Patroling through South America

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Postby friendsandfamily » Mon Feb 23, 2015 2:06 pm

A true adventure story, and with a happy ending, too!
Thanks for sharing it.
Good luck!
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Postby tholsen » Fri Feb 27, 2015 7:05 pm

Hey All, this is Travis the new owner of Nicolanders' Patrol. I just thought I'd post a quick reply to introduce myself and thank Nicolanders for all of their dedication to the Patrol.

As you can tell from their detailed posts, Nicolanders was very diligent about getting the repairs done! Wow, after reading through many of their posts throughout the past year, I am amazed they are still sane after all the repairs! They did a great job at getting all the repairs done which we mutually agreed upon. It was a HUGE help to us while we were in the United States preparing for our journey down to South America. Thank you!

A little about me... I was born in Abu Dhabi, UAE and grew up in Phoenix, AZ. I'm traveling with my girlfriend and we plan to drive as much of South America as possible, without rushing. We arrived into Medellin on January 22nd with the plan to spend the following four months driving SA. Upon arrival, I worked with Anders for the following week on the Patrol until he decided to head to Cartagena (good luck brotha!). Since that time I have been giving the Patrol some more TLC. I'm dedicated to getting her running and looking her best. As you know, Anders helped me with a lot of the mechanical repairs before our arrival and over the past month I have been making some non-mechanical upgrades.

Over the next week or so I will post some pictures and fill you in on what's been done. I just wanted to say hi to all of you and thank Nicolanders for all their dedication to the Patrol.

Best, Travis
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Postby RiverPatrol » Fri Feb 27, 2015 9:59 pm

Hi Travis! Welcome to 60Patrol! :text-welcomewave:

Thanks for checking in and giving us an update. i hope that you start a new thread and keep us posted on your adventures with this Patrol. You will be the third adventurer to do so.

With the excellent attention Anders gave this Patrol with the best mechanics available, the truck should give you little to worry about on your journey. Happy travels!
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Postby Esteban » Fri Feb 27, 2015 10:16 pm

Welcome to 60Patrol Travis! :clap: :clap: :clap:

All the best of luck in your adventures. Rest assured that we'll be watching and following you 24/7, so do not hesitate to ask any questions here.

Please post some pictures of the changes/upgrades you're doing.
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Postby Swerve » Sat Feb 28, 2015 8:33 am

Welcome Travis , hope you keep the updates coming.
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Postby Nicolanders » Sun Mar 01, 2015 10:08 am

Travis, great to see you in here! We were very happy to do the repairs. It was nice to finally see everything get fixed up the way it should be.
Really looking forward to seeing what you have been doing to the Patrol! :D

Hope you have a great trip!
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Postby Nicolanders » Sun Mar 01, 2015 10:23 am

Just one more note from Colombia...

We always heard that the countryside is where you find most of the Patrols. But we have never seen as many Patrols as we did in Cartagena, which is Colombia's fifth largest city. Up there, they use the Patrols as a means of public transportation. They are literally everywhere!

One day eating lunch at a small restaurant, we sat for 15 minutes and took pictures of every Patrol that passed by... This is how many there are:

(it was kinda difficult eating lunch while taking the pictures)

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Postby moore_rb » Sun Mar 01, 2015 10:51 am

haha... that's crazy... kind of like playing a game of "slug bug" in the US, whenever you see a Volkswagon :lol:

your arm would be sore after spotting that many Patrols...
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Postby RiverPatrol » Sun Mar 01, 2015 11:19 am

:clap: Great pictures!
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Postby Coyote Patrol » Sun Mar 01, 2015 4:04 pm

Welcome Travis and girlfriend, we hope to see lots of pics and updates on your journey. Nicolanders, its really been fun to read about your travels and get to know you you guys on this forum. But now that youre famous, please dont forget about us little guys here on 60PATROL. :lol: we hope to keep hearing from you two from time to time. Thanks for the adventure!!!!!! :dance: :clap:
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