We are now in Lima, having travelled here from Quito. But not in a straight
line.
The customs procedure in Ecuador has now changed for the worse. They think
in terms of a carnet. But we were able to get our moto out of Ecuador
even though it had been in storage for almost a year. A warning to other
travellers that if you ride your moto in Ecuador it is ok for only 30 days,
or so we believe. The office that offered extensions no longer does it but
in the same building it is done by the Legal Dept. Our friend in the old
department said that we were very lucky to get it out of Ecuador without
posting a bond or fine. But if you fly it from Panama they want a carnet.
Warren Storey, who we met on the road in Peru, said that he flew it to
Guayaquil and they would not let him take the moto out of customs and ride
in Ecuador. He had to have a customs agent on the back of his moto to ride
with him to the border with Peru. Also, paid for the meals and transport
back. At least he was not stopped by the Police. Probably nothing will
change until the up coming elections. (So, fly it to Quito, not Guayaquil).
But we are enjoying the trip. We first entered Ecuador in 2000, left the
moto there, returned in 2001 and rode it around for 60 days going up to the
Columbia border, amoung other things, and then in 2002 we have returned to
go south again on our South America travels. As stated we would able to
get another 30 days extension for Ecuador as long as we left. But as an
test, we took out old 2001 form, cut off the top with the date and gave that
to the border guard who was happy and let us out. We still have the 30 day
permit. So going south we are now in Peru after seeing even more things
that we missed the first two times, mostly ruins. Of course, we saw
Ricardo Rooco who has a new TransAlp.
In Peru, we camped at the Bird reserve about 12k north of Olmos, which is on
the old PanAm and where cusoms is quicker and easier. We enjoyed camping
with the birds. They welcome visitors and will let moto riders camp there
for free with use of the banos. But no food there. They are trying to
save a nearly extinct turkey and have just seen the results of the first
released adults with the first chick seen in the wild. Now that we are in
Lima we met the owner again by chance at a gas station who has invited us to
a party tonight. Further, at the hotel where we are staying we meet a
Peurvian moto rider who lives in Mexico and makes frequent visits to Oregon
so we will see him again in Sept.
On the way down we took a side trip to Kuelop to visit the old ruins. While
there we stopped in a resturant for dinner. We had our favorite Rooster
and beans. We do not speak Spanish but we think the owner said that they
ran out of chicken or that the chickens ran out on them, but anyway the
beans were good and the dog on the road enjoyed the rooster. It was very
tough and we could not chew it.
We will have more later about our trip on our website when we return in Sept
as the problem with customs in Ecuador is not favorable. We have friends
from Australia, Ralph Green and MerryAnn Jackson who have done a lot for
travellers in their country and want to leave their moto in SA as it will
cost them $4000 to ship it back. We hope to meet them again soon south of
Lima. We have also met here in Lima that world famous moto traveller,
PUNKY, and his owner Lew.
Send us an email so we know that you are alive and doing well unless of
course you are living in eastern Germany where there is flooding. We would
especially like you to contact your friends here and have them send us an
email if they want to met us. I guess we will travel south to Arequipa, up
to Puno, and then around the east side of Lake Titicaca to La Paz. There we
hope to leave our moto with Walter. The Greens were told by the Bolivian
Embassy that there was a form which allowed one to keep their moto in
Bolivia up to 12 months but it was only available at the border. We will
see. We certainly enjoy the emails we receive from you and the status of
your living.
But if you think we are having fun, our dogs are having even more fun. They
stay with their caretakers and go fishing and eat icecream. One year they
took a xmas holiday to Utah. We just got this report on them:
...kinda
exciting around here yesterday...big fire over by westfir
that put us all on evacuation alert...the fire was
located across the river from Caseys RV park where my
sister was staying...she let us know what was going on...
we packed the dogs up in the truck (wasn't about to be
separated from them) and went over and watched...the wind
was blowing the fire away from them & the town...watched
the bombers come thru the smoke with their retardant and
the helicopters were picking up the water from the river
right in front of us...ringside seats...the boys (dogs) were
very interested and not the least disturbed by the noise.
they were so good; it was only 78 and cool in the truck
where they stayed...i sat on the tail gate with them & we
all enjoyed the show including trees bursting into flame
and those helicopter pilots dropping water right dead on
that tree...amazing...will let you know about chair...jo
So dogs have more excitement than moto travellers?
Eric and Gail Haws
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We are now in Lima, having travelled here from Quito. But not in a straight
line.
The customs procedure in Ecuador has now changed for the worse. They think
in terms of a carnet. But we were able to get our moto out of Ecuador
even though it had been in storage for almost a year. A warning to other
travellers that if you ride your moto in Ecuador it is ok for only 30 days,
or so we believe. The office that offered extensions no longer does it but
in the same building it is done by the Legal Dept. Our friend in the old
department said that we were very lucky to get it out of Ecuador without
posting a bond or fine. But if you fly it from Panama they want a carnet.
Warren Storey, who we met on the road in Peru,
said that he flew it that
route and they would not let him take the moto out of customs and ride in
Ecuador. He had to have a customs agent on the back of his moto to ride with
him to the border with Peru. Also, paid for the meals and transport back.
At least he was not stopped by the Police. Probably nothing will change
until the up coming elections.
But we are enjoying the trip. We first entered Ecuador in 2000, left the
moto there, returned in 2001 and rode it around for 60 days going up to the
Columbia border, amoung other things, and then in 2002 we have returned to
go south again on our South America travels. As stated we would able to
get another 30 days extension for ecuador as long as we left. But as an
test, we took out old 2001 form, cut off the top with the date and gave that
to the border guard who was happy and let us out. We still have the 30 day
permit. So going south we are now in Peru after seeing even more things
that we missed the first two times, mostly ruins. Of course, we saw
Ricardo Rooco who has a new TransAlp.
In Peru, we camped at the Bird reserve about 12k north of Olmos, which is on
the old PanAm and where cusoms is quicker and easier. We enjoyed camping
with the birds. They welcome visitors and will let moto riders camp there
for free with use of the banos. But no food there. They are trying to
save a nearly extinct turkey and have just seen the results of the first
released adults with the first chick seen in the wild. Now that we are in
Lima we met the owner again by chance at a gas station who has invited us to
a party tonight. Further, at the hotel where we are staying we meet a
Peurvian moto rider who lives in Mexico and makes frequent visits to Oregon
so we will see him again in Sept.
On the way down we took a side trip to Kuelop to visit the old ruins. While
there we stopped in a resturant for dinner. We had our favorite Rooster
and beans. We do not speak Spanish but we think the owner said that they
ran out of chicken or that the chickens ran out on them, but anyway the
beans were good and the dog on the road enjoyed the rooster. It was very
tough and we could not chew it.
We will have more later about our trip on our website when we return in Sept
as the problem with customs in Ecuador is not favorable. We have friends
from Australia, Ralph Green and MerryAnn Jackson who have done a lot for
travellers in their country and want to leave their moto in SA as it will
cost them $4000 to ship it back. We hope to meet them again soon south of
Lima. We have also met here in Lima that world famous moto traveller,
PUNKY, and his owner Lew.
I guess we will travel south to Arequipa, up to Puno, and then around
the east side of Lake Titicaca to La Paz. There we hope to leave our moto
with Walter. The Greens were told by the Bolivian Embassy that there was a
form which allowed one to keep their moto in Bolivia up to 12 months but it
was only available at the border. We will see. We certainly enjoy the
emails we receive from you and the status of your living.
But if you think we are having fun, our dogs are having even more fun. They
stay with their caretakers and go fishing and eat icecream. One year they
took a xmas holiday to Utah. We just got this report on them:
...kinda
exciting around here yesterday...big fire over by westfir
that put us all on evacuation alert...the fire was
located across the river from Caseys RV park where my
sister was staying...she let us know what was going on...
we packed the dogs up in the truck (wasn't about to be
separated from them) and went over and watched...the wind
was blowing the fire away from them & the town...watched
the bombers come thru the smoke with their retardant and
the helicopters were picking up the water from the river
right in front of us...ringside seats...the boys (dogs) were
very interested and not the least disturbed by the noise.
they were so good; it was only 78 and cool in the truck
where they stayed...i sat on the tail gate with them & we
all enjoyed the show including trees bursting into flame
and those helicopter pilots dropping water right dead on
that tree...amazing...will let you know about chair...jo
So dogs have more excite than moto travellers?
Eric and Gail Haws
GoTo PART TWO LIMA TO LA PAZ