From here we retraced our route 50 km back to the cargo terminal with a stop for 3 l of gas each. This way we have enough to get back, ride the few km in Germany and get out of the airport in Montreal.


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We arrived to the customs security gate at KLIA and said we were going to Maskargo (no one asked for our pass ) The first step here is to go to the customs office ahead and to the left. You park here and then walk over to the 6 story building to the right. We of course arrived at 1230 and they are closed 12-2 for lunch….



At 2 we went up to the 6 th floor (there is no signage in English and multiple offices are along a long hallway). When you exit the elevator turn down the hall and the office you want is the first on the right. The counter is about half way down the room and the desk has a “Carnet” sign above it and you speak to the officer here. They look at your carnet, copy your passport, and give you a huge ledger book. You take this back to the customs office across the parking lot for a carnet stamp and “vehicle visual inspection”. They signed and stamped the carnet, but did not even come out to look at the bikes. In fact they could not even see we had bikes from their office!

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Then it was back to the 6 th floor. The officer here then takes the ledger and carnet to the first floor for another stamp. All that took nearly 2 hours. From here you ride 500 m to enter another secure area for the cargo docks where Mas is located.

IMG_3148 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr

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We rode to the Maskargo export acceptance office, which is thru security down to the very end of the road turn right, ride to then end again and go right again and then go 200 m to the Core 1 door.

IMG_3159 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr

Just inside here is the office you want. Long story short this was a 2 hour nightmare. First the office guy says “by the way did they tell you that the bike has to be crated to Frankfurt for the truck”. Recap we had explicitly discussed this with Maskargo sales re price and options and were assured that price was the same to Frankfurt and that no crate was needed.



Orvar went last week and this was the case so we were feeling confident. He had a very loose measurement of the bike and the cost was 6050R. Here they measured and told us it would be 9000R for the 800 and 7000R for the 650 plus 1000R per bike to crate! Long discussion about all the issues including their mistake on quote and the fact that Orvar’s bike, which is bigger than Sara’s went for 6050. Much discussion among the staff…bottom line take panniers off and wind screens, crate here for 750 R each…total 14000 R. Still more than our quote, but we have no choice now.



It is now almost 5 pm and we have had the crate guys over to look at the bikes. They will store them in their warehouse overnight as they can not leave this zone off carnet. They were nice enough to give us a ride back tot he hotel as well. Tomorrow we have to meet them at 2 for the set up and strapping.

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Well of course we show up at the warehouse at 145 and no one else does until 230. The assistant then tells us the boss is on the phone for us and wants us to ride the bikes back to Maskargo so they can do the packing there (of course). The truck with the palates arrived and we followed him over the 500 m to Mas. Here we parked and then waited until 315 when the guy finally arrived with a second helper. That said the palates were amazing.

KL Malaysia-5 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr



They riveted the hold points on where Dan wanted and then strapped the bikes, helped us wrap the baggage and then they wrapped the bike, covered it in plastic sheet and then wrapped it again. They look shrink wrapped. He had decided to give us a 25 % discount on his packing service and that was very nice. We then went into the Maskargo office while the bikes were sent to the scales. Final bill was 1000 R less than the quote per bike YEAH!

KL Malaysia-7 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr




KL Malaysia-8 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr

KL Malaysia-9 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr

KL Malaysia-11 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr

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KL Malaysia-16 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr

We were finally out of there just after 530 and walked the km back to the hotel.
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Today is Thursday and the bikes will fly tomorrow after noon at 3 to Baku Azerbaijan and then onto Amsterdam by the late afternoon Saturday. They are then transferred to a truck for the 456 km drive to Swiss Air cargo in Frankfurt by 5 am Sunday. We will be able to pick them up there (pay the port fees) and unwrap the mummies.

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It is only 10 km ride to the Air Canada Cargo. Our friend Wolfgang shipped his bike from there Today! He says it was easy and under an hour. Just ride up, push the bike onto a palate, take off luggage for xray while team straps bike, put luggage back on, pay and leave!

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Our SPOT since May 1, 2017!

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Tonight we are meeting another Malaysian friend that we met first in Ushuaia in 2014! Madie Saad and he kindly drove a long way out the our hotel to get us. He brought along fellow riders Ayuni and Nurul for dinner as well. They kindly treated us to a massive seafood feast on the sea at Bagan Lalang. We were bagged and in bed by 11 for our 5 am wake up.

IMG_8404 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr

KL Malaysia-18 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr

KL Malaysia-20 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr



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KL Malaysia-22 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr

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As I said up at 5 am, walk over to KLIA 2 terminal, take the train (you can pre purchase tickets as we did yesterday and is 2R per person) to KLIA / M terminal, check in to Thai air flight to Bangkok, pass thru primary baggage X-ray, take the train to C terminal, check in at gate, take the bus out to the plane, and then a bumpy ride for 2 hours = in Bangkok .





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Then we had just a 2.5 hour layover before our 11 hour flight to Frankfurt.




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