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kraziladi:

--- Quote from: puddin on November 05, 2005, 12:34:27 PM ---I'm losing it charlierose  {l{ , thank you  ... what we really need are more previews for the Arizona leg ..something , because finding those barrels & the sugar cane field is like finding a red bean in a mountain of white beans .

eta: I know of no ox-carts in the USA .. when I said somewhere else I was thinking like maybe Nicaragua or Cuba {l{

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There are rum distilleries in Nicarauga!!!  And Fidel would not be so pleased on the latter.  I really think the sugar cane etc is Central America somewhere.  Unless it's Belize or Puerto Rico.

Bacardi Rum Distillery in Puerto Rico:



"A view inside Casa Bacardi shows the aging casks (or barrels) used to hold the Rum until it is ready to be bottled."

puddin:
thanks again Krazi ..

some PIPS ...not to interesting

 

supsandalee:

--- Quote from: puddin on November 05, 2005, 10:52:46 AM ---Any chance we are looking for the rum barrels & sugar cane mill/ whatever in the wrong country ?  }}
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Well since you asked .... I did a search for rum distilleries in Central America and came up with one in Nicaragua. While trying to find out more about the distillery I found someone's trip report with some interesting info. Here's part of it:

"Chichigalpa is a town 122 km northwest of Managua. Chichigalpa is located in the district of Chinandega. Chinandega is a largely agricultural district, growing sugar cane. It also contains the largest sugar mill in Nicaragua, the Ingénio San Antonio, as well as the Flor de Caña rum distillery. The port of Corinto, one of the most active in the Pacific, is also located in Chinandega. Two of the most important of the many volcanoes of Nicaragua are also here: Cosigüina and San Cristobal. The capital of the district is the city of Chinandega.
The town of Chichigalpa is next to the Ingénio and the distillery and in the shadow of San Cristobal."

So here we have a sugarcane mill close to a rum distillery. Managua is the capital of Nicaragua and has flights from Costa Rica. It is 75 miles from Managua to Chichigalpa. It is also close to Pacific coast beaches.

Finding info on the area, especially pictures isn't easy. I did get one of the sugarcane mill. The rum company does have a website but doesn't offer too much info. If we could get the date that Phil is seen leaving the Costa Rica airport to cooperate it might work.

puddin:
 *%#  ...

Chateau d If:
I can't put my finger on it but I do recall that Phil (or BVM) was quoted saying that this race went to two new countries that TAR has never been to before.  If that is still true then I would not expect another.

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