Home From Vancouver, Canada to Bogota, Colombia - September, 2012

From Vancouver, Canada to Bogota, Colombia - September, 2012

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Shipment From: 
Vancouver, Canada
Shipment To: 
Bogota, Colombia
Shipper details
Contact person name: 
Marwan Bawarchi
Company name: 
Baseline forwarding
Contact person email: 
Mbaw...@baselineforwarding.com
Contact details: 

I used email only to deal with Marwan and he was very helpful.

Travellers Impressions of the shipper
Recommended?: 
Yes
Rating: 
4/5 - Good
Information about this Shipment
Shipping Method: 
Air
Shipping date: 
September, 2012
Cost Paid at Start (US $): 
$2300 Canadian
Comments: 

The bike I shipped is a 2007 KLR 650, I used a factory steel crate from the current model and the fit was quite good. Only minor mods were needed to the mounts. I removed the front wheel, front fender, wind screen, mirrors, handlebars and hand controls. I stuffed the empty spaces in the crate with all my camping gear, tools and my riding gear. I was within 10kg of the volume weight, so it was a compact packing job. I brought my side cases with me on the airplane as luggage. The costs when picking up the bike were $41.50 US paid to customs. It took about 2.5 hours to do the paperwork, I just asked around until I found a person who spoke English and she helped get me going. A nice young guy who wanted to practice English hung around and talked to the guys in the warehouse for me. They let me un crate the bike right in the warehouse and let me leave all the garbage, "no problem" said the boss. If , like me, your plane is hours late, it might be a better idea to come back in the morning to get the bike. The workers at the warehouse had to stay late for me to finish assembling the bike. They didn't seem to mind at all but I still felt like a jerk.


 

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