PanAmericana History question
 

People, how is it?

I'm after (online) info about the PanAmericana - when it was started, by who, why etc etc. Any clues? And yes, in the bottom-feeding world of moto journalism, this counts as research.

Cheers, suerte, Dan Walsh

Hi Dan,
Though this may not give you much help online,I have to recomend Ed Culberson's " Obsessions die hard ( Motorcycling the Pan American Highway's Jungle Gap.)" as well as a brilliant story of Ed getting his bike through the Darien, he details all the history both social and political of the construction of the Pan-Am right from Alaska down to Del Fuego.The book is printed in the USA by Whitehorse Press.I hope this is of help.
Cheers Les.

Dan,

It's going well ta, but I'd rather be on the road out there as apposed to running around the m25 and m1 here fanks.

Have a go at emailing Simon Calder - wrote the book 'the Panamericana' (http://www.ulyssesguides.com/ca/fc_1257.htm) - he also writes for the travel section of the Independant.

Cheers & hope your plums have healed!

Colesy


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