While waiting rain to stop I have updated photogalleries.
There are some new, some old photos now available for viewing under menu: Gallery – 2012.
More will come soon.
Galleries updated
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Yearly Archives: 2013
Merry Christmas and Happy New Year 2014! Season Greetings! Happy Holidays!
I wish you and your loved ones a Merry Christmas and Happy New Year 2014 from New Zealand!
Malaysia part3
Finally I found enough time to get this story finalized…
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15.04. – 05.05.2013
Monday:
Germany – Kuala Lumpur:
I arrived to KL around noon. While I was waiting outside train to arrive, I realized how warm it was again. I am not freezing anymore :). Continue reading
Process to get bike from Sydney to Christchurch (airfreight)
My process to import bike (BMW R1200GS) from Sydney (Australia) to Christchurch (New Zealand) by airfreight (December 2013):
- I contacted several airlines (Quantas, Emirates and Air New Zealand), all of them asked me to get in touch with freight forwarder (I got recommendation for two different companies: Matzen Cargo and DB Schenker.
GPS-track log now available
I added GPS-track log of Europe, Central Asia and South-East Asia under “About the trip – Route” (see photo).
So, if you are interested which routes I have taken, now they are available :).
Australia will follow a bit later 🙂
Broken down in southern Australia
Due to mechanical problems with the bike I have been forced to stop for one week in southern Australia.
Luckily I got help from a fellow bike rider, Andrew, who I met in middle of Asia around one year ago!
Problem in a bike was that my rear wheel was moving sideways quite much. It was not a bearing failure as I first thought, instead it was a worn out flange (part which holds rear wheel). I guess heavy load and tough, corrugated roads took it´s toll with my bike.
In any case, bike was not in rideable condition so we towed it to a shop here in Melbourne. Continue reading
South-Vietnam video published
Video of my south-Vietnam scooter ride:
Process to get bike from Dili to Darwin
My process to import bike from Dili (Timor-Leste) to Darwin (Australia), September-October 2013:
Dili, Timor-Leste:
• About a month before the trip I contacted Toll Marine Logistics via their homepage http://www.tollgroup.com/tollmarinelogistics to get a quote.
• Once I got to Dili, I contacted Lenor Castulo in Toll Dili Lenor.Castulo@tollgroup.com to discuss about the schedule.
• Toll Logistics in Dili can be found from S8° 33.581’ E125° 31.930’ Continue reading
My baby made it to Australia!!!
Today at 10am I was at Toll shipping meeting AQIS officer to inspect my bike.
Bike was already moved from the container to quarantine area. Continue reading
Easter holiday in Germany
I flew to Germany for my Easter holiday.
Naturally I could not stay put so I went to Ljubljana, Croatia and Venice during this holiday.
I have passed Ljubljana several times, so this time I spent one night over there. Would be interesting to visit this city in summer time.
I thought that Croatia would have been warm at this time of the year, but I was wrong… I saw some snow on the shore of Mediterranean sea! Continue reading