Getting out of AUS on the cheap?
Hello,
I'm considering a trip where I take my bike from Darwin to East Timor to Indo. Popular route ... lots of people doing it.
I am specifically asking if other riders have managed to get from AUS to East Timor without a carnet. Having been to Indo with a carnet last year, I wouldn't waste my time with it again. Other documents seem to be more important and I did not meet anybody who cared one way or the other about the carnet.
But I have no experience of East Timor. I briefly emailed with a shipping agent there last year and he said I'd be better off with one, otherwise the bike would take a week to clear. Since I'm expecting to travel in a group, that might not be a problem. One of us can go early and sort it out.
So can anybody confirm that they or somebody they know has got a bike from AUS into Dili without a carnet? If so, what was the process? How long did it take and what did it cost?
cheers
Colin
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