Road trip USA:han ja Kanadaan!

Keskiviikkona 20.7.2005 neljä kaveria lähtee Helsinki-Vantaalta kohti New Yorkia yhdistetylle reppumatkalle ja road tripille. Matkan suunnittelua ja edistymistä voit seurata tästä blogista.

Alunperin Erkan piti lähteä host siskon häihin San Franciscoon. Ajattelin että matkaan voisi ottaa kaverin mukaan ja kiertää katselemassa myös vanhoja vaihtarikavereita ja host perheitä. Tuomasta ylipuhuessani mukaan matkaan tarttui myös Aleksi ja aivan viime metreillä vielä Pirkkakin.

Liikkumamuodoksi Amerikan mantereelle valittiin julkiset ja auto, nehän ovat ainoat oikeat tavat matkustaa. Myös rahtilaivalle töihin menemistä ja sillä matkustamista valtameren yli harkittiin, mutta aikataulu ei moista sallinut, ehkä vielä joskus.
Kuva on Erkan edelliseltä reissulta 2002.
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On Wednesday the 20th of July 2005 4 chaps from the Arctic circle are heading from Helsinki to New York for a combined pack packing and road trip. You can follow the planing of the trip and later on the course of it from this blog.

At first Erkka was going alone to San Francisco to witness his host-sister's wedding. He realised that it might be neat to explore the United States thoroughly with a good buddy. The idea of getting together with old exchange student friends and visiting beloved host-families felt intriguing.

As he was trying to convince his long-time friend Tuomas to join him on this tour he managed to impress his childhood friend Aleksi to come along. At the very latest this group of travellers was accompanied with one cosmopolitan, Pirkka Jarvinen.

The boys decided to travel from the east coast to the west coast in the old-fashioned way. They ditched the idea of flying right away and determined that they wanted to live on the edge. The only means of travelling left by was driving a rented car and occasional use of the public transportation. The thought of travelling to the North America on a freight boat crossed their minds also, but their strict timetable wouldn't have allowed it this time. No worries, there will always be a next time. The picture is from Erkka's previous trek in 2002 to the land of versatility.