Day 2
Just in case you were worried about me getting kidnapped
well check the photo I have made it more difficult!
Today was glorified treasure hunt with the end result my
motorcycle and me reunited. Got a bus into Halifax trying to find a Post Office
to get a money order as that is the only form of payment that Wallienius
Wilhelmsen would accept. The nice lady
behind the counter and me had some fun trying to get this accomplished with all
of the weird spellings and not enough space on the forms. Job 1 done. Next of
to find the Wallienius Wilhelmsen office via Tim Horton’s (More on Tim Horton’s
later) for breakfast. Find the building huge now find the office suite which
took a while as the building was actually 3 separate buildings and find the
right elevator shaft for the office I wanted was proving difficult (Jet lag)
finally found it but then had to swap as it did not go to the floor I wanted.
Handed the nice lady the money order and the notice of arrival (tech term me know
an expert on import and export of goods) and she gave me the instructions on
how to get to the customs office which was another 15 min walk away. Job 3
customs no problem there as no drugs and firearms on the bike according to me
so they stamped the papers so job 4 to get Auto port which was a 25 minute taxi
ride away not for me I had got a map of the public transport system of Halifax
so I got a ferry from Halifax to Dartmouth and then on number 60 bus which
stopped just outside where I wanted to be and only cost a couple bucks to get
there rather than an expensive taxi ride. Took about 15 minutes while they went
to pick up my bike and after checking it was all there and nothing was broken
or missing I had won the treasure hunt and had successfully brought my
motorcycle from the Netherlands to Canada and was on my way :-)
Spent the rest of the day doodling around Halifax getting
used to driving in Canada also visited a graveyard where they buried some of
the bodies that they could find from the titanic very interesting place
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