Saturday, August 16, 2014

After a short waiting coniferal time of one hour - in the air-conditioned premises of Seaboard - we


The Vliet Trader (the cargo ship with our flat rack) can not be found and probably still floating around somewhere in the Caribbean with the search program. At 16.4. our friends get their Bill of Lading (invoice for the freight), coniferal we went well "forget" and is forwarded with some force by e-mail. Around $ 1,320 cost us the fun. Since we are the Seaboard (Ship Line) has given her account at the City Bank, we try there to pay the bills. Unfortunately, a direct transfer spot is not possible coniferal ... So cash respectively. coniferal Cash withdrawals at ATMs - in America? You can transfer money with Western Union, which is obviously still very common. With the receipts we make our way to the customs office, where we are faced with closed switch, closing time is already here at 16:00! So go to the office of Seaboard to the west of Miami. Shortly coniferal before 17 o'clock we are again at a counter. There is one graciously, and our check receipts are accepted. So today we could do THIS least. At 17.4. we are back to the customs office to pick up a few stamps. Sina and Micah have a 21 year old VW Westfalia, considered oldies and they can introduce the car easily. Our Chateau on the other hand is still too new - in other words: We need an additional coniferal authorization from the EPA (Environmental Protection Agency) - an additional paperwork! We are da request a form, fill it out and then come back. Our results request coniferal that no form exists. You need from us information over the car, where, why, etc. as well as copies of the vehicle identity card and driving license. Another half day passes without that we can look at Miami. In the evening we will see, however, that the freighter is already in the port of Miami - jipiiii! 18.4 .: morning meets a message of EPO that the processing of our request 10 - will take 14 days - order and so ...! We have ever read in any travelogue some of that authority - what is all this? A little trip to Miami Beach is surely it! Our traveling companions want to rent bikes and explore a bit of the area. You have the credit card left in the hotel - but without a credit card can be in the United States do not even rent a bike. Later we meet again - this Norma Manson from Seaboard Office in the port still has not reported. Without having achieved things so back to the hotel. At our request is informed that the X-ray machine is defective for cars - excuse or not, we can only wait. Even the karaoke night can not cheer us in the least! Friday, 19.04 .: Today it must work, otherwise we spend the whole weekend here yet! Early in the morning coniferal is Mrs. Manson should report - starts at 09:00 at all but to work only! Just arrived in the port area we already see our cars - piggyback on a truck - drive past. First, coniferal we hand over the car keys, so that the American drug inspectors can do their work. Thanks to pressure from Norma Manson drug control coniferal is done manually, because after the third defective X-ray machine they had to make a spurt that authority!
After a short waiting coniferal time of one hour - in the air-conditioned premises of Seaboard - we get back the key and drove to the flat rack provided. Of course there is also already a metal ramp and ready in no time the cars are going down. Now come back to the hotel. However, this task turns out quite difficult without GPS. After a brief wanderings we grab a taxi, which leads us to the Rodeway Inn.
We both have / not allowed to do in a week Miami and do therefore on to the Florida Keys - and by a terrible storm! From the Carefree Campgrounds we have already let us issue a loyalty card, our first stop is therefore in Key Largo on the Riptide RV Park. It is so beautiful here right on the beach. Remain the same three days and enjoy the place easy. When will we ever be here again? With our map we get though 50% discount, but it is quite expensive. The owners and all fellow campers are very nice and want to know how we come here and why we are here. After 10 months of Spanish which is quite exhausting!
On Geiger Key - an island off the Overseas Highway side - we find another great campground. Everyone, absolutely everyone wants to hear our story from South America trip. As far as that goes with the English again quite good. Everyone here has at least one dog and certainly a boat here. Between these huge RV's we feel a hand lost us a little and cute, on the other hand also accommodated very safe.
All fishing here on life and death, one even has a whole assortment crab traps on the Bo

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