I am leaving Panama as of December 2012 and I am looking for some updated advice.I need to know where to go to get my motorcycle stamped out,can I get it done in Colon or do I have to get it done in Panama City?
Any current advice as to what is the best and cost efficient way to get to Columbia would be helpful

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Not sure if the timing works out, but it seems fitting that a frozen rat (gefrorenen ratte) should sail to Cartagena on the steel rat (stahl ratte. Costs are reasonable and a cool experience to boot.

www.stahlratte.org: Logbuch

A little high in price for me,unless the ship could make use of a retired Shipwright to cut the costs down.

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Sadly, there doesn't seem to be a cheap way to do the hop over the Darien. Check out the prices of some of the recent shipments by air. Might be a good opportunity to use those shipwright skills.

Shipping the bike | Horizons Unlimited

I'm sure this is too late to help you Ratty, but I hope others searching for the same info find it helpful.

I just (Nov. 27, 2012) shipped my KLR 650 from Panama to Bogota. Had I planned better I would have taken a boat through San Blas, but that's here nor there now. To get my motorcycle from Panama to Bogota, I used Air Cargo Pack (aircargopack.com).

Here's what you need to know:

Air Cargo Pack flies from Panama to Bogota four days a week, Monday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday. Please contact Leivy for reservations in advance. You`ll need to bring the motorcycle to the Tabosa loading facility next to the Terminal Carga, around the back side of the Tocumen Airport near Panama City, Panama.

Items they require to transport your moto:

1. Your passport
2. Title and registration of the motorcycle.
3. Cash for payment (they DO NOT accept credit or debit cards at this facility) exact change is appreciated. (*I paid 1,075.00 U.S.)
4. Be sure the fuel tank on the motorcycle is low, they cannot have flammable fuels on board the jet.

Tabosa contact: Leivy Becerra
Phone: 507 2384630

No crating is necessary, which was great IMO. You wheel the bike into their warehouse and walk a hundred yards to the little old terminal and catch a taxi to where ever. I went straight to the Tocumen Airport (since I was already around the backside on the Air Cargo side) and bought a plane ticket t Bogota to meet my bike the next day. Be careful, Copa Airlines will tell you that Colombia requires that you purchase a round trip ticket. I opened my laptop, went online (free WiFi at the airport), and purchased a one-way ticket . No problem.

Hope this sheds some light for someone.

Safe travels,

Randy

Here's t a link to the Air Cargo Pack representative I dealt with: http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-DOwnEnmndb...8+16.24.56.jpg

Thank you for the very good info,I am however being called back to a urgent matter in Canada so I will be postponed from my SA ride for a few months but once again thank you and I'm sure others will find it helpful as well

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