The here and now... and what and why

Complacency is a trap. At least that’s what I was thinking when I up and left the comfort of a Yankee prep school gig, where I taught music, amongst other things, for 28 years. There was also that life long career as a composer, musician and artist.

First, it was a year in St. Thomas, USVI, working as a reporter and shooting photography and then, a year in San Agustin Etla, Oaxaca, Mexico.
Time passed.
More time passed and a year back in the Athens of America followed by a hasty return to Oaxaca where it is all happening.
A couple of years in San Sebastian Etla and now, just down the road in San Pablo Etla. Life is good.

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Santo Domingo
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Oaxaca, Oaxaca, Mexico
Musician, photographer, videographer, reporter, ex-officio teacher, now attempting to be a world traveler

Monday, September 23, 2013

End of era... The VW van

I love the story from Noticiasmx.
Fin de la emblemática camioneta Volkswagen
Transportó a hippies durante la década de los sesenta, llevó a surfistas en busca de olas asesinas en los interminables veranos estadounidenses y sirve como vehículo de supervivencia en el mundo en vías de desarrollo. Ahora, el largo y extraño viaje de la furgoneta Volkswagen está a punto de terminar.
Brasil es el último país del mundo que sigue produciendo este emblemático vehículo, o furgoneta como la conocen sus fanáticos, pero Volkswagen dice que dejará de fabricarla a partir del 31 de diciembre de 2014. Las normas de seguridad brasileñas exigen que cualquier vehículo que se manufacture en el país, a partir de entonces, deberá incluir bolsas de aire y sistemas de frenos antibloqueo. La automotriz dice que no puede cambiar su sistema de producción para cumplir con la nueva ley.
The story says that due to new laws, Brazil will no longer make the HippyMobile after 2014.  It would be too expensive to update the factories so as to install airbags and anti-lock braking systems.... and an engine that let you go up hills, they did not say.

Of course, we will see them here, along with beetles from the early days, for years to come.

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