Long week here with tough classes, US Customs issues and learning a new city, culture and ways of living.

On December 30 all the office personnel throw their shredded desk calendars out the multi story buildings as a way of letting go of the last year...and then they start to party for two days and try to go back to work. I suspect little work gets done.

New Year night the streets were hopping with celebrators and then the sky erupted with thousands of personal fireworks! By that time, I had given up on the ´tecno club´(too loud and too young a crowd for this old cat) and retired to the roof top to enjoy the display. There were some serious explosions most small town USA would have enjoyed in their fire works.

The annual Dakar race is in Arg. and Chile this year, and like the Iditarod, has a ceremonial start.
This occurred near the apartment....so how could this be missed! Two blocks away the three miles of barricades ended and the riders and drivers faced tens of thousands of fans and supporters.
Lots of kissed babies (and gals) as drivers showed off while waiting their turn with the mob. And it was very warm so the suited riders were suffering. Anyhow, that was a chance of a life time.

US Customs of Miami does not live in the USA. The agent in charge of my shipment keeps finding one more thing he/she wants before releasing the crate.
They now have the original title (thanks to Carol) and will soon have: keys to ignition and aluminum boxes, copy of drivers lic. (for signature authentification) and the original export power of attorney to the fed ex agent responsible for my crate. This POA was interesting to find here, and could not have happened with out the assistance of the school staff. There are no notaries here. Instead there are Escribanos-a generational position. This man, in his 70s, holds his fathers position who held his fathers position. They have law degrees but are not allowed to work in the courts but only sign as witnesses to some one signing a document. They do not have embossed stamps, their name and position give them all the authority needed. He thought highly of his trip to Alaska. Just hope the agent thinks this will be OK a document.
That box of keys and documents cost 80 us to ship three day fed. ex. Oh, that was with Arg. export tax. There are no other fed ex options here. The Customs agent will open the crate and root around after the paper work is surrendered. Crazy!! Then I hope he releases the crate for shipment. We shall see what happens next week. Once the bike is here I have 24 hours to claim it or storage fees start. The broker here seems to know how to get things done and has been very helpful.
Still have not been able to upload photos on this computer.
Looking forward to hitting the road.