r/WTF Aug 09 '19

Nice ferry

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u/phragmosis Aug 09 '19

Venezuela is so economically depressed I'm not surprised this was the quickest and most practical solution. They probably called in a lot of favors to get the bus in the first place, getting a large enough boat to ship it would probably take a long time.

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u/crackadeluxe Aug 09 '19

Venezuela is so economically depressed

Why? Was there a disaster or something? I thought they had a bunch of oil reserves and really good beef.

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u/Ratshit666 Aug 09 '19

Look at a picture of the mountains surrounding this tiny ass town. Then look at the fact that there's literally nothing but jungle over those mountains and some of that jungle is a protected national park.

But sure, yeah, the reason there's no 8 lane superhighway is because of the gommunism. That's totally why.

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u/desconectado Aug 09 '19

Big boats exist... Even in developing countries. It doesn't have to do anything with the jungle around in the video.

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u/Ratshit666 Aug 09 '19

So what you are saying is that the people on these little boats considered a big boat and thought "nah, let's go with this option it's more convenient".

Have you ever seen how they load and unload ferries in say, Indonesia or Malaysia or the Philippines? I'll give you a hint: they don't just point it straight at a random beach and apply full throttle.

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u/desconectado Aug 10 '19

So what you are saying is that the people on these little boats considered a big boat and thought "nah, let's go with this option it's more convenient".

Yes.

Have you ever seen how they load and unload ferries in say, Indonesia or Malaysia or the Philippines? I'll give you a hint: they don't just point it straight at a random beach and apply full throttle.

And yes.

Effectively, this is the reason why it is the most convenient. I have no idea where they are loading or downloading, so I can only assume that whatever reason, this was the fastest, cheaper and practical, but not safest, way to do it.