It has Docked!!

Our ship, the Albert Rickmers, is now docked in the port of Dar es Salaam.  Ray Menard, and his guy in Dar, Jerry Diaz, are presently meeting with our clearing agent to work out a solution to a problem that has come up.  We think we have identified a solution that Ray suggested in a phone call from Iringa on Tuesday.  We have also been able to make a contact high up in the US Embassy in Dar es Salaam, courtesy of Cheetah's friend, Kjell Bergh, who is the Honorary Tanzanian Consulate here in Minnesota.  If necessary we will ask them for help in straightening out the bureaucratic speed bump we have encountered.  The next two weeks will be critical as that is the time given by the port to get containers cleared and out of the port before charges of $80 per day start...

I am feeling confident now that Ray is in Dar and working on the problem.
Steve Strehlow emailed me that he is still available for a short trip to Iringa to put our combine together when it finally arrives...  Fasten your seat belts for a bit of a rough ride through the turbulent waters of the Tanzanian bureaucracy in the next few days.  Stay tuned for news as it changes daily!