@@0subsWith0vidsChallenge when you have millions of subscribers you have a responsibility to thorughly fact check a ten minute video. It's not that difficult.
Because you can totally believe everything you find on Wikipedia
@@tylereastburn1721 I will believe 100 times more wikipedia than a random youtube channel
@@oken6023 consider that a random person wrote that on the wiki
Guy: I wanna drive across the world!
Panama: *gun reloading* no.
Just drive around Panama not that hard jeez 😒😒
Siberia: double no
lol only noobs drive across the world legends walk around the world
@Kim Jong Un no one asked
There are many places not connected by road, e.g., there’s no route between New Delhi and Kabul, relatively nearby cities, but there is a road route from Kabul all the way down to Johannesburg.
The video fails to explain that the main reason for not even wanting to talk about this highway is the MASSIVE opposition of the panamanian population who know that it would facilitate the movement of crime from the Darien gap to Panama. Just picture the troubles US has in their border with Mexico.
who tf dedicated over a year of their life to slowly drive a jeep through a jungle?
Somebody who just wanted an excuse to get wholesale prices from the cartels
That actually sounds fun, I mean the driving and camping part. Not so much the disease part.
I imagine quite a bit of it was going 75% of the way then "oh crap, this is a total dead end off a cliff, there are absolutely no ways through this way". Then, having to backtrack and try again through an easier road. Rinse/repeat. It would probably be easier these days, because instead of relying on crappy Google Maps imagery which wouldn't really help you know if a direction is passable, you could launch a drone every once in a while to take some imagery, then have a best path to go. Retrieve the drone and rinse/repeat.
I do it
Bro they spent over TWO years wtf 😂
Solution: Make a tunnel.
Would be very expensive and take a while but it would work, maybe. I'm not an engineer.
Or a bridge
@@Hhh3r Would probably destroy the wildlife tho, at least it would do more damage than a tunnel.
It would be hyper expensive and very dangerous too. It would also probably hurt some wildlife as well because they will have to create vents or smth similar to take out all the gas from the vehicles and to keep the tunnel airy (I think that's the word). Also a while bunch of resources will be needed, places to park the trucks when digging, a lot of dirt/sand to dispose... In short, it would be hell
i would never drive through columbia though, the place is full of rebels and stuff
Reed Thompson colombia*
Perhaps instead of trying to build a road connection over land through the jungle in the Darian gap, they can build a tunnel underneath it. The Gotthard Base Tunnel is the world's longest tunnel at about 57km long, so it's not infeasible to double that length. Going underneath the Darian would eliminate any problems of disrupting the ecosystem there.
What about the cattle disease?
My dad had to cross this every day to get to school
what if we just take the darien gap, and push it somewhere else?
It might be crazy enough...
TO GET US KILLED!
ummmm, this part of the world is not that wide, and WHAT?????
Let's just dump it in africa
I assume no one would mind.. well, except for the people who the land belong to .... much like if someone said, "hey, mind if we take one part of your country so we can build a road on?" or "mind if we take a part of your land to build a canal on?"
Nice idea patrick
Find there a drop of oil or gold, I think the street is build in1 or 2 weeks.
Murica :- let's give them a highway
@@yuvrajupadhyay9002 South America : we don't intend to trade oil with you.
USA : Don't make me come there son I have bombs...
@@irokosalei5133 bombs in the name of democracy XD
there actually is (supposedly), but people is against it.
So what was the purpose of building the North and South highways up until the Darien Gap if it's impossible to do any construction works? Because there is no way engineers found out about the gap only after the construction started.
There definitely must be some subjective reason like blackmailing for the construction not to continue.
People who have traversed the Darien Gap are incredibly brave and tough. Taking three weeks to move across an 80 mile distance is ridiculously hard.
real-life lore: All of Europe is connected by land.
Britain, Ireland, Iceland and all other islands in Europe: : (
I edited this based on the comments : )
Britain actually is connected with France by the Eurotunnel.
@@marcogubert yeah, but BY LAND.
@@nickdlegend5575 oh, I misread😅
@@marcogubert That's okay.
he also conveniently omitted the Ferry that has taken cars, etc around the gap since at least the eighties
There already is a ferry from Colon, Panama to Cartagena, Columbia. So you can technically continue your drive to South America.
@@AndenMowe-hh5qk sorry Colombia
@@AndenMowe-hh5qk XD
@@AndenMowe-hh5qk yoooo that's awesome I didn't know
then why would google give an error? they don't know about ferries?
@@shabadooshabadoo4918 I have no idea why Google didn't show it, but the ferry does exist.
Darien gap:ha ha you can’t past through me
Humans: release the flames and bombs
Idea for an alternative route: From Santa Fé del Darien, Around the Coast of Guna Yala, Then The Border in Cabo Tiburón, Goes Down to Santa María La Antigua Del Darién and then a bridge connection with Turbo or a road link-up with Lomas Aisladas, and then, it finally done. But It's so expensive, dangerous and anti-environmentally conscious, so let things like that.
I bet you that when China see this video they will basically contact Panama government and wants to sponser a highway across the Darian Gap as part of their belt and road initiative.
if this ever happens lets hope that FARC will actually try to stop them from building it
Mr Slinky dragon the one time I support FARC
They better not. Leave the Darien Gap alone
I'm Panamanian and you aren't exactly wrong. Our previous president (in office from 2014-19) was in bed with China. They wanted to build a high speed railway between Panama City, the capital and David, our second largest city located in the Western part of the country (it's close to the Costa Rica border) and bring in lots of Chinese labor to build it. This would mean that Panama and its corrupt government won't be able to pay back the debt so Panama would basically be owned by China. Now because of COVID-19 all those plans are sure as shit abandoned. Thank God we didn't get owned by those bastards.
@@Trx-ep7rg yet
I live in Canada and I visited the Darien gap last winter. It is a truly amazing place to go. I have been to some really amazing places in this world but the Darien gap was beyond anything I had ever imagined. It is so lush and georgous. The people are super relaxed and the wildlife is unlike anything I have ever seen before. It is some real Tarzan type of jungle. Truly breathtaking
thanks for the covid
Missing the prime reason …it acts as a security barrier for Panama from potential aggressors to the country hence its strategic importance to Panama . A road through would undermine this point and is therefore off the table (think Russia v Ukraine )
I’ve always wondered if u could I would look at the map and see that brazil perfectly connects
Amazingly, The Darien Gap is still less dangerous than Camden, NJ.
...or the 401 in rush hour through Toronto, lol
The Metalhead and found the closet racist. Do I get a prize?
@@Zen-vm5tc he just needs some attention you know how them people get when they don't voice their opinion every 5 minutes.
Why ? Please explain ? Robbery ?
Clark Clifford dangerous in what terms? I’m sorry? If ur talking about robbery or assaults and kidnapping or violations or something like that well obviously, you’re comparing an actual town, city or district with a freaking jungle. If ur looking for some dangerous place in Colombia to compare to Camden NJ u have Ciudad Bolívar or Soacha both in Bogotá, or AguaBlanca in Cali but not a Jungle. Like there’s few cases of assaults and robbery and stuff because NO ONE ENTERS THERE maybe?!? Duh. A normal city has more assaults than this place, this is a jungle so no one enters there smh
Looking at the map, it looks like it would be easier to hug the coast. There are plenty of small communities that dot the coast on both sides of the border. I'm sure that, like with many communities in Alaska, there is a reason they don't want to be connected by road but that would be an easier and less obtrusive way of connecting the two countries and it would be a hell of a highway to drive.
@@AndenMowe-hh5qk yeah looking at the map, it looks like the shortest you could make a bridge is only 10km long. Which is nothing compatible to some bridges that have been built in the last few decades
Fascinating 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼
Don’t drive through the rainforest. Build a coastal road.
This probably sounds a bit crazy... but would it really be THAT insane, to just make a bridge going around the darien gap?
That would be the longest bridge in the world, and expensive and dangerous as hell to build.
What about a tunnel?
@@elias_xp95 i think a tunel could be more damaging to the enviroment
When he started to mention completing the highway around the gap I immediately thought the same thing about building a bridge, but yeah that would be one of the most expensive construction projects ever, but ferrying would also be rough because of the amount of ferries they would possibly need, and they’re risking any type of resistance groups or gangs from harming the travelers
@@tomascayul5728 How would a underground tunnel damage the environment? Are you worried about the dirt? Aslong as you go deep enough to avoid most of tree roots your fine
As a panamenian I can say that due to the reasons said on the video and the government lacking any real interest in Darien as a province for the whole history of the country the road hasn't been finished and one thing that the video doesn't mention is that even though we as a country are pretty small thanks to the Darien Gap and other parts we have a huge biodiversity, you can find new species yearly
I rode my 10 speed bike thru the gap from Panama to Columbia in 1978. I never got kidnapped. I got a flat tire and the natives made me a new one from their rubber trees. I never even got bit by a single mosquito.
I keep saying I'm going to play Minecraft but then I see another interesting video and think "after this one"
My face when Colombia spelled with a u
Disgusting.
my favourite city in columbia is bogotá
/s
Well, that is how you write Colombia in English. Because if we follow your logic. Other languages can't write anything unless it's "Colombia"
David martinez torres Nope, even in English the country is spelled as Colombia. That’s the official name in both English and Spanish. Nobody is asking French speakers to stop calling it “La Colombie” because that’s the actual name of the country in French. Writing “ColUmbia” when meaning the S.A country is as wrong in English as calling the European country “Jermany”.
@@davidmartineztorres8731 My dude Colombia is written as Colombia in english as well. Columbia is in Canada
Darien gap people:noone can ever get through here
Real life lore:GET THE DANG TOYOTA COROLLA MOM
Normie
@@wandaperi Lol I'm sorry for being in your relationship but I'm sorry but if I die I don't think I should have been in this relationship
There was a group of men that Drove three Corvairs through the Darien Gap in the Mid 60s or so. Only two Corvairs made it out on the other side. The Corvairs we're driven from Chicago into South America. The 3rd Corvair is still in the Jungle.
Panamenian Here! Hello =P I can actually confirm all this info, preety good explanation! Also the amount of indocumented people arriving to Panama would be Insane, most SouthAmericans consider Panama a great place to get to since our Currency is the US Dollar too and is not so hard to get a whatever job to survive.