Hi Morla,

:welcome: to HUBB.

Yes, he told me so himself in 2009.

Not with the Onionboat, but maybe he can arrange a container. Just ask him per mail.

Phew.... sounds like shipping isn't the easiest between Indonesia and Malaysia. I am shipping into Port Klang (sharing a 40ft container with another bike and a VA van) and planning to ride to Australia, around Australia and then into Thailand (maybe riding back through Indonesia..) and then off to Nepal/India and to Europe via the Middle East.

I'll print out the PDF and re-read in detail.

One question: How long can the bike stay in Indonesia and Malaysia? Same length as your visa? I have a CDP in any case.

Thanks for any help
Kevin

That's why we are all happy that Mr Lim is operating again. It's dead easy and quick.

I believe the max. stay for bikes in Indo and MY is 6 months. Our bikes spent 5 months in Indo, no problem. We had to make two visa runs. Thailand is a teensy more complicated, see separate topic.

Thanks, 6 months will cover it I'm sure. I thought Thailand was 30 days max? I was there in 2006 and did a run into Cambodia with the bike (to Siem Reap for a week). Planning to be in Thailand again for a while. Read that some folks had their bikes stored for 6-7 weeks. Wonder how they did that with permits? Also, I know about the 15 day visa at the border. Planning to get a multi-entry in Canada (will be back home for a few weeks till the bike makes it to Port Klang - cheaper even than flying from Buenos Aires to Asia)

Is there a thread on Thai bike issues on time restrictions etc.?

We'll be suing Mr Lim as well it seems.

Kevin

Isn't that a lot of going forth and back?

Yes, but I'll be damned if I can find the old topic I started myself. Searching HUBB is still mission impossible.

Why, what has he done to you? :oops2:

Yes, but cheaper than not sharing a container with a VW van to Port Klang. It's cost me $1000 all in to get my bike there. Also, it buys me a month to take a break and not having to fly after the bike if I were to use air shipment. From BA, it's $2,400 one-way to Australia this or next month. Add $1,750 for the bike + $500 in Australia and we're talking $4,650 to me there. With the container, I have 30 days and can fly via home (Vancouver) and pay $1,800 in total airfares. So I save $2,000 ...I can use part of that to ship from Sydney to Port Klang (or ride back if I want) and still be out ahead. Besides, it works better from a timing perspective.
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LOL, I meant "using" of course

As promised in a previous post on this thread some details on crossing from Penang to Medan during Dec 2012. Cost 770 Ringgit in total. 550 to Mr Lim and 220 for the other side although Mr Lim now collects the full 770 on the Malaysia side at the request of the agent on the Indonesian side because too many people trying to knock down the 220 once they arrive in Indonesia. As you probably already know you must have a Carnet which you must have had stamped when you entered Malaysia. (When I entered from Thailand I had to make a point at the border that I wanted it stamped otherwise they would have let me in without stamping it. It was no problem for them though, they knew exactly what to do and had clearly done it a thousand times before.) All the paperwork is done for you on both the Malaysian side (by Mr Lim) and the Indonesian side (by someone at the shipping agent you'll be sent to at the port). I never needed the letter from the Indonesian Motoring Authority or any police letter, only the Carnet. Allow yourself a fair bit of time - at time of writing he pefers the bike(s) loaded on the Wednesday, the boat then sails on Saturday and you can collect at the port near Medan on Monday. You have to get yourself to Medan by air though, I actually went down to KL and flew from there because I fancied seeing KL but flights are just as cheap from Penang to Medan. A lot of passports are eligible for 30 day visa on arrival in Medan. I think passenger ferries to Medan from Malaysia have been killed off by the budget airline. Overall it was a simple and stress free process and Mr Lim is a nice person to deal with. Hopefully this will help someone - more likely to situation would have changed again by the time someone comes round to reading it but there you go! Cheers

Thanks Christopher,

I will be crossing there in the next 8 weeks or so. Can you tell me what happened to the bike? Were you able to strap it down yourself or did you have to leave it for someone esle to do it? Also, did you leave luggage on the bike, either a solid case or otherwise?

Cheers,
Kevin

Easy process indeed. I crossed last week and no issues at at all. Paperwork on the Malaysian side took 15min, Indonesian customs took around 2 hours. Lim likes to get the bikes loaded on Wednesday for the Saturday sail but we actually loaded on Saturday morning. I left all my (soft and hard) luggage on the bike, just locked it just to be sure. You're allowed to strap down your bike yourself but as these guys have done this a hundred times, I just left them to it.

just made a semi-easy crossing from indonesia to malaysia. we were booked in for the first shipment of the year (the 8th jan), however, the boat sailed on the 7th (no one seems sure why....), which messed up plans a bit on the other side of the strait, where we were meeting the in laws

indo customs took hours. and hours. and hours. mr lim's belawan agent (who is a really nice guy) was an hour late, then, at customs, only the big boss is able to sign the carnet there - and he was in a meeting when we arrived. then he went to lunch. then he went to go and pray. and so on and so on... until i eventually got his signature on the carnet. the belewan agent (whose name i've misplaced) takes you to customs to do the paperwork that side - i suspect that it might have been a bit easier if i'd been there by myself, as i'm probably better at losing my patience than the locals tend to be

no hassles malaysian side - lim took us to customs (on the mainland - back of his bike to the ferry), then to grab the bike.

we'd ended up warehousing it for a week in belewan for no charge, then two weeks in butterworth for 78IDR

very helpful info.. cheers.. I'm going to be doing this myself later on in the year. I will be heading into Timor-Leste from Darwin at the end of May and making my accross the indonesian islands..
A question if I may.. I'm having trouble finding info on the best way of obtaining an indonesian visa. I'm going to need a lot longer than 1 month (I'm in no hurry at all). Can you get the 2 month visa at the border crossings or is it something that must be obtained prior to arriving and can that be extended easily enough in the country without having to leave. Also, I'd like to venture up to Irian Jaya using the Pelni ferries. Will the ordinary visa allow that or do you require special permission? I know that region is a sensitive area.
Cheers
Kurt

The visa situation in Indonesia seems to be in a constant state of flux, so things can always change. But if it's the same now as it was back in September 2011, then the overland crossing from Timor-Leste into West Timor (Indonesia) is not a straightforward visa on arrival at the border.

I suggest, therefore, you consider obtaining a 60-day Indonesian visa in advance, either from the Indo Embassy or Consulate in your home country (Australia, right?); or alternatively in Dili, when you get to Timor-Leste.
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thanks for the reponse.. yeah I'm in Australia.
yeah i'll get the 60 day one then for sure. I'll get in touch with the consulate here in Sydney. Hopefully i can then extend it without too many difficulties once I'm there. 60 days really isn't enough to see all the islands properly especially when you may get stuck waiting for ferries etc.

cheers.

get it in e timor. we had a bad time going thru the indo embassy in canberra - it took weeks, they wouldn't respond to email and they'd never pick up the phone.

the dili embassy has a much faster turn around time and less hoops to jump through. be aware that you will need 2 passport photos with red background. rita at e timor backpackers can give you all the info, plus has the cheapest beds in dili