Through the Americas With a Backpack: Drive away


Before getting a car we just had time to visit the Central Park, to walk down several avenues and to visit Empire State Building and World Trade Center. 
Yes, the WTC! In 2000 it was still standing. 

New York is a magnificent city and I regretted we had to leave so fast. 
My girlfriend and I were planning to go to South America. The United States were just a transit point. 
We only had two months, and we had to go to Miami as soon as possible, as flights to Peru were supposed to be the cheapest from there. 
So how do we go to Florida? We heard that »Drive away service« was the cheapest way of travelling through the States.
America is a big country. There are many people who need their car to be driven to another part of the country, but don’t feel like driving their car for several thousands of kilometres, or they just don’t have the time to do it. So they communicate their wishes to a Drive away agency, which finds a driver who wants to travel cost-free to that destination.
to be continued
text & photo: Janin Klemenčič