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Hello ,
I arrived on Sundaymorning 7th Jan. at 02.30 AM and went straight for the hotel. The rest of the day was for resting.
All the fun started on Mondaymorning around the corner of the hotel at Cargo Village.
I wrote this all down in the afternoon but lost the contents when ,during uploading, there was weak wifi.
Now I just copy what I wrote to the shiipper of the bike.
The bike is out now after 3,5 days.
Incredible what bureacracy must be done
while no one really knows the ever changing rules.
Bikes through the airport is max 7 per
year so they do not have the hang of it.
I cannot make a list of what the sequence
is since it was all done for me but I have ended up with a pile of papers
mostly in Arabic and with at least a hundred signatures and stamps.
We even had to go into downtown yesterday
to validate the Carnet by the Egyptian Automobile club before customs was
prepared to fill it in.
There is no one who knows the entire
process. Sure CFS does not even know but there are guys in the different
deparrtments that can be used and thatÂ’s what we did, or my brewery man did .
He works already 25 years at the airport for all brewery imports and knows
everybody. That helps but upon asking he does not know who can do the
entire process.
I have not seen the other biker but they
told me he is struggling to go through.
I will make a trip to the pyramids to
morrow and the Harley shop and Saturday I go on my way to El Minya at 300
kms along the Nile.
By the way they roughly handled the bike
at decrating at carcustoms and parked it , not on the sidestand, but against a
concrete pole and thereby denting the fueltank. Fortunately no hole in it.
So far for the nervewrecking clearance process. I really have to get back to my senses and I hope that happens quick.
The things I left in the bike panniers and topbox suffered also since all I put in when I delivered the bike was wet due to the heavy rains between Dover and London. The boots and gloves are green . Rest of tools , raingear, fueltanks, are ok.
Fortunately he started immediately. I , of course, worried he would not but I have a new battery, new starter relay and all elctrical systems checked.
I did not take any photos since we were in restricted areas. Did not want to loose my camera or go into detention for a day .
Tomorrow I will make pictures at the pyramids , I hope , and upload these.
Cheers, Paul.
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