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Riders and Bikes Reunited After Almost A Week of Beaurocracy

Fodeks explains how they got their bikes back after multiple complications, a million phone calls, taxi rides, moody bureaucrats and disappointments of getting them from Dakar to Paris:

My faith in humanity got a mega boost today. We met a couple of people today that reiterates the message from my older post. Miracles abound and avail themselves to the needy. After 3 days of twiddling our thumbs, we arrived at the office of a company called DB Schenker, not far from the Zone De Fret at Orly International. Sheriff from Smith & Craft, Senegal, had penned them in as receiving agents to clear our bikes here. Much had been said during the past few days without any significant progress. We even had to contend with more bad news first on arrival when the boss of the office first told us that our bikes had been impounded by customs because we didn’t have an “international passport” for the bikes…..the sun set in my heart sharp sharp. But u all need to know that sometimes, just when things have reached the “last bus stop”, and you can find the strength to just hold out, that’s when God bestows upon you a miracle. This miracle can manifest itself in anyway The Lord chooses, and in our case, it came as 2 French dudes. After some truncated discussion, we were off to the customs office at the airport itself, where our bikes, we had been originally told, were sealed. We were also told that we will have to make a deposit for the bikes, worth a percentage of the purchase value. The bikes were valued at about 18k in euros. Also, we might be restricted to exiting from the same country of entry. This is all one disaster after another. And without the so called “bike passport”, we might not even be given the bikes at all. Fingers crossed, with hearts in mouth, we were ushered into the Douane (customs) office and Miracles kicked into high gear. For clarity sake, please permit me to list the ensuing events in my best checklist form. (pardon).

1. Pleasantly stern faced officer greets and listens to our plight (A DB Schenker staff who spoke passable english had volunteered to come along to assist with translations).

2. The stern faced guy consults with his boss and they both look through our papers.

3. They make photocopies of the required papers, fill out a form, stamp said and …… Finish!!! Bye…..Asta La vista….aurevoire….

Whoosh!!!! Ten minutes, maybe? And it was over. Smiles and handshakes and stamped permit for the bikes to be on European soil for 21 days and could leave from any country of our choice and not a cent paid on them!!! Miracle….. Oooooohhhh yeeeaaahhhh!! Fabrics from DB Schenker then fast-tracked the remaining documentation, sent one of his guys ahead to submit them to the warehouse people while we filled out the final paperwork and we were finally reunited with our bikes. All told, the process took maybe 2 hours. Worthy of note, never let the grumpy exterior of a Frenchman fool you. They are really nice and helpful people inside. Hugable teddys.

Anywhoo, our journey continues. God willing, when I post my next update later tonite, it will be from Germany where we are being hosted by Touratech.

Sorry I ever doubt you, Lord. And until the next time I do, I humbly and sincerely promise not to doubt you again.

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