The article said nothing about how the got across the Darien Gap (an area between Colombia and Panama that has no roads) It appears there are river boats, but no ferry service.
I was wondering the same. Journalists can’t be bothered with logistics.
If you ever wanted to drive from Chile to Alaska, you're clear out of luck. Here and there in the world, small gaps of wilderness hold out against the onslaught of rising populations, exploitation and bulldozers. One such area is found at the southern end of Panama, separating the North and Central Americas from South America.
The Pan-American Highway stretches from Cape Horn, Chile to Alaska with one 90 km break: The Darien Gap.
This area is a forbidding mountainous jungle on the Panama side; full of swamps, guerrillas, drug traffikers and kidnappers on the Colombian side, making travel through the area not just a struggle against a hostile environment but also a maze of bribing the right people for passage and ducking bullets.
In case you missed the dangers we just enumerated, here is an easy list to remember: - tough nasty jungle with plenty of disagreeable wildlife. - impenetrable swamps - crazed drug traffikers - pissed-off guerrillas - greedy kidnappers (all of the guys mentioned above) - paranoid government police - no marked trails
Don’t ask logical questions....