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Post by davidlee on Aug 4, 2008 8:53:40 GMT -5
Here's the latest text I received from Robert. Why don't we see who the best sleuth is. Here's his clue.....
Re: online: Where I'm at there isn't any Internet, only at the school.
I'm about 300km SW of Majahual in the central highlands of Guatemala in El Remate on Lake Peten Itza. Am heading SW from here in 5 days. Am servicing vex and resupplying as it is very barren jungle and desert from here on down to Putzan.
Consult a good map of this region online so you can report to the boards.....
So there you are let's play "Where in the world is RAMS!" LOL!
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Post by shewolfe on Aug 4, 2008 16:51:32 GMT -5
What I don't understand is....how is he able to text and not come over here to this board and say hi? Do you have him on yahoo messenger?
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Post by davidlee on Aug 5, 2008 10:22:53 GMT -5
No he's texting me directly from his cell phone which apparently has overseas capacity. Also, it usually takes him some time to respond. So the only way he can communicate with you right now would be via phone.
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Post by Roland of Gilead on Aug 5, 2008 12:00:11 GMT -5
Sounds like a beautiful region for anyone who can "rough it" a bit. Here's a description from Wikipedia:
Lake Petén Itzá (Lago Petén Itzá) is a lake in central Petén department in Guatemala. It is the second largest lake in Guatemala, the Izabal lake being the largest. It is located around 16°59′0″N, 89°48′0″W. It has an area of 99 km² some 32 km. long and 5 km wide. Its maximum depth is 160 m. The lake area presents high levels of migration, due to the existence of natural resources such as wood, chewing gum, oil, and agricultural and pasture activities. Because of its archaeological richness, around 150,000 tourists pass through this region yearly.
The city of Flores, the capital of El Petén, lies on an island near its southern shore. There are at least 27 Maya sites around this lake and the remains from Tayasal, the Maya-Itza capital, and the last one to be conquered in mesoamerica in 1697.
Lake Petén Itzá seen from spaceThis lake is also a wildlife paradise, with more than 100 important indigenous species such as the red snook fish (Petenia splendida), crocodiles (Crocodylus moreletii and Crocodylus acutus), jaguars (Panthera onca), Pumas (Puma concolor), White-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus), red brocket (Mazana americana), and several bird species, including parrots, toucans, and macaws. On its northeast shore is the Cerro Cahui Protected Biotope, a natural reserve for butterflies is a 1,600-acre (6.5 km²) reserve is home to toucans, spider monkeys (Ateles geoffroyi), howler monkeys (Alouatta palliata, Alouatta pigra), and many other rain forest species.
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Post by davidlee on Aug 5, 2008 12:11:02 GMT -5
Thanks Rick, do you think you could google earth it or something and put the photo up here? Or do we not have the capacity to do something like that? It would be cool to have a visual.
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Post by Shadout Mapes on Aug 5, 2008 17:07:27 GMT -5
How can he stand not having his computers with him, I'd miss them like crack! Maybe he'll need to come back up after a while to Montana to live again? Maybe he's dying though? G'Godbless RAMS FOREVER! ><Tomasina ChicaWolverina!
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Post by Roland of Gilead on Aug 5, 2008 17:49:39 GMT -5
I don't know if you can post something from "Google Earth." Looks like you have to download the software.
Maybe Naomi knows more about how it's done.
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Post by shewolfe on Aug 5, 2008 18:15:27 GMT -5
Just type in earth.google.com and when you install the prog, type "El Remate" in the search box on the upper left column. I tried to screen dump an image of it, but I am not overly familiar with this software.
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Post by shewolfe on Aug 6, 2008 1:45:20 GMT -5
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