I'm Thinking of Backpacking travelling by foot from Matamoros, Mexico to Managua, nicaragua. Any advice on what to pack? What to expect? What to watch out for? I want to savor the full 2,600 miles on foot and would like to know some survival tips like hunting sheltering fishing boiling water and building shit with a knife for 73 days. Any experience nomad is much appreciated!
>keep In mind, I will not be taking along any money. I will try to depend on the land and kindness of people. Border crossing will only be my worry getting across Guatemala, honduras, and nicaragua.
Guns, plenty of ammunition and bladed weapons.
I'll be packing a hunting knife, some lighters to ward off wild life
You are planning to go through one of the most unstable and violent regions in the world.
Bringing guns and ammo might not improve your chances of survival much but 1% is still better than 0%.
I know. That's why I'm doing it. Call it a test. A trial. If I can make it, I will have proved to myself to be the toughest son of a b***h around. I'm also ex military
>I'm also ex military
So you think you can do that journey yet I guarantee you're collecting VA disability you welfare queen.
No. Not collecting any money from the government. I left the u.s. a while ago. Now I'm living solely on mediocre jobs and what I can. I've been here a couple of years but always felt like exploring the world. I believe I can make it anywhere.
Why don't you go back?
I've been in the U.S. all my life. It's time to see and meet new faces.
Being in the military doesn't help, mate.
Anon...why would you do something so fricking morone...
>ex military
checks out kek
>kindness of people
>in Tamaulipas
Uhh, anon...if you go poking around in the brush country down there trying to live the wild life, decked out in some sort of paramilitary setup and armed with knives and a crossbow, you'll simply disappear. Any police you encounter will relieve you of your weapons, and may arrest you for carrying a knife.
Surely you are joking, because carrying a firearm while infiltrating cartel country is the most surefire way to die a gruesome death. Keep in mind anon wants to travel on foot, not driving, where he would have a pretty good chance of escaping scrutiny.
The countryside of Tamaulipas is almost entirely depopulated. There are no rivers, only scummy watering holes for ranch cattle. The brush country is impassable to a man on foot, so you will need to travel along a road, and there are very few roads. MEX-180 has nice shoulders, relatively light traffic, and frequent policia/GN patrols, so it is technically walkable...hell, police will probably give you a ride in the back of their truck.
Once you go farther south, there is quite literally no room for pedestrians along the older highways, particularly the mountain roads. Trucks and cars use every inch of the pavement, and reckless driving is very common. MEX-85 heading south from Ciudad Valles had some of the gnarliest traffic I've ever driven in. However, once you get south of Valles, the population density increases greatly.
Picrel is me van camping somewhere in bumfrick Veracruz while driving back roads from Xilitla - Huejutla de Reyes - Benito Juarez - Alamo - Tuxpan. The road had unbelievable numbers of potholes and speedbumps, but there were squalid villages and people everywhere. I did not pick up friendly vibes in that back country.
Not op, but awesome posts. Have a bump.
A scholar and a gentleman
>countryside of Tamaulipas
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2011_San_Fernando_massacre
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2010_San_Fernando_massacre
lmao
OP here. Thanks for the info. I tend to travel through roads on foot. I will avoid nights and only pace when the sun is up. It does help that I look Hispanic and fit. I doubt that they will frick with me. I've been living in matamoros for 3 years and studied the culture, the cartels and I'm well informed on mexico. Living in fear will only mean you succumb to life on your knees. I tend to explore and learn more. #braveheart
You are not the OP.
He already spoke his part.
Nights are when traffic is scarce and you will be able to lay low any time a vehicle is approaching.
Nights are also cooler, so you won't dehydrate so easily.
Lay low, find shade and rest during the day's heat.
>I tend
Sure you do, tender.
San Fernando is a based cartel town
Those migrants deserved it
Picrel is the San Fernando River, I spent a night there while driving from Tampico to the border in April 2022
Hotel Tenos, it was a great deal, 250 pesos
Everyone in town giving me strange looks
I still have a small folding knife I found on the street there, it's in the side pocket of my duffel bag here in Taiwan
OP again.
I welcome your idea of walking at night however I'll pass for the simple fact, I believe in urban legends like the llorona, el chicharro, nahaul,etc. Not saying they spook me but I also don't want to attract unwanted criminals like the cartels which they move at night anyways. I tend to stay on main roads and sleep in burrow areas covered by brushes...I've done that when I was in the military. I also plan on surviving on humified water and boiling for the sake of sanitation. If I can ill try to stay on the coast of the gulf for the most part seeing that I enjoy the beach life. Eventually I'll run into indigenous people on hills farmers...I'm sure they won't mind helping me out with some water and food for exchange of agricultural work. Wish me luck.
Make a blog. I wanna see how this goes.
If I could I would
zero chance that gay does it
>Any advice on what to pack?
sunscreen
I got a boonies hat
>backpacking
Oh coo!..
>on foot, through mexico
>mexico
>juarez, sonora, sinaloa, culiacan, DF..
Good luck with that man.
>ex military
Lol.
>how to get beaten and robbed in mexico
sounds like you have a good plan. have fun.
You won't get killed. At least not by cartels anyway.
Also, keep in mind that Mexico has seen countless thousands of broke-ass migrants passing through and begging for food, shelter, rides, etc. Your presence as another broke rootless wanderer won't be a novelty, and not a single Mexican will see you and go "Oh wow, you are trying to bum your way through my country without contributing anything, que chido! Let me give you food and beer and a place to sleep!"
If you still want a wildland adventure south of the border, here's my idea. Travel by small boat down the Mexican Gulf Coast. Start in El Mezquital, traverse the Laguna Madre, camp on remote barrier islands. In the winter, north winds often blow consistently, so you can even rig up a sail of sorts. Once you hit La Pesca, you will have to transfer to the open Gulf, which can get impassable in a small boat during severe wind events. Then once you make it to the Rio Panuco, there appears to be another intracoastal channel that can take you as far down as Tuxpam. Here you will once again have to resort to the open Gulf if you want to continue south by sea to Coatzlcoalcos.
Picrel is from me free camping and smoking weed on the beach near La Pesca in December 2017.
Google Street View for confirmation if any of you Black folk care to call bullshit
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>Bumping a thread within 24hrs on one of the slowest boards on this hell site
Whats up boi? You got nothing else to say?
Texas here. Matamoros has been known for a very long time around here as the place our stolen cars go and stepping foot there means death. If you don't speak Spanish or at least read it, you're fricked. See you on the news
I’m slumming it around Honduras right now, without much except my camping hammock. If your Spanish is excellent you’ll do fine OP. Do make a thread about it.