In south America you must always be prepared for the worst. It can be strikes, it can be blockades and it can be road blocks.
When I sent my bike from Australia to south-America, Valparaiso - Chile by seafreight I paid a price on the Australian side that said all port and customs fees in south-America were included. But when I came to Valparaiso to pick up my bike the Customs staff were on strike and yhey had been for a while. So in order to get my bike out of the port and through Customs I needed to hire an agent and pay him to «lube» the local Custom boss so that I could get my bike out of the port anf through Customs….
An extra 4-5 days to arrange it and some extra 2-300 €….
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In the end everything will be fine. If its not fine its not the end....
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