The South Asian American Digital Archive has embarked on an ambitious journey: collect the stories and photographs of South Asian-American road trips from all 50 states.
'Journey to the Maid of the Mist': Immigrants and the Great American Road Trip
- By Ramon Taylor
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Guatemalan-native Victor Manuel, right, with his wife and friends from Ecuador, drove to Niagara Falls from Queens, New York. “We want our youth to know the good and beauty of sharing traditions with family,” Manuel said. (R. Taylor/VOA)
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International tourists pose beside Horseshoe Falls in Niagara Falls, Ontario. (R. Taylor/VOA)
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Soohyun Kim, a Columbia University student from South Korea, traveled to Niagara Falls from New Jersey with her aunt, uncle, cousin, and their dog, Noodle. “I’m very used to seeing the countryside, because even when I was in Korea, I would see the countryside a lot," Kim said.
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A magenta-illuminated Niagara Falls brightens the night sky. (R. Taylor/VOA)