Anyone Looking To Ship A Motorcycle From Russia To Chile In October?

Trip planning is in full swing and we have run up against our first full snag: shipping the bikes from Vladivostok to Valparaiso.  When Patrick shipped his bike from Korea to Chile he paid just under 500 US for the bike.  We were hoping around 800 per bike either by air or by ship from Russia.  The quote came back, we can not ship per bike, we need to rent an entire container.  For close on to $5000 (we were quoted 4, 500 but that does not include harbor fees in Chile,  so we are thinking in the end it will be more like 5,000).  The thing is a container fits up to 8 bikes.  We are 3 bikes.  That means 5 more could fit and that would bring the costs down dramatically (although cheap it will not be).  So if you know anyone with plans to try and get a bike out of Russia in October in the direction of South America, pass on our address!

Patrick In Mongolia:

But that also means it is crunch time.  We have 4 months (more or less to the day) before we head off on our world trip.  (The date is flexible, Patrick wants to leave the 25th or 26th of May.  This is when the house in  Tuscany becomes available and the rest of his family head to Italy for 2 weeks of vacation.  I am torn between this is much better than working, and that 4 extra days of work brings in enough money to finance half a month on the road). But then life is short, and this was really hammered home last week when I lost my Aunt Liz to cancer. There is one good thing that comes out of the grief of a loss, it really brings home just what, and who, is important. 4 days of work is very little in the grand scheme of things, and Patrick's family have become mine.  In the end what will I gain from those 4 days working versus the memories of the 4 extra days in Italy with family?

Season's Greetings From Newfoundland!

A late post and late Christmas wishes to those who celebrate the season from Newfoundland!  Patrick and I are celebrating this year with my family as next year we plan to celebrate it in Ushuaia Argentina with other motorcycle travellers.  I have celebrated in Switzerland with his family, and I have come home alone to celebrate with my family since moving to Germany, but this year we decided that this was the year he would finally experience a Newfoundland Christmas.  I have gained 8 pounds and couting.  He has gained nothing other than a Newfoundland accent.  This seems highly unfair to me!

In the coming months we will be busy preparing for our around the world trip which will begin June 1st.  I promise to post the developments as they go.  A massive component will be making "lists" to make sure we actually do everything we need to do.  I wrote a little about these lists on my personal blog so I will not repeat it here.  But let us say that you would be surprised at how much you can achieve when you indulge in a little anal retentiveness! 

And for your viewing pleasure I leave you with Episode 8 of Journizing The Throne Of The Gods.  Southern Bulgaria is proof as to why you need to be open to new experiences on the road, because if we had stuck to our original plan we would have missed the absolute bikers paradise that southern Bulgaria in fact is!

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Season's Greetings From Newfoundland!

A late post and late Christmas wishes to those who celebrate the season from Newfoundland!  Patrick and I are celebrating this year with my family as next year we plan to celebrate it in Ushuaia Argentina with other motorcycle travellers.  I have celebrated in Switzerland with his family, and I have come home alone to celebrate with my family since moving to Germany, but this year we decided that this was the year he would finally experience a Newfoundland Christmas.  I have gained 8 pounds and couting.  He has gained nothing other than a Newfoundland accent.  This seems highly unfair to me!

In the coming months we will be busy preparing for our around the world trip which will begin June 1st.  I promise to post the developments as they go.  A massive component will be making "lists" to make sure we actually do everything we need to do.  I wrote a little about these lists on my personal blog so I will not repeat it here.  But let us say that you would be surprised at how much you can achieve when you indulge in a little anal retentiveness! 

And for your viewing pleasure I leave you with Episode 8 of Journizing The Throne Of The Gods.  Southern Bulgaria is proof as to why you need to be open to new experiences on the road, because if we had stuck to our original plan we would have missed the absolute bikers paradise that southern Bulgaria in fact is!

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