Nathan from the shipping agents called at 1000 to tell us to be at the Harbour Front by 1130. This we acheived. There we met with Jake and Wendy from Derbyshire who were the other passengers for the voyage. We all got picked up by the shipping agents and after our port passes had been processed we headed out for the docks. Soon the Theodor Storm was sighted and we headed up the gangway. Captain Bily (Ukraine) looked resplendant in his bright white unifrom whilst ...

Another busy shopping day: haircuts, trainers, books, newspapers, picking up suits. A-M popped into the office that she had frequented earlier in the year to catch up with Serge, Kiko et al. Apart from an early morning swim, there were few opportunities on such a busy day tp make full use of the hotel faciilities., but we certainly slept well again. We'd finally managed to get in touch with someone from the shipping agents but all we had managed to gather by...

Up earlyish to move to a posher hotel for a bit of luxury at Shangri La's Rasa Hotel on Sentosa Island. The afternoon was spent frolicking in the outside jacuuzi, walking on the beach and swimming out to the small manmade islands which surrounded the beach. We hid out of the afternoon's tropical storm and ordered some sushi from a beachside restaurant to take back to our room. After happy hour cocktails as the sun went down, we watched more Bond (Die Anot...

We set about shopping in Singapore. Binoculars, trousers, contact lenses, shoes and suits (lots of suits - many more than we had planned...) were all procured from the various malls that seem to populate the city.

A long day. Our train was 7 hours late by the time it got to Kuala Lumpar. A quick turnaround there (stocking up on food) and then we were on our final train to Singapore. No delays on this part but still the train took around 8.5 hours...