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08-18-2015, 04:24 PM
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Junior Member
Join Date: Aug 2015
Location: Cuenca Ecuador, Washington
Trailer: 2016 Escape 5.0
Posts: 3
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Hi from Ecuador...
Greetings, all, from Cuenca, Ecuador.
We ordered our 5.0 last week for October '16 delivery and are really excited about everything this trailer has to offer.
One of the things we have really missed about North America for the past 6 years is RVing.
There is no rv infrastructure here and as a result, no rvs.
They are simply not part of the culture.
We are beginning to prepare ourselves for reverse culture shock now...particularly around organized driving practices. Surprisingly, one can actually get used to traffic lights and signage being merely suggestions!
Can't wait!
Best,
Rich and Ella
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08-18-2015, 04:38 PM
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#2
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Senior Member
Join Date: Oct 2008
Location: North Vancouver, British Columbia
Trailer: 2009 Escape 17B 2020 Toyota Highlander XLE
Posts: 17,136
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Bring a flag!!! 
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08-18-2015, 06:29 PM
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Commercial Member
Join Date: Apr 2014
Location: Hillsboro, Oregon
Trailer: 2014 Escape 21 - "Felicity"
Posts: 2,950
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LOL, last time I rented a car in Grand Cayman the rental companies had a different color license plate so the locals were alerted to those driving on the "wrong" side of the road side of the road for them.
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08-18-2015, 11:45 PM
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#4
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Senior Member
Join Date: Oct 2014
Location: Juneau, Alaska
Trailer: 2015 17A - Ready for more Maiden Voyages ....
Posts: 881
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Quote:
Originally Posted by RichD
Greetings, all, from Cuenca, Ecuador.
We ordered our 5.0 last week for October '16 delivery and are really excited about everything this trailer has to offer.
One of the things we have really missed about North America for the past 6 years is RVing.
There is no rv infrastructure here and as a result, no rvs.
They are simply not part of the culture.
We are beginning to prepare ourselves for reverse culture shock now...particularly around organized driving practices. Surprisingly, one can actually get used to traffic lights and signage being merely suggestions!
Can't wait!
Best,
Rich and Ella
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Are you going to be driving back?
Tom
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08-19-2015, 09:55 AM
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Senior Member
Join Date: May 2013
Location: ..., New Mexico
Trailer: 2013 Esc19/'14 Silvrado
Posts: 4,194
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Ecuador? I just Google-mapped a drive to Cuenca from my house. They couldn't map it. This could be the ultimate adventure. My curiosity and the wow factor just expanded, at least by 360°.
Will you be driving up to Chilliwack, and towing back, or will you have your Escape shipped to you by ship? (They do that?)
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"A billion here, a billion there...add it all up and before you know it you're talking real money." Everett Dirkson
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08-19-2015, 12:13 PM
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#6
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Senior Member
Join Date: Apr 2013
Location: Emerson, Manitoba
Trailer: 2016 Escape 5.0TA, 2022 F150 2.7EB
Posts: 1,862
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From post 1 it sounds to me that Rich and Ella are moving back to North America next year and getting their 5.0 in Oct by picking it up or delivery to where they are moving.
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08-19-2015, 12:26 PM
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#7
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Senior Member
Join Date: Mar 2014
Location: Leeuwarden, The Netherlands, Alabama
Trailer: 2014 Escape 5.0 Classic
Posts: 279
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Quote:
Originally Posted by MyronL
Will you be driving up to Chilliwack, and towing back, or will you have your Escape shipped to you by ship? (They do that?)
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Yep they do that. I can confirm, by experience, Escape will ship units by ship half way around the world  
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Escape 5.0 classic (ARRIVED in Holland)
TV - ISUZU D-Max
Favorite destination (Europe) - Tuscany 
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08-19-2015, 12:45 PM
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#8
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Senior Member
Join Date: Oct 2008
Location: St. Thomas not BVI., Ontario
Trailer: 2014 Escape 5.0TA / 2016 Ram Eco Diesel 4X4
Posts: 8,055
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Seef
Yep they do that. I can confirm, by experience, Escape will ship units by ship half way around the world |
Hi: Seef... I think the 5.0TA is too wide to fit in a shipping container!!! At that rate you've got the last one to go. Happy Euro camping. Alf
escape artist N.S. of Lake Erie
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08-19-2015, 03:26 PM
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#9
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Senior Member
Join Date: Mar 2014
Location: Leeuwarden, The Netherlands, Alabama
Trailer: 2014 Escape 5.0 Classic
Posts: 279
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Quote:
Originally Posted by escape artist
Hi: Seef... I think the 5.0TA is too wide to fit in a shipping container!!! At that rate you've got the last one to go. Happy Euro camping. Alf
escape artist N.S. of Lake Erie |
You're correct About the fitting. The classic 5.0 bearely fits in a high Cuba container. But......... NeXT time i would use roll on roll off shipping. You can ship 18 wheelers that way
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Escape 5.0 classic (ARRIVED in Holland)
TV - ISUZU D-Max
Favorite destination (Europe) - Tuscany
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08-19-2015, 04:16 PM
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#10
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Junior Member
Join Date: Aug 2015
Location: Cuenca Ecuador, Washington
Trailer: 2016 Escape 5.0
Posts: 3
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Driving from EC
We have sold our vehicle here, an older Toyota Land Cruiser made in Venezuela and will be flying back .. I have spoken to a number of folks who have made the trip to Ecuador from California. The roads in Colombia are notoriously bad and the tolls are astonomical. There are lots of 3 liter CRD Chevy D-Max pickups here that would make great tow vehicles for the 5.0, but they could not be federalized and parts and service would be a real problem.
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08-19-2015, 04:23 PM
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#11
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Junior Member
Join Date: Aug 2015
Location: Cuenca Ecuador, Washington
Trailer: 2016 Escape 5.0
Posts: 3
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I'm just getting the hang of the forum..thanks for your patience with my replies.
We probably won't be returning to Ecuador. 0ur plan is to full-time in North America and possibly winter in Baja, Mexico for at least a year, perhaps two.
We expect to find a place we might settle at some point during our travels.
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08-20-2015, 08:41 AM
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#12
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Senior Member
Join Date: Oct 2013
Location: Houston, Texas
Trailer: 2014 21ft Escape
Posts: 115
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Quote:
Originally Posted by RichD
Greetings, all, from Cuenca, Ecuador.
We ordered our 5.0 last week for October '16 delivery and are really excited about everything this trailer has to offer.
One of the things we have really missed about North America for the past 6 years is RVing.
There is no rv infrastructure here and as a result, no rvs.
They are simply not part of the culture.
We are beginning to prepare ourselves for reverse culture shock now...particularly around organized driving practices. Surprisingly, one can actually get used to traffic lights and signage being merely suggestions!
Can't wait!
Best,
Rich and Ella
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We were in South America last year for a vacation. Loved your sentence that the lights and signs were merely suggestions!! Discovered that quickly! That is our favorite saying while driving here in Houston now! You will love your escape!
Robbie
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