Hmmmm.....is that ANOTHER flat tire on the KTM??
Securing a Sea Container proved to be quite a challenge. Leo and Cheryl haggled with the shipping agent for 10 days, and were also on the sat phone to their contact in Red Deer.
(The paragraph and the following three photos were taken from Leo and Cheryl's blog)Here is their site:
http://www.travelpod.com/travel-blog/guruzers/2007-due_south/tpod.html
Friday, Dec 7 - Today we heard the good news that we've been waiting to hear for over a week..."We have a ship and container for you and your bikes can be loaded this afternoon." Talk about waiting until the last minute and right down to the wire. Brian and Conchita had a flight to Buenos Aires at 6:30pm, Dan's flight was at 9pm and we were told we can load at 4pm. Leo and I are booked to go to Antarctica on Sunday Dec 9, so we didn't have any extra spare time either. It had to happen today and somehow it did. The challenges and surprises continue. In addition to the 3 people we met from Alberta, we also have Ben, from Australia shipping his bike with ours to Canada. Ben is kinda making his plans as he goes and figured he might as well ship while the shippin's good. He is going back to Australia in January and will come to Canada when it warms up to continue his trip. Even the Kawasaki was experiencing some problems on the last leg of the trip. Ben is in need of a new battery.
Two bikes in and three to go.
The mighty GS 1200 went in first with only one inch to spare from the topcase to the wall of the container. Then the KTM and Kawasaki followed by the two GS 1150's.
We flew from Ushuaia to Buenos Aires via El Calafate. We spent less than 16 hours in Buenos Aires, but it was long enough to know that we would like to go back one day.
We jumped on the subway, and were surprised to see the windows wide open. I guess they figure it is common sense not to stick your hand or your head out the window.
The magnificent Buenos Aires Metropolitan Cathedral on Plaza de Mayo with its Mausoleum, which encloses the tomb of the Argentine hero Jose de San Martin.
"Don't cry for me, Argentina."
We traded in the motorcycle for a Boeing 763 on the last leg of our trip. The 11-hour plane ride from Santiago to Toronto was the longest flight we have been on.
# posted by GSRider @ 5:05 PM
: January 07, 2008 
