February 8, 2009 – 7:04 am
No more shipping the trucks! When we were in the planing stages of the expedition, we could not have possibly imagined how difficult, complicated, convoluted, annoying and downright painful the overseas shipping process could be. After four international, overseas container shipments during the course of the expedition, one would think that we are now knowledgeable experts when it comes to shipping vehicles abroad. The sad reality of the situation is the only thing we really know about putting a vehicle into a container and sending it to another country is that we never care to do it again.
By Steve Bouey
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Also posted in Borders, Visas and Paperwork, Colombia, Interesting, Panama, Trip Prep, Trip Thoughts
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Tagged cargo container, Cartagena, cocaine, Colombia, colon, Darien Gap, narcotics, Panama, Police, ship, Shipping, toyota
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January 25, 2009 – 12:04 pm
It has been a time consuming and difficult process trying to find a way around the Darien Gap here in Colombia, but we have finally managed to bypass the gap and are going to do it in an exciting way. Dealing with the shipping companies in Cartagena has been pretty much par for the course in terms of mind numbing complexity and ridiculousness. The first several quotes we received for our 40′ container were well over $3,000.
By Steve Bouey
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Also posted in Colombia, South America, Updates
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Tagged Caribbean, Cartagena Yacht Club, Colombia, Darien Gap, Hernando Higuera, Panama, sailboat, San Blas Islands, Shipping
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December 8, 2008 – 6:10 pm
We get quite a few questions from our followers about overseas shipping. How we got our vehicles across the various oceans along our route is actually the most frequently asked question. Unfortunately, we have not been able to identify any easy answers when it comes to shipping vehicles abroad.
October 22, 2008 – 2:49 pm
I am still hard at work on the blog regarding the exact details of what happened with the trucks in Buenos. With Fernando’s help we are putting together a blog that will give a better researched insight not into just what happened to us, but more importantly, why it happened the way it did. More importantly we want to give everyone an insight as to why it is such a tragedy that Argentinean government treats not only us this way, but treats all of the citizens in Argentina the same.
By Steven Shoppman
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Also posted in Argentina, Borders, Visas and Paperwork, New Videos, South America
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Tagged adventure, Argentina, Buenos Aires, customs, driving, sequoia, Shipping, South America, the world by road, toyota, travel, tundra
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September 22, 2008 – 7:37 am
At this point it must seem like TWBR is a bunch of imbeciles. We have been stuck in Buenos for 5 weeks now trying to get the trucks …
