Santiago, Chile

Well, what can I say. All the worrying was for nothing. Well, not really, Acecargo just got there act together today at about 9am. We arrived at 10am, and Paola (Ronalds assitant) gave us the directions to a crating company that would drain the fluids and provide the certificate, as well as crate the bike, and drive the box down to Valparaiso. This was sounding much better than leaving it in the grocery store parking garage.

We got down to United Shippers, and were very impressed with the level of professionalism and eagerness to help. This is where we needed to come first! Pablo Moreno was awesome. He showed us photos of other crates built for motorcycles and gave us a ride back to the metro. His storage area was very secure, and all and all we feel 100% better about the situation. Yoshita should be back in the USA in 22 days. If she arrives safetly and all goes well, I will share all the details of the shipping with the adventure rider community.

We rode the subway back to our hotel feeling very strange: excited and relieved to have found a solution we are happy with and at the same time said to be short a friend. Yoshita has taken on more than a human name, she has served us so well she is like a pal, a travelling partner throught the best and the worst of things. Safe travels old girl!

We'll miss you, champion of motorcycles!