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At the End of a Long Drive


Shreesh and Neena Taskar

We didn't make the decision, the decision made us. On October 20th, 2007, we left our comfortable city of San Francisco to follow a simple algorithm - go North till the road ends then turn around and then go as far South. In between those two points was the stage, the timeline, the space, where we made things happen and things happened to us.

The past is fleeting and the stories, the sights and the feelings are perishable. One sees what one wants to see, and perhaps we are not capable of more. We saw that people are kind and helpful even if they were not materially rich. Some we could understand even though we didn't speak the same language, the motivations of others were incomprehensible even though we did. In the end fragments remain - the smell of roasting chocolate, a flock of snow Ptarmigians on snow, the creaking of the rainforest, the rough feathers of penguins, and the intoxication of Curanto.


So these are our stories. Every time you visit the site you will see a random post below. Each starts with Lo que pasa es que...

Happy New Year!

Dec 31st, 2008 by

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Looking back

Highlights of the year 2008

Happy New Year to everyone! We have been holed up in Rosario sick from flu in the last few days, but with the new year A Long Drive resumes as we make our way towards Valparaiso, Chile.

CNN, which we have been watching an awful lot from the sick bed in the last few days (along with any English speaking channel we can get), is showing the highlights of news, iReport, golf, politics etc… from 2008.

So, in the same strain, here’s our highlights from A Long Drive in 2008!

 

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January

February

March

April
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May

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September

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December

5 Responses to “Happy New Year!”

  1. John Dias says:
    January 1, 2009 at 9:31 am

    Happy New Year from Toronto and thank you so much for sharing your magical journey which a lot of us dream about living one day.
    Stay well and all the best wishes for 2009.

  2. fred says:
    January 1, 2009 at 10:52 am

    Cracked crab, champagne and friends over New Year’s Eve. We missed you guys!

  3. Ada says:
    January 1, 2009 at 11:08 am

    Love seeing the review of your trip to date.
    We definitely missed you at our regular New Years Eve dinner.
    Ada

  4. Lakshmi says:
    January 2, 2009 at 1:24 pm

    Happy New Year you guys! Will be good to see you two in 2009.

  5. fabio ciccarelli says:
    January 9, 2009 at 8:02 pm

    hola !! soy aquel argentino al cual llevaron en su auto desde la ruinas de oaxaca hasta oaxaca city!!! habia perdido , creia haber perdido todos los papeles donde estaban las cosas del viaje pero entre unas mantas de tejido ecuatoriano aparecieron todas las direcciones ….imagino que ya han pasdo por mi ciudad Rosario ,a 300km de buenos aires , investigare su recorrido y espero puedan contactarme al mail o alli les dre mi telefono si quieren y verlos nuevamente ,gracias y todo el amor del mundo sea con ustedes …Aun espero la visa de USA para vera mi esposa e hija , alla ,.besossss.

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