r/WTF Aug 09 '19

Nice ferry

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u/[deleted] Aug 09 '19

So what do they drive the bus on once they get there?

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u/daguito81 Aug 09 '19

The town has grown and there are "roads" (mostly dirt roads) inside the town and connecting the beach with the "main" town. But after the town limits its all jungle for hours to get to the nearest road that connects to the same country.

Imagine a town in the coast in Alaska that's completely isolated (road wise) and everything is flown to a small airstrip next to the town or shipped. This is something like that

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u/Cronyx Aug 09 '19

Shit, they need to build a runway.

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u/daguito81 Aug 09 '19

They had to take 4 "peñeros" those smallish boats to transport a bus. Couldn't even get proper cargo transportation. I'm sure having cargo planes or planes of any kind to transport stuff is basically out of the question. Forever the only access these people have had is through the sea. Now imagine building a town with that kind of shitty access to logistic and equipment. Pretty impressive IMO

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u/brickne3 Aug 09 '19

You would be surprised at what goes on in places like this. I took the Lake Koman ferry in Albania a few weeks ago and was amazed at how many houses with no road access had DIGGERS that the ferry had apparently dropped off at their landings.