Day 259 Sun 1 Jul 2007 Krakow to Warsaw, Poland

July 17, 2007

Day 259 Sun 1 Jul 2007 Krakow to Warsaw, Poland

Exploring Krakow by daylight, we revisit the old town square (which of course is on the WH list) and the Royal Way, the route leading from the barbican gate to the Castle, lined with churches, palaces, bars and kebab shops (a vestige of Poland's Ottoman empire heritage). Heading for Wawel Hill with its castle, royal palaces and cathedral we inspect the state rooms with their masses of tapestries, oil paintings and medieval furniture.

By late afternoon we decide its time to leave for Warsaw a five hour drive north. Fortunately the roads not too bad by Polish standards and we reach the hotel by 10pm where we arrive starving to find all the restaurants have closed.

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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.