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Container sharing to cross Darien - 1st week Aug 2012

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We're two motorcycle riders looking to share a container with a car or other to cross the Darien. Prefer to cross 1st week of August 2012.
Make some noise if you're heading in the same direction.

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Hello:

We're two motorcycle riders looking to share a container with a car or other to cross the Darien. Prefer to cross 1st week of August 2012.
Make some noise if you're heading in the same direction.

Kevin
Did you check to see if the new ferry service is running out of Colon Panama to Cartagena Columbia....was suppose to go in June
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Did you check to see if the new ferry service is running out of Colon Panama to Cartagena Columbia....was suppose to go in June
Ya, not quite the ferry service. I almost died crossing from portobelo(panama to turbo(colombia. fly if you can afford. trust me.
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The ferry doesn't exist, trust me. We're looking at RORO, container sharing and potentiall flying.
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Bad timing for me.. I will be crossing the darien (from North to South) on the first week of September...

Just out of curiosity: How much are your charged for a full container? and prr Bike?

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Bad timing for me.. I will be crossing the darien (from North to South) on the first week of September...

Just out of curiosity: How much are your charged for a full container? and prr Bike?

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1300 for a 20 ft container
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Uauu, I'm in Panama and trying now to cross. No news from Ferry agency, Fly GIRAD??? last time 2010 900$ plus COPA one way 350$ ++++ taxi, hotels ....
Trying to get into a small ferry that goes 5xmonth, I guy in the border "dos manos" Costa Rica - Panama told me, let see.

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I will those be looking to cross the gap, heading south around that time, if we could get a few more bikes we could split the cost of a box
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I will those be looking to cross the gap, heading south around that time, if we could get a few more bikes we could split the cost of a box
We're heading into Panama on Tuesday. In Dominical, CR, right now. What's your timeline? Want to share a container?
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Change of plan.

Hi,

Decided to postpone my South America trip due to work commitments, I will be shipping out of Panama back to Ireland
Sorry for the false hope.
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No prob, we have a share lined up... boxing it up Thursday
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