Hi all,

just to give some info out there, maybe this will help someone. I'm currently in Kupang, on my way West to Europe, from Melbourne.

Step one was to ship from Darwin, Australia to Dili, Timor Leste. The person I spoke to in Darwin did not take into account the size (overall) of the 4x4 so it did not fit into the container. As a result, someone, either in Darwin, on the vessel, or in Dili, went through the car and took some items (computer, cables, portable hard disks, hunting knife, etc) so, my advice : lock everything up... Anyways, in Dili, the procedure is very simple :
- Get your carnet stamped at Customs (the customs office is in the port)
- Pay everything you owe at Perkins (their office is on the main road, some 500m from the Australian embassy as you go towards the airport, on your right hand side, just across the supermarket "Landmark" and the only bottle shop in town).
- Perkins (James Geddes is the man to talk to, extremely helpful, true Aussie bloke) will have given you four forms : grey, white, pink and blue. Hand over the pink form to the boys at the port, and the blue one to the customs officer.
- Drive off... There is (or at least there were none for me) inspection whatsoever for the car or the quarantine etc, had I known this I'd have brought more stuff over from OZ...

That was the first border crossing for me, an easy one. As you will have flown from Darwin while the car/bike gets shipped, stay at the backpackers, super friendly bunch and free wifi.

Step two : cross over to Indonesia. We crossed at the border town of Mota'ain. Very easy again.
- Stop at the Timor Leste office, get your stamps and fill the forms. Say goodbye and
- Drive 500m to the Indonesian office, get your stamps, fill the forms (in Bahasa only, no translation available but the guys are fun and friendly) then another with the military. These guys are the friendliest bunch ever !
- One officer will go through the vehicle, not very thoroughly and you're off.

Now we're in Kupang, the ferry to Flores was cancelled due to bad weather. We'll ship on Sunday (08th July 2012) so if there's anyone of you around, let me know we can ship together. The price for the car is anything between 1.500.000 and 2.000.000 RP, I couldn't get a straight answer yet, I'll know on Sunday.

Hope to see you on the road, stay safe.

Boags (look for a Toyota Landcruiser with a big teddy bear on the roofrack...) or go to Dum Spiro, Spero