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Date:         Wed, 7 Apr 2004 19:32:32 -0400
Reply-To:     Joy Hecht <jhecht@ALUM.MIT.EDU>
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From:         Joy Hecht <jhecht@ALUM.MIT.EDU>
Subject:      Wall Street Journal article about Japanese car camping
In-Reply-To:  <vanagon%2004040314042899@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
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Did anyone see the front-page article in today's WSJ (Tuesday's that is)
about how the Japanese have taken to camping in their vans to protest the
high cost of hotels?  It was pretty amazing - sounds like they are basically
trying to reinvent the vanagon.  They have listservs that list all the best
parking lots to camp in, where to find bathrooms and showers, all sorts of
modifications they make to their vehicle for more congenial camping (stoves,
heaters, second battery for extra lights and the stereo, sound familiar?)


I tried to find it on the web to send the URL, but the Wall Street Journal
site requires a password.  It's wsj.com, if you want to seek it out.






Joy
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