Day 14 Friday 15 September 2006 Singapore

September 23, 2006

Day 14 Friday 15 September 2006 Singapore

G went to Indian embassy to get visas which took all morning whilst J packed and had breakfast. Taxi to Stuart and George’s place in the afternoon, a very spacious black and white bungalow with a lovely big garden and pool (and free internet).

Dinner with Henry just back for Dubai, S & G at Jumbo at Clarke Quay. Fabulous chilli crab and black pepper crab, although we ended up wearing more than we ate.

Weather 27 Thunderstorms
Distance driven today 0
Distance drive from start 4338km
X5s seen today 0
X5s seen since start 6
Creme brulees eaten today 0
Creme brulees eaten since start 1

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WELCOME

Welcome to IntrepidToo - a journey around the world by road and sea. What started as a road trip from Sydney to Europe in a BMW X5 became the Clipper Round the World yacht race, sailing from Sydney to New York, and more recently a catamaran cruise along the Central American coast.

The road trip marked the completion of the Asian Highway Project, a UN sponsored initiative to provide a common standard road network linking all the countries of Asia with Europe. Along the way it entailed visiting as many UNESCO World Heritage sites as possible.

Due for imminent completion, our task was to find out how far they've got. It was also a quest to find the best creme brulee between Sydney and Sweden and the best margaritas outside Mexico.

The Clipper Round the World Yacht Race is an 11 month long, 40,000nm race for amateur sailors in 12 identical 70' racing yachts, each with a crew of 18 and a professional skipper. We join in Australia for the legs to China, then across the North Pacific to Seattle and via the Panama Canal to New York, a voyage equivalent to the circumference of the globe.

It's also an occasional tale of continuing meanderings around the Middle East, Africa, Asia and anywhere else which takes our fancy.