A passage to India

I have had the bike sorted, new tyres, chain + sprockets, oil + filter change, that'll be $853 please Mr Powell. The guy also adjusted the rear suspension a bit, the side stand wouldn't quite clear the ground when i put it down, meaning that the bike was very upright on the stand. It was inevitable what was going to happen so i had the suspension sorted. Another problem i have to contend with in India is the fact that the very young mechanic put on the chain 2 links short. This means the chain is too tight, with no means of slackening it off. I only noticed it when i took the bike to be boxed up, far too late in the day to be changing it.

The bike was boxed up, that'll be $220 please Mr Powell, and was taken to the shipping yard by a courier, that'll be $77 please Mr Powell, only trouble is the ship has been delayed by 4 days, tant pis mes amis, that'll be $1126 for the shipping please Mr Powell.

The boxing up process.
After i had got rid of the bike i set about getting out of Darwin, aka 'drunkards city'. I asked a travel agent about a visa for Vietnam, he say '4 days kid'. I found a way round it and got it in 2 hours. Although it was a stressful process, it enabled me to go to Vietnam.