Between Colombia and Panama, there is the Darien Gap which is a densely jungle-covered large section of land with no roads nor infrastructure and it is heavily used by gangs and drug dealers. We thought about finding a fisherman to toss the bike on his boat but we have seen too many videos of motorcycles being dropped in the water during the loading process, haha. We decided to ship the bike via airplane from Colombia to Panama, which is something many overlanders do with their motorcycles and vehicles.

On loading day, we arrived at the airport full of energy and ready to go! We brought snacks since we expected it to be a long day of paperwork and waiting around, since any logistical day usually is. Colombia was surprisingly slower than we even imagined and unfortunately our cumulative 30 minutes of paperwork couldn't get done in the 10 hours we were there. Yikes. We went back the following morning and fortunately were able to sort everything with the police and shipping people so Domino was off and about to be flown to Panama!

Washing the bike:

Made it to the cargo hanger:

The warehouse was about 4ft off the ground so we had to figure out how to get the bike into the warehouse. The first idea was using this little ramp to lift the motorcycle while simultaneously lifting (by hand) the sidecar, I said "no, there has to be another way":

This truck was the other way to get Domino up into the warehouse:

Domino passed the doggie sniff test even though the dog loved the sheepskin and knitting wool I have: