We finally have the trucks back and it is a wonderful feeling. We have talked about it before and have tried to describe the feeling of not having the trucks to those we have met over the last few weeks, but it is hard to put into words exactly what it feels like to have basically everything in the world that you currently own out of sight and under someone else’s control. Hopefully, if all goes as planned, this will be the last time we have to ship the Toyotas until we reach South Africa in about a year’s time.
The ship arrived as scheduled (the second time) in Singapore, the busiest port in the world and as such, we were expecting to not be able to get the trucks for a while. We were plesantly surprised to find that the busiest port in the world is also the most efficient and work goes on 24 hours a day 7 days a week and in less than 24 hours we were officially driving in Asia. Aside from getting lost in the taxi on the way to the docks and getting yelled at by an angry police officer for running a stop sign at a security checkpoint (the cab driver – not us) the process went smoothly. This could not have been done without the help of Reuben at SKK Frieght in Singapore.
Reuben was extremely helpfull, quoted us a very reasonable price to receive our cargo and even drove dirty and dirtier Steve to the ATM in his posh BMW so we could complete the process. Unloading the container from the ship, transporting it to a warehouse, unloading the cars and clearing them through customs cost less than what we were forced to pay to get the trucks washed upon arrival in Sydney. So here we are, back on the road again. We said the expedition really began when the cars arrived in Australia, but we are now at the point where the adventure begins. We are now in Asia, where people don’t speak our language, traffic signs are not in Engligh and people on mopeds with a deathwish outnumber everything else.
