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May - 12 May 2018 – I pretty much continued on the routine James
Jr. and I established. I would go down to the store and eat there at
noon. I spoke to James Sr. about shipping my motorcycle out of
Curitiba or Sao Paulo. He was thinking I was going to ship my
motorcycle back to the United States by ship which would have been
quite easy but I told him no, I wanted to fly it to Los Angles,
California or maybe Miami, Florida. That definitely complicated
things. James Sr. started calling and looking for Air Cargo Shippers
out of Curitiba and Sao Paulo. If we found a company or companies
that might ship my motorcycle, I would e-mail copies of my passport,
motorcycle title and Brazil Motorcycle Import Document requesting a
quote to fly my motorcycle to Los Angeles, California or Miami,
Florida. Most of the phone calls where we left messages fell on deaf
ears or the messages were disregarded. 
Our search went on for two or
three days. We also were waiting for return replies from the e-mails.
I didn’t realize it at this time, but Brazil was going to be a huge
challenge for me.
As
my e-mails started coming back to me our hopes were dashed again. The
standard reply was, we ship / fly cargo for companies not
individuals. No joy here!
The
only e-mail that brought any joy was Dakar Motos. They said, give us
several days’ notice before arriving so we can have all the
scheduling and arrangements completed. The only bad thing is……they're
located in Buenos Aires, Argentina about 1,250 Miles / 2000
Kilometers South of Telemaco Borba, Brazil. The more I ponder this
dilemma the more I think I will be shipping my motorcycle out of
Buenos Aires. I really don’t want to.
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