Check-Ins

Shipped my motorcycle from Panama to Bogota end of May 2022 and cannot express how extremely pleased I was with Veronica and her team. Her communication is awesome, she replies instantly, always available, bilingual, patient, extremely helpful. Everyone I met on her team went above and beyond. Shipped my bike with packaging, arrived without a scratch. It would've taken me days to do the paperwork with DIAN and SOAT and their team did it in a few hours. Arrived at the the Bogota airport at 8am, they had a team member do all the paperwork, and I had the bike out and ready to ride by noon. Here's a link to my Youtube video describing the transport:https://youtu.be/_P04AJnkSYA

We used Coastlink ( General Manager Eddie Thong, +60 16-301 8738) for shipment of our LandCruiser from Kuching to Port Klang. Shipments within Malaysia are terribly inefficient. You need to book the shipment at least 5 days before sailing and the ETD can easily shift by a week. We just missed the closing date of a RoRo and it appeared that the next one would be only 3 weeks later. We therefore decided for a shared container for the same price that eventually went 2 weeks after the RoRo. We have been without the car for 15 days (real sailing time is 2 days). In total it took 4 weeks between our first attempt to place an order for shipment and the car release.

Coastlink works with Golden Sky Logistics in Kuching (Mrs. Alice, +60 16-808 6069). After we had booked the shipment we went to her office to check documents (Carnet). A few days before sailing I brought the car to the port. I drove it into the container myself. Three man of Golden Sky arrived as agreed and secured the car. Alice had to keep my Carnet original.

After processing by customs in Sarawak she sent it by courier to Coastlink for processing by customs in Selangor.

Two days after arrival of the vessel in Port Klang I was contacted by Eddie's staff to agree on time and location of the car collection. When we arrived the car was parked in the street in good order with the Carnet inside.

Communication with all parties mainly went through WhatsApp, including sending of documents. We paid by bank transfer after departure of the vessel. We paid MYR 4730 for the shipment.

All in all the service provided was reliable an parties in general communicated well. Although much of the process is beyond control of Coastlink and Golden Sky I believe that a certain amount if pushing on my side was helpful to somewhat speed up the process.

Location on the map is approximate as I didn't need to go there physically. Address is
1st floor, 20, Jalan Puteri 2/2, Bandar Puteri, 47100 Puchong, Selangor, Malaysia.

Golden Sky Transport (Mrs. Alice, +60 16-808 6069), was my contact in Sarawak for shipment of our LandCruiser from Kuching to Port Klang. The Shipping Agent I placed the order with was CoastLink in Selangor. See my entry of Coastlink for a description of the shipping process.

15₾ per day
100₾ per month

Includes:
GYM
SHOWERS
SAUNA

Very nice gym with new equipment.
Locker rooms have showers and HOT sauna!!!

Plenty of space to park outside. Go up the outdoor staircase and into the building on 2nd floor. Take indoor staircase up to the gym.

They do not speak English so have you Georgian or Russian ready :)

Tell them in Georgian:

"Gamarjoba, me minda erti dge"
(Hello, I want one day).

"dge" the G here sounds like R in French

The little campground area has a great feel to it. My family and I have enjoyed it for 2 summers now largely due to the year round creek that flows past 2 of the campsites. It is free with a 7 day limit on your stay.
We have seen many varieties of birds, a 2+ year old black bear (keep this in mind regarding food and trash around campsites), chipmunks and squirrels.

Nice place. Good atmosphere. Felt very welcome. Away from road in between tea on artificial grass (-: 150 lira camper and 2 persons. Hot shower and clean squat plus western toilets. What else do you need.

A-frame with view on the lake. Nice place to stop on the Veloroute 12.
USB strom

Very nice place. Indeed a bit noisy because of road but also because of the electric plant very close by (water turbines I think).

Place is open again, nice place with good coffee!

Windy, quiet, nice views. Road noise is faint and good mtc connection

Jajarmi historical house belongs to the late Qajar period and is located in Bojnourd, East Taleghani street, Jajarmi alley and this work was registered on August 8, 2004 with registration number 11051 as one of the national monuments of Iran. [1] This building is in fact Haj Ali Akbar Jajarmi's personal home was one of the merchants of Jajarm city and a representative of Bojnourd in the National Assembly.

Nice shady campsites, nice pool and bar area - only complaint is the “doof doof” music they play from early morning. 2 sweet little doggies (chico & flakkie) to keeep you company and chase away unwanted visitors or monkeys
R140pp out of season

An absolutely amazing place in peace and tranquillity. You’ll have a breathtaking view to Varna, but non services. Petkos little farm is only a little walk away. Please keep that great piece of nature clean and take your rubbish away.

Nice Café - they serve real Cappuccino here not the instant stuff 😀
The Tourist info next to it is closed since two years

Beautiful Nature Reserve. Campsites large, each with a beautiful big shade tree. Ablutions basic. Hot water from donkey, but maintained every day. Worth a visit for the naure lover that wants peace and quiet.

We phoned in advance to ask whether we might stay in their car park overnight after sampling a few of their excellent beers.
They readily agreed and we not only enjoyed their beer but had a quiet, safe level overnight spot to park.
They allowed us to use their faucet to fill with water before leaving in the morning.
WiFi is available on the beer terrace at the front.
We were asked to park around the back rather than in the car spots out front.
Just be sure to call & check in advance that it’s okay to park up there overnight. From our experience it will be. Tel: (507) 226 8014

There is a bit of traffic noise but all in all a good and safe place to stay for the night.

j'ai appeler à la municipalité et le camping n'est pas toléré à aucun endroit du au camping privé qui font pression sur la ville. la marina de saint Jean port jolie aurais pu être un excellent endroit mais on m'a assuré que plusieurs personne aillant tenté l'expérience se sont fait réveiller par la police et on du s'en allez.

Still closed for renovations, do not allow to camp even if you are self-sufficient.

Stayed one night and was not bothered, except there were some random cars coming through in the middle of the night, plus some cars that parked right next to me around 5:30am (fishermen?). You can access the water from this spot and it is warm (June). I took a dip in the morning.

We checked with Christian if it was possible to park at the mission before we came. A wonderful option to stop on the way. Welcoming staff, they even allowed us to connect to electricity.
As a thank we left a donation to the church.
When you see the church this is the place.

Trucks and RVs park along the lawn and garden end of the parking lot. Level ground and no problems.

Small car park adjacent to Okabena Lake, Worthington, MN. Very convenient if you’re heading along I90 and want a stop over away from the traffic noise.
Only facilities here are a trash can and picnic table.
However, we had a safe and quiet night disturbed only once by the nearby railway track.
It’s a nice residential area but no one bothered us or there ok any interest in us at all.

perfect spot .very quiet . I Saw nobody. just next a bike road and trail for walking . next a small river . a lot of mosquitos

Absolute stunning place to spend the night. No services whatsoever, toilets closed, picknick area available. Steep way up the camp spots, only for ‘smaller’ 4x4 vehicles like Defender and Landcruiser. Big rigs can spend the night in the dry riverbed. Watch out for snakes etc, check your surrounding carefully.

Just a little BLM area. Spent the night. Nobody else there. All good. No AT&T.

POTENTIAL WARNING: We didn't stay at this specific lot, but there are numerous $3/$4 overnight lots in this neighborhood and we stayed in one just a block away. The sign explicitly said parking until 7am with no mention of sleeping in the vehicle and we paid the fee. Still, a man (NON-police) showed up at 5:45, pointed his headlights into our van, honked, banged on the door, and demanded we leave. I told him we had until 7 but no luck. I'm not confrontational at that time of day so we just packed up and left but it was a bad experience. Our van doesn't look sketchy or anything and we weren't being a nuisance so I suppose it could happen to anyone in these lots.

Lots of space here for a quick overnight. Not glamorous, just a dirt lot with a lot of trash. There is freeway noise, and of course it’s windy to one degree or another. It worked for a few hours of sleep, though! There are “permanent” residents to the north side, so we chose south and there was no one else around.

We actually really enjoyed our evening at poverty flats. It was shockingly peacefully for what and where it is. There are cool things to explore if you walk the road down into the dry river bed. My only complaint? Poop. Poop everywhere. It's all dried out and doesn't smell, but geez. Between 4 and 5 bars on Google Fi

Aluminum TIG welding here. They repaired our canopy, referred here by the rental companies that also bring canopies here for repair.