Posted on 09/24/2015 3:45:21 PM PDT by smokingfrog
They traveled 13,000 miles in a Volkswagen bus through 13 countries and were only 30 miles from their destination, Philadelphia, when it broke down. Again.
By now, they were accustomed to the idiosyncrasies of their beloved bus. Still, after 194 days on the road and on the city's outskirts, they dealt with one more disappointment.
But again with the help of Good Samaritans, they got the bus going again and finally arrived this week in the City of Brotherly Love, the culmination of a journey of epic proportions. They had embarked on the long trip to spend time together as a family and to see the man who reinvigorated their faith, as he has for so many Catholics: the Pope.
Catire Walker, 41, his wife, Noel Zemborain, 39, and their four children ages 3 to 12 left their home in Buenos Aires back in March. They packed all they would need into a remodeled 1980 Volkswagen and began driving north.
They were not hippies, they insisted, but admitted they were a bit crazy to take on such an adventure. But for Catire and Noel, it was important to make this road trip. It afforded them the time they wanted to spend with one another.
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Someone probably posted already, BUT, if not, they flew from Cartagena Columbia back to Bogota and then to Panama. The VW by boat to Panama.
Thirty million illegal Mexicans say that I'm right.A half dozen more are just a drop in the bucket.
They have a gofundme also.
Rosearita Beach..Hotel.
Had some good waves and good times back then....
LOL
I never owned one, so I skipped that stage of my life. LOL
I’m sure many folks know exactly what you’re referencing with the washer comment.
We used to hang below Rosarito in Calafia, and Ensenada of course.
Later in life while in AZ, on the other side of Baja in Puerto Penasco
I was not a surfer.
I do too, but I’m not going to sweat it.
It’s a feel good story and I’m going to appreciate it like that. There’ll be time later if it goes south.
When is their baby due?
Geez are we there yet?
How about now?
Good memories....
Yeah I would never do it now.
The world has changed.
Yes, I agree.....
Hmmm.....4 stops at Jiffy Lube on the way.
Car talk ^ | 04/18/02 | Click & Clack the Tappit Brothers
Posted on 4/18/2002 2:44:38 PM
by yankeedame
What's the Worst Car of the Millennium?
The motoring public has spoken!(with actually comments by those casting their vote).
And...the winner is...
Well, you'll just have to check for yourself!
And, if you ever owned one of thse top ten heaps of the millennium, please accept our humble condolences.
10th Place: The VW Bus
"If everyone had to own one of these as a first car as I did, there would be no traffic jams anywhere. At least half of us would be so turned off by the experience of owning a car, that we would seek alternate means of transportation."
"There was no heat-- unless, that is, the auxillary gas heater caught on fire."
"The bus had no heat, blew over in the wind and used the driver's legs as its first line of defense in an accident."
"It was a death trap on the highway- you could never go fast enough. The chances were good that you'd be hit from the rear."
The comments on this thread... Sigh.
Most cars of that era were not particularly safe.
What kind of grief is this? Good? Bad? Don't give a damn?
How about this below? Does this grieve you, or grab you at all? Like you, this Mexican scumbag is still breathing, still sighing.
The young lady isn't.
How on earth does that murderous Mexican scumbag have anything to do with this family of Argentinians?
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