Hola, espero hables español. Soy de Queretaro Mexico y el 15 de Agosto de este año salimos 2 amigos a Ushuaia. el viaje durara 100 dias y estamos viendo como cruzar las motos de Panama. Puedes darme algun numero telefonico de la alternativa mas economica, me agrada la del barco aleman.. gracias

from panama
just got price its also 700 bucks

I sent my bike from Medellin Colombia to Miami by air about a month ago. Cost $1270. Paper work took a entire day but they were very nice. My bike is a BMW 2007 GS adventure with the bags and top.

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After 8 month of riding from Chile all the way up to Oregon and across to Miami, I'm now back in Cali, Colombia with my bike and Colombian girlfriend Diana and we're expecting a baby in December.

Today 1st of August 2008 we start a super nice hostel in the nice part of Cali.

If you head this way its cheap, quiet and safe and we'll help you in any way we can.

We have airport pick-up and since I have flown my bike in and out of Cali, i can help with all the legal matters of arriving or leaving Cali.

Casa Blanca Hostel, Avenida 6 bis, Calle 26n, #57, Santa Monica Redencial, Cali, Colombia. Tel. (+57) (092) 668 99 86 or
mail me at mikkel@schhh.biz.

Check my video diary from my journey at YouTube - kaiserkyhl's Channel

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Keep On Ridin' In The Free World

- Mike

Dear Forum Members thank you very much for the feedback provided. This is what I have so far regarding the shipment of the bike. Stretcher Monkey gave me a great contact manfred.al[@]gmx.net this guy is extremely knowledgeable regarding any sort of shipments from Colombia, please read the message that we exchanged

MESSAGE
Nice to hear from You.

In fact, lots of Bikers take the trip with smaller sail-boats: spray the bike over with W-40, put yellow grease on vital parts (bare brake and shift-wires maily) and warp it in plastic foil, use lots of duct tape!

From Colombia to Panamá, You go with the wind, that means, not much spray, and saltwater only harms on bare metal after extened periods of time. After arrival in Panamá, have it rinsed with a garden hose, and You will be fine, unless You have flooded the air-intake.... There is nothing to be afraid of... From over 100 Bikes shipped and received, only 2 did'nt start right away (one was a women driver, the other was a dutch guy....)

May be, You got the "Maritrans -Guy at Cali" (Agents of Horn-Line) in his "noon brake"...(I would kill for that too !!!)

But in fact Horn-Line offers this service every sunday, at least to our clients! Horn-Line as i said has a vessel every sunday from CRT via TURBO to PUERTO LIMON / COSTA RICA, as said every Sunday, reliable as the British Railroad. Estimated transit time: 4 days, underdeck or sheltered stowage, some vessels are even RoRo. Very nice cabins, but a single person has to pay for double room. Passage with Horn-Line is not precisely cheap! But on the other hand, this is an adventure not accessible to everyone, just to a few selected!

In fact, our contacts at HORN-LINE are in Blind-Copy right now and will be in contact with You after a couple of hours after receiving this msg, to give You a quote for the passage. We will assit You with the necessary paperwork at customs and at the port facilities. You even may stay at our TRANS-OCEAN GUEST HOUSE at Manga on the waterfront if You need accomodation.

An alternantive may be shipping with SEABOARD, but You will have to pay at least for a 20' Container, and You can't travel with the carrier! You still may go with a Sailboat instead of flying, but Horn-Line is more fun and relax. At least for the passage, You will be back in civilization...
Seaborad only pays out, if You ship at least 4 Bikes at a time, and You will need to pay a special SEABOARD approved agent to ship with them: they will charge 4-times our rate....

If You have any more questions, pls revert.

rgds,
manfred



-------- Original-Nachricht --------
> Datum: Tue, 22 Jul 2008 16:26:21 -0600>
> An: manfred.al@gmx.net
> Betreff: Shipping Bike from Colombia to Panama

> Dear Manfred:
> I got your e-mail address from a motorcycle forum online called Horizons
> Unlimited. I will be traveling from South America to Central American and
> I
> wanted to cross from Colombia to Panama tentatively on the third or fourth
> week of December. I would like to do it by sea, since I think that the
> experience is more fulfilling than by air. (Girag or Copa Cargo) I would
> like a sea transport that offers some guarantees to loading/unloading the
> bike + some protection against salt water. I did a search for the Horn
> Linie
> but I got turned down by their agent in Cali, saying that they don’t
> offer
> that service to bikes+ passengers. Then I checked out the Stahlratte but
> they’ll be in the Caribeean by that date. Then The Melody looks nice, but
> might be small and we don’t know if the bike will get splashed too much +
> loading and unloading look difficult for a heavy loaded bike. Do you have
> an
> option of sea transport that could work for us?
>
> Thank you so very much.
>
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>

--
CA Manfred H.H. ALWARDT, Ing.
AB&B Shipping Ltda. / HANSA PROvisiones GmbH
/ TRANS - OCEAN ONG

Pie de la Popa, Par. Res. LA ERMITA
Calle 29E #20-141, Apto 101
CARTAGENA de Indias / Bolívar
COLOMBIA

Mobil1: ++57-311-400-6394 (Main)
Mobil2: ++57-301-222-1255 (Back-up only!)
Home: ++57-5-666-3230
Fax: ++57-5-656-0553

E-mail: Manfred.Al@gmx.net (Main)
E-mail: hansapro@hotmail.com (Back-up only!)

After Manfred's reply I decided to go for the Horn Line and they sail from Cartagena to Port Limon in Costa Rica (for me it works out well) and this is the contact person in Horn Line: Sabine Guettel SGuettel@Hornlinie.com

My only challenge right know is to see if they'll let me on board in December since it is their high season, but please read below and get in touch if you need to. Sabine is great and she replies daily. Extremely professional, just like Manfred.

Another challenge is that they are fixing a ship and it look like room on board is subject to this.

Please read the 3 email below with the info exchanged:

Good day Entreprerider,

in order to say the truth-it's very difficult to find a sailing for your favourite time...please understand that we accept on Christmas time only roundtrips from Europe-Europe (duration 35 Days) passengers using this trip as Holiday and not way of transport to get from A to B...

At this moment there is the chance also to sail with Segovia Carrier vessel but departure dates can still change-because now vessel is in Dry Dock and it depends when the vessel will be in our trade back again...planning is:

Cartagena Moin Name of vessel
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02.11.2008 07.11.2008 Horncap
09.11.2008 14.11.2008 Segovia Carrier
14.12.2008 19.12.2008 Segovia Carrier
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Passenger fare/per person 360 EUR + 80 EUR port tax

A crate would be perfect for a good handling and your bike would be better protected against larceny...nevertheless I'm kindly ask for the correct measure of the bike.

Kind regards from HAmburg
Sabine

-----Ursprüngliche Nachricht-----
Gesendet: Mittwoch, 23. Juli 2008 20:30
An: Sabine Güttel
Betreff: Re: Freighter Trip * Horn-Linie

Hallo Sabine viele gruesse aus El Salvador.

Thank you for your prompt response.

I am planning on being in Colombia ready to cross to Costa Rica on the
fourth or fifth week of December 2008. Do you have a ship going every Sunday
of the year? If not what will be my options in the month of December?

I will be traveling with my wife. What would be the price for a cabin for 2?

I will measure the bike and I will let you know.

If I don't have a crate for the bike, I assume there will be a place where I
can secure the bike safely with straps, right?

Thank you so very much. Yo have been very helpful and Manfred has been
amazing guiding in putting together this awesome adventure.

Vielen Dank.

Entreprerider


On 7/23/08 3:11 AM, "Sabine Güttel" <SGuettel@Hornlinie.com> wrote:

> Dear Entreprerider,
>
> many thanks for your very kind mail & your interest in our freighter trips. My
> name is Sabine and I'm responsible for the Passenger Department. Like Mr
> Alwardt wrote already our vessels calling normally each Sunday Cartagena and
> sail after this to Costa Rica (Puerto/Limon=Moin) in Costa Rica in 5 days. You
> have the chance to sail as passenger with us and to transport also your
> motorbike-please find here our offer:
>
> ----------------------------------------------------
> Cartagena Moin Vessel
> ----------------------------------------------------
> Very first chance:
> 03.08.2008 01.08.2008 Hornbay
> 10.08.2008 15.08.2008 Horncliff
> 24.08.2008 29.08.2008 Horncap
> ----------------------------------------------------
> Fare/Single cabin: 400 EUR + 80 EUR port tax
> (including meals)
> ----------------------------------------------------
> Freight/Bike 350 USD (up to 2,5m x 1,0 x 1,4 m)
> if your bike have other size please ask for a new freight
> plus costs for costume clearance, documentation
> Direct delivery * we advice a crate for the safe transport of the bike
>
> I like to point out, that there is no doctor on board and that we are ask for
> a health insurance of each passenger and for passengers over 65 years we need
> a Medical Certificate. There is also an age limit of 79 years.
>
> If you are interested in a booking, please be so kind to send us the Booking
> Application. Enjoy the material-If you have questions it will be a pleasure
> for me to answer.
>
> Very kind regards from Hamburg
>
> Sabine
> Manager Passenger Department
> H O R N - L I N I E
> Horn-Linie Hamburg Reederei Frachtschiffreisen Frachterreise Karibik Cameroon Freighter Cruises ship cargo cruises travel - Hornbay, Horncap, Horncliff, Alicante Carrier, Algeciras Carrier

llama el aleman Manfred en Panama. Conoce los voleros que viajan en el caribe.

Lo encontre en Cartegena, hizo los documentos de aduana por la moto.

Manfred habla espaNol tambien,

Tiene 3 numeros:
57 311 400 6394
57 666 3230
57 301 222 1255

o tal vez, escribe el capitain leonardo del Zoa Zoa:
zaoezao@yahoo.com


Suerte,

Jeff

Thank you for an inadvertent lead Entreprerider, I have had great difficulty finding a major line that makes a port call in Costa Rica. I had even given up but now I believe the Horn Line runs from Antwerp to Puerto Limon and their prices look fair. I have sent them an email and I await their reply.

Thanks you for the lead and best wishes on your trip

MeCasa