Our ship has come in!
And since the day before it was allowed to unload at the dock, we have
been taking all the required steps so we can begin the next chapter of our South
American van and motorcycle adventure.
Finally, there is one step left.
When you are ensnared in a Two Steps Forward One Step Back trap,
how many more steps are left when there is one step remaining?
Many other travelers’ blogs with better tags than ours have
summarized the process of retrieving a single vehicle shipped to Colombia. Multiply that circuitousness by the
fact that we have two vehicles (or do we have one vehicle and one item?) both
registered to the same individual.
When do we need one form and when do we need two? And how many copies of each do we need
to make at the photocopy place around the corner (do they close for lunch?) before
stopping at the desk across the courtyard (follow the arrows) and getting
Claudia to write a number on this little half sheet of paper before coming back
here? I'm not sure I have the steps quite right but you get the idea.
We left Vermont on August 4th, spent a lovely
weekend with family in Connecticut and New York, then set the land-speed record
(no, that was Tim Cahill, but it felt like it) to Fort Lauderdale, Florida and arrived by noon
on August 14th. If we can dance all the right steps (we’ve been
taking lessons) on Monday, September 21, Luc will be able to drive his vehicles
out of the RoRo port (Roll-on Roll-off) so our adventure can begin!
Forty days and forty nights, but who’s counting? At least it wasn’t Lent!
And of course, our adventure has already begun. For one thing, we are so enchanted with
Cartagena and our lovely home here, that it will be very hard to leave. Due to internet challenges, we will
save the illustrated version of Things that Still Enchant but No Longer Astound
Us in Cartagena for a later post.
Here's a preview:
In the meantime, our fingers are crossed for Monday!
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