Wednesday, March 2, 2011

How Do You Know If Mucus In Your Stool

The taxis of the pampas by Jaime Alvarado




large northern routes began to be populated with cars back in the 40's. Before, it was the train that was rampant in the area and there was much more laying railways that "footprints" ... They were just "tracks" that were not enough to be able to "track."
And there were men who were determined to overcome the distances, competing with the railroad. Facing the "corrugated" and swallowing more dust like a pampas. Fulfilling orders, parcels and passengers carried. Their itineraries were respectful compliments and dust signaled the arrival of "folleques" to the nitrate. Recalled
machines are fleet "El Mercurio", covering the desert in "gondola"-with-wood cabins equipped with a grill, which was the luggage of passengers. A ladder to climb back to the attendant allowed to stow luggage and packages. And most important .... Passengers were left at home, as there were no terminals. That was one big difference: yesterday's passengers were people and treated them as such.
There were also trucks which are adapted a wooden cabin. They were called "mixed" and had two "seats" for passengers. The doors had a simple "Latch" and were closed by the passengers themselves. Such were the beginnings of the fleet, "Jones" and there were so many-like Troncoso, covering the trip to Taltal, dodging the deadly slope Paposo. There was one that ran between Calama and San Pedro de Atacama, which was a real "screen from dust." That trip was, perhaps, the most sacrificed and one-way passenger back-ended "like monkeys."
from the file, you can write pages. Because for such small cars, was a feat the distances across the pampa. And a tremendous test for drivers. The Medina Puebla, with its driver "Katarycos" a burly Greek, master of the route and to take good panner. It was purple and came from the street "February 14." Cuellar, Esmeralda, was another who crossed the desert in those cars. Am leaving to your destination, covering distances and solving the difficulties that appeared in the "fingerprint." Returned in the evening, covered with dust, the car and passengers ... They were the pioneers
. His greatness was forgotten.

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