Comments on: Traveling forever

By: Neena

Neena — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 23:17:27 +0000

Hi Coen,
In a few year’s time…who knows what the future will bring!

By: Coen

Coen — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 18:44:15 +0000

Hmmm.. maybe, you guys are up for a new challenge?

http://www.pekingparis.com/

Adventurous greetings,
Coen

We found a secret passage through the south Pantanal, bring a shuffle.

By: Neena

Neena — Sun, 17 May 2009 00:22:30 +0000

Hello Lily!
Thanks! We will definitely let you know about China. Current research suggests that driving in China for foreigners may be hard, there are some serious restrictions. However, China fascinates me so I am sure we will do it one day!
What have you and Dan planned for this year’s vacation?

By: Lily

Lily — Sat, 16 May 2009 17:04:35 +0000

This is being sent out a bit late… but welcome back to America! I can’t believe your trip is finally coming to a close, it’s been pretty exciting following your endeavors since October. If you guys ever decide to tackle China and Mongolia, let us know… we might be up for it in three years or so!

By: Neena

Neena — Sat, 16 May 2009 04:12:26 +0000

Oi Claudio, Joyce,
Muito obrigada! Unfortunately my Portuguese is not good enough to write, but I love the sound of Brazilian Portuguese.
You have a fabulous website, we will add it to our blogroll. We visited a good friend in Panambi, where are you in South Brazil? Needless to say, if you find yourselves in San Francisco, write to us so we can meet up.

By: Claudio and Joyce

Claudio and Joyce — Thu, 14 May 2009 19:36:58 +0000

Hello Shreesh and Neena,
Congratulations for the graet trip you did. We undertand very well how difficult is to go back to the daily routine, specially after having such an experience. We say this because last year we did a similir trip from south of Brazil to Alaska by car and back home, take a look to our website, it’s in portuguese, but you can see the pictures and places, following the country flags. It was too much hard deal with some job coleagues worried about the same things and make only bank account bigger and bigger…. They still think we are crazy to spend our money the way we do…
If your trip was not at the end, we would invite you to visit us in the south of Brazil, but even though you are invited.

By: Shreesh

Shreesh — Tue, 12 May 2009 03:11:35 +0000

Hi Luis,
There are surprisingly a lot of people doing the traverse across the Americas or not many at all. Given the nature of the trip, you end up meeting a lot of those who are traveling about. Many more people climb Everest every year than do such a traverse.

Dedicated overlanders like Karin and Coen have probably met most of those wandering around, since they have been in Southern South America for years!

By: Luis

Luis — Sun, 10 May 2009 20:25:27 +0000

It is nice to see so many like minded people following this blog and out there traveling or living vicariously through Neena and Takeesh, Karen-Marijke and Coen, and Dave Connors.

It is funny for Lacey and I to reminisce of the days when we came up with the idea to drive around the Americas (and perhaps the world)… we thought that we would be among a very small group doing a trip such as this. Little did we know how many people have done it, are out doing it and will continue to do so. It is comforting to know.

Thanks for keeping us motivated.

By: ada

ada — Fri, 08 May 2009 18:24:31 +0000

You can appreciate your extensive travel all the more once you’ve been home awhile. I know the two of you will be planning your next adventure not long after you get settled in San Francisco. Which language will you learn next, what exotic place will you travel to??

By: Neena

Neena — Fri, 08 May 2009 18:06:00 +0000

Coen,
I absolutely detest self-help gurus!
But seriously, there are so many other stories, even in San Francisco. I do not think one needs to be traveling to find and learn new things. I know that we will be traveling again in a few years’ time, as we have done in the past. And I really missed our friends, so it will be great to see them again.
Every overlander we met had such a different style of traveling that I felt quite often that we were on a completely different journey. In fact, I felt that the people who most understood us (even when we were traveling) were some of our friends back home.
I am a little hesitant about getting back in the rat race though, this time we had thought that we would not return to the same life, so that is what I am apprehensive about. Hope you had a good rest in Holland and will be back ready to tackle the road again with renewed zest!