Friday, August 18th 2006
Today, our week of administrative activity culminated in a commitment. We are returning Rosinante to US through Miami. Also, due to lack of time, we have decided to fly to Colombia.
After a morning jog in the 100% humidity to work off last nights festivities (fourth use of running shoes in 2.5 months) we visited our on the ground logistics experts and started the ball rolling on sending the car to Miami.
It is quite hard to appreciate the true complexity of the car situation. It is quite fortuitous that Jose is actually flying to Miami enroute to his final California and New York rendez-vous before settling with the Mrs. in Ecuador. This facilitates pickup and sale. It is also quite fortuitous that the police report required for transportation, which is only valid for eight days, enables shipping the car on a boat that will arrive precisely two days before Jose does in Miami. The car will then be burned in Miami, no just kidding - actually, Jose is going to drive it to California and then sell it. (actually not kidding on this one - yes we obviously just have more time than money) Why the final trans america driving leg you ask? Cause the spreadsheet told Jose to do it. They wrestled, it won.
We were informed that if eveything went well we might be able to get the paperwork done on Monday. This made exit plans to buy a plane ticket to Colombia quite challenging, but we shrugged it off.
The rest of the day continued with recovery. I chilled at home with the kids and Jose visited the Bahai temple and a local Panamanian mall. We spent the evening sipping rum with the family and discussing issues from immigration to fishing. Pura Vida! Tomorrow will be a big day.
2 comments:
Sorry to hear Rosinate won't be making the rest of the trip, although it sounds like she'll be having a little bit of an adventure herself. I can't wait to hear about how Jose has to reassemble the car after customs tears it apart looking for drugs. Even better will be when he has to hire Johnnie Cochran to get him off the hook because the shipping company is probably going to fill the car with drugs. Delicioso!
On a side note, Alexey you probably missed out on not seeing the Bahai temple. The one in Haifa, Israel is one of the most beautiful places I've ever been. The Bahais tend to keep up these immaculate gardens and usually pick sites with breathtaking views. There's an idea for you Jose. Instead of trying to make your riches on an electric outlet that automatically shuts off you should start your own cult. You're a pretty likable guy and you already have a body like the Buddha. Heck if your doctrines are crazy enough Tom Cruise might even give you a few bucks.
Ha ha! I enjoyed all of the crazy scenarios.
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