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To live long enough in a country and become acquainted with the people, learn enough of the language to get around, is truly a privilege. Many places in Jordan, Turkey, Syria, and Lebanon, never see tourists, and we were able to drive to some of the less traveled areas. We could find comfortable places to stay in most of these countries. Hotels often were poorly heated, and lighted, but we would take extra light bulbs, and a small heater. The beds were some times a little hard.
When we took a trip and stayed over night we would pack the VW as you might pack a suit case. The little Aladdin heater furnished heat. We could take utensils and even cook our meals. I would pull the pin from the hinge that held the top of the heater to the heating unit and we could put it in the trunk, just behind the gas tank. We always took one or two light bulbs and two soft pillows, and a couple of extra blanket often came in handy.
I know of no passenger car that is being made today that could negotiate the roads we traveled. High centers were always with us if we followed an Ox Cart. An air cooled motor that never over heated in the desert. After a trip in the desert I could simply turn the water hose on the motor and wash the dust off for the next trip. The good old VW Bug still is traveling the roads in many countries in the world. Even the US with its love for big cars, will condescend to let it occupy a parking space.
The VW Bug was a useful automobile for us overseas. Narrow streets, crooked and rough roads, were always with us.
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Metzger Memories
