Got to meet Donny's wife Abby and their two children.
Attended C3 Jakarta, met with Ps. Joshua for a briefing on today’s service.
Later introduced to his wife Sanitta and Joshua’s parents.
At the pre-arranged time Joshua introduced me to the congregation about 200 in all. Joshua interviewed me about trip, the Inspire Foundation, Reach Out my family and how people can help.
Later that day visited C3 Victory at Pluitbefore going to dinner
Tuesday, March 30, 2010
Day 22 - Denpasar - Saturday 27th March
Three weeks down, hopefully about 23 to go.
Met with freight company at 10:00am to finalise shipment details. The Road King was on the 10:00pm Jetstar flight to Sydney and I was booked on Lion Air 8:20 pm flight to Jakarta to take one more step in this trip albeit without the Road King.
The 1.5 hour flight while .5 hour late was straight forward.
On leaving the Jakarta Airport terminal I was confronted with the hoard trying to get your business. Fortunately Donny my host while in Jakarta had sent me his driver to pick me up.
I think it was about 10:00pm when I arrived and it took sometime to get through the Jakarta traffic to Donny’s home.
I finally met with Donny , he immediately felt obliged to feed meet and took me off to a nice restaurant to have a feed and a couple of beers. It was Saturday night after all.
We must have got back about midnight, as it turns out I had my own apartment next door to Donny’s.
By coincidence Donny also owns a HD Road King, the same colour as the one I had left Australia on.
Don’t know what time I finally got to bed.
Met with freight company at 10:00am to finalise shipment details. The Road King was on the 10:00pm Jetstar flight to Sydney and I was booked on Lion Air 8:20 pm flight to Jakarta to take one more step in this trip albeit without the Road King.
The 1.5 hour flight while .5 hour late was straight forward.
On leaving the Jakarta Airport terminal I was confronted with the hoard trying to get your business. Fortunately Donny my host while in Jakarta had sent me his driver to pick me up.
I think it was about 10:00pm when I arrived and it took sometime to get through the Jakarta traffic to Donny’s home.
I finally met with Donny , he immediately felt obliged to feed meet and took me off to a nice restaurant to have a feed and a couple of beers. It was Saturday night after all.
We must have got back about midnight, as it turns out I had my own apartment next door to Donny’s.
By coincidence Donny also owns a HD Road King, the same colour as the one I had left Australia on.
Don’t know what time I finally got to bed.
Day 21 - Denpasar - Friday 26th March
Had a relaxing day.
Tried to get some personal effects from the bike crate, however no access to the crate allowed.
I was invited by Ps. Gayle to attend a meeting of approximately 10 ladies to give a summary of the ‘Big Blue Ride’ and about the Inspire Foundation and their REACHOUT.com program.
Later my host in Bali, Peter and Robyn took me to agreat place for dinner, Biku Restaurant and later a tour of Kuta.
Tried to get some personal effects from the bike crate, however no access to the crate allowed.
I was invited by Ps. Gayle to attend a meeting of approximately 10 ladies to give a summary of the ‘Big Blue Ride’ and about the Inspire Foundation and their REACHOUT.com program.
Later my host in Bali, Peter and Robyn took me to agreat place for dinner, Biku Restaurant and later a tour of Kuta.
Day 20 - Denpasar - Thursday 25th March
Met with freight company Ritra.
This meeting did not go well, price to transport Road King to UK $US9,000.
I made the decision to send Road King back to Australia, thinking that it was $2,500 to get it here should be the same to get it back… Wrong… The price $US3,800 to send it back on the same Jetstar that bought it here.
After much protest they reduced the price $US300. Great…When they have you over a barrel in this country they know what to do with you.
Spoke to Adrian O’Donaghue HDA Marketing Manager, he suggested that he would try to arrange a loan bike for UK and US in order for me to continue the trip.
This meeting did not go well, price to transport Road King to UK $US9,000.
I made the decision to send Road King back to Australia, thinking that it was $2,500 to get it here should be the same to get it back… Wrong… The price $US3,800 to send it back on the same Jetstar that bought it here.
After much protest they reduced the price $US300. Great…When they have you over a barrel in this country they know what to do with you.
Spoke to Adrian O’Donaghue HDA Marketing Manager, he suggested that he would try to arrange a loan bike for UK and US in order for me to continue the trip.
Day 19 - Denpasar - Wednesday 24th March
Tried to get price to freight Road King to UK.
Waited all day, would it be China Air or QATAR.
Initial indications of $3000 this seemed reasonable, finally a meeting was arranged for 10:00am the next day.
When something looks like a rat and smells like a rat, you guessed it….
Waited all day, would it be China Air or QATAR.
Initial indications of $3000 this seemed reasonable, finally a meeting was arranged for 10:00am the next day.
When something looks like a rat and smells like a rat, you guessed it….
Day 18 - Denpasar - Tuesday 23rd March
The word was out, it would appear that the entire Harley Davidson community was trying all there contacts to have this motorcycle released from Customs. This included the HD President in Jakarta.
A meeting was arranged with;
Kadek, Operations Manager HD Bali
A.A.A.Arimbawa; President HOG Bali
Tamyani; Vice President HOG Bali Chapter
They tried all their contacts, even the head of Customs in Bali, who incidently is a Harley rider and while he could possibly get a release in Bali, he indicated that I could have problems when I tried to leave Indonesia from another location.
I was also advised that Malaysia had introduced similar regulations recently, so essentially I could have the same problem there.
I made the decision to ship the bike to UK and by pass Asia all together.
I must thank Harley Davidson Indonesia and all the HOG Chapters that were trying to help with the bike release and trying to plan my trip through Indonesia.
A meeting was arranged with;
Kadek, Operations Manager HD Bali
A.A.A.Arimbawa; President HOG Bali
Tamyani; Vice President HOG Bali Chapter
They tried all their contacts, even the head of Customs in Bali, who incidently is a Harley rider and while he could possibly get a release in Bali, he indicated that I could have problems when I tried to leave Indonesia from another location.
I was also advised that Malaysia had introduced similar regulations recently, so essentially I could have the same problem there.
I made the decision to ship the bike to UK and by pass Asia all together.
I must thank Harley Davidson Indonesia and all the HOG Chapters that were trying to help with the bike release and trying to plan my trip through Indonesia.
Day 17 - Denpasar - Monday 22nd March
I was hoping to get HD released from Customs today…
Ps. Wayan and I met with Custom officials, he confirmed their position regarding Carnet de Passage documents and went further to inform us that they required a $60,000 bond to enable to get motorcycle released from Customs. The purpose of the Carnet is precisely this however Indonesian Government had changed regulations on temporary import of motorcycles due to illegal import of motorcycles, in particular ‘Big Bikes’ with emphasis on Harley Davidson.
No joy here…
Ps. Wayan and I met with Custom officials, he confirmed their position regarding Carnet de Passage documents and went further to inform us that they required a $60,000 bond to enable to get motorcycle released from Customs. The purpose of the Carnet is precisely this however Indonesian Government had changed regulations on temporary import of motorcycles due to illegal import of motorcycles, in particular ‘Big Bikes’ with emphasis on Harley Davidson.
No joy here…
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