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Hi SeoulJoe,
We were quite happy to see the Pacific today in Vladivostok after leaving the Atlantic in Europe two months ago. We will be on the Wed DBS ferry and hope to meet you for coffee and a chat later this week or early next week. How does your schedule look?
Yesterday we saw quite a contingent of adventure riders heading west. Mostly the road was fine, but a few of the construction zones were quite dusty due to the traffic.
All the best,
Paul
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Originally Posted by Boatdoc
Hi SeoulJoe,
We were quite happy to see the Pacific today in Vladivostok after leaving the Atlantic in Europe two months ago. We will be on the Wed DBS ferry and hope to meet you for coffee and a chat later this week or early next week. How does your schedule look?
Yesterday we saw quite a contingent of adventure riders heading west. Mostly the road was fine, but a few of the construction zones were quite dusty due to the traffic.
All the best,
Paul
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I will be more than happy to meet,, Wendy has my details.
And send me an EM with URL to your hotel or motel.
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29 Jul 2014
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Great News at Vladivostok
DBS has got the system working, where it takes only one day to discharge the vehicles vs three days.
It was just confirmed by the bikers and Yurl.
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30 Jul 2014
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Someplace along the way we did not pick up a crucial piece of knowledge and now get to spend an extra week in Vladivostok. All vehicles must be presented to Russian customs at least 48 hours before the scheduled DBS ferry departure. Unfortunately neither our tickets, nor our e-mails from DBS nor the English language DBS ferry website has that key bit of information. Ironically we arrived in Vlad in time and watched the ferry dock.
For those planning on taking the DBS ferry with a vehicle you will probably end up working with Yuri. We had the impression that DBS would arrange everything, but they just called Yuri to arrange it for us. You can save time by contacting Yuri ahead of time.
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Ouch.
Earlier post shows you.. how to book DBS from Russia .
To Book DBS from Vladivostok to Korea
http://www.olgatour.ru/ticket/eastern_dream/
Let Google translate do the work.
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Hi SeoulJoe,
I did look at that website and translated it and it did not include the critical 48 hour information regarding customs.
I'm not all that happy with DBS right now. I contacted them months in advance and booked, and then confirmed, but did not hear from them until it was too late. That info should be transmitted to their customers.
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Originally Posted by Boatdoc
Hi SeoulJoe,
I did look at that website and translated it and it did not include the critical 48 hour information regarding customs.
I'm not all that happy with DBS right now. I contacted them months in advance and booked, and then confirmed, but did not hear from them until it was too late. That info should be transmitted to their customers.
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I feel terrible about you being stuck in Vladivostok, for a week.
This also is news to me as well. I also thought you just show up like any ferry and save a few hundred dollars by not using Yuri. In fact never heard of Korean riders mentioning it all. Nor, when we leave Korea ,,this is not required.
Yuri could not pull any strings at all?
I can suggest to get hold of my buddy at Iron Angels,, go for a weekend ride with them,, Nakhodka is not far away. Automobile museum is interesting,,go for a walk downtown,, find the Yul Brynner's house. Take Yuri out to dinner and go to a karaoke. Try to enjoy it,,
We once had BushmanUK and Strimstrum stuck in Vladivostok, for three months. Not funny.
We will get pissed, when you come to Korea!
SPOKE TO DBS 2014. 07. 31 THEY WILL POST ENGLISH , RUSSIAN AND KOREAN NOTICE FOR PRE 48 HOURS RUSSIAN CUSTOMS INSPECTION.
HE ALSO INSISTS DBS VLADIVOSTOK ISSSUES SUCH WARNING AT THE TIME OF BOOKING.
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