ZUMZUMZUM- from Romania to Thailand on a bike

for several different reasons we had to ship our faithful bike from kathmandu (more about this in another post).

the horizonsunlimited recommended shipping agents (eagle eyes and new worldlink) were less than helpful so we used another company, public freight.

since we are in no hurry to get the motorcycle to bucharest, we chose to ship by sea. The bke goes from kathmandu to calcutta by truck and from there to europe by ship. It should be in bucharest at the end of january at about the same time as we will.

after deciding what parts of our enormous luggage we can send home and what we must keep,

we took the bike at the warehouse and prepared it for shipping

our target was to fit everything in under 2 cubic meters, so we had to try different combinations 🙂

I took off the front wheel, the windshield, the handlebars and the blinkers.

after the crate was ready we put everything inside and tied them as secure as possible

here is a short movie… we don’t need no stinkin’ forklifts

niatza, sintem deja de o saptamina in kathmadu. stam in Thamel, cartierul turistic al orasului. adevaru e ca e destul de turistic, multi multi oameni, multe magazine cu toate prostiile(in special echipament de munte, pe toate scrie northface 😉 ), o droaie de restaurante (unele cu papa foarte buna)  si de bodegi (cu bere 🙂 , de vinzatori ambulanti si de bici-ricsisti 🙂

ne-am reintilnit aici cu cei 2 americani si cu belgienii si cu 2 australieni si am cam avut program de cina-bere-birfa in fiecare seara. 

orasul nu e foarte mare, nu e nici prea curat, piata din centru nu ne-a prea impresionat dar am dat mai multe ture, mai cu moto mai pe jos sa vedem cele citeva temple de pe-aici care ne-au placut si sa rezolvam cu viza de thailanda. A fost un pic complicat si cu thailandezii care aparent nu dau vize din kathmandu decit cetatenilor nepalezi…am insistat un pic, am scris o scrisorica catre consul si s-a rezolvat 🙂

acum vreo 3 zile am fost cu belgienii pe Enfield si cu un american nereusit pe o Honda la plimbare pina in bhaktapur (cam 20km) . era fain orasul, numai caramida si lemn dantelat peste tot, cu doamne care tricotau caciuli, sosete si o droaie de copii care jucau ceva de genu ratzele si vinatorii cu un ghem de sfoara 🙂

nu ne-am lamurit de ce sint atit de fardati copii de pe-aici, l-am intrebat pe un nene din jaisalmer si ne-a zis ca acel negru de la ochi ii protejeaza de soare, caldura…nu prea cred…

simpatici nepalezii si rid intr-una 🙂