Well as a non spanish speaking person it seemed almost impossible to get something done here so I hired the couple at Villa Kunterbunt in Valparaiso to help me get the bike out of "custody". The main problem was that the custom staff was on strike (as many of the other state employees around in Chile) so it wasnt possible for me to get the bike out of customs. They simply forced me to store the bike in their storage for more than a week - and guess what - I had to pay for that storing! Welcome to Chile and south-America!!!
160 000 chilean pesos to those assholes and of course a bit to Enzo and Martina for the help and assistance they gave me. So it was not a good start of my south-American adventure, to speak in mild terms...
Anyhow - Im on the road now and enjoy it thoroughly - if I only could arrange some kind of insurance I would be overly happy....
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In the end everything will be fine. If its not fine its not the end....
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