Day 21-23 Fri-Sun 22-24 Sept Ko Lanta, Thailand

September 23, 2006

Day 21-23 Fri-Sun 22-24 Sept Ko Lanta, Thailand

Three more days in paradise doing nothing more energetic than moving occasionally from the pool to the beach and from the bar to the restaurant. Rapidly losing sight of the original objective and have decided to stay here for ever and abandon the trip. Went on an elephant trek in the jungle and rubber plantations this morning, then fed the elephant on bananas.

Weather 32 sunny
Distance today 0
Distance since start same as yesterday
X5s today 0
X5s since start 7
Creme brulees today 0
Creme brulees since start 3

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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.