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June 5, 2006
Eve of SE Asia leg
This entry is written at the 11th hour as usual, still with a terrifying mound of things to do before blasting off tomorrow morning northwards out Singapore, Mumbai (India) bound. Actually blasting is stretching the English language a little far. Wheezing and sweating along at a crawl in my totally unfit state might be closer to the truth. So some things cease to change with the project! Although I won't be hitting the late night bars as is customary for the eve of most launches. Good thing too probably. One of the nearest watering holes is actually the bottom four layers of a block of apartments known as the 'Four Floors of Whores'. The mind boggles.
The last couple of weeks since I deemed myself fit enough from the malaria to embark on this next leg have been the usual blur: getting pedal boat Moksha partially ready for the next ocean leg from Mumbai to Djibouti; finding and outfitting a bike, visiting schools, planning the route, etcetera, etcertera.
One exciting development is the capability we will have on this next leg to send video blogs (vlogs) from the field via satellite phone. Thanks to Gretchin Lair, Jay Bowman and Ted Tagami for working so hard on the site to make this happen seamlessly with the existing blog.
Other positive news is Schenker Logistics coming on board to ship Moksha around to Mumbai ready for the Indian Ocean pedal January 07. This is a huge logistical piece of the puzzle in place (and a large chunk of change saved).
I would also like to thank Yusoff and all the crew at Cycleworx here in Singapore for servicing the bike I'll be riding for the next 6 months, and perhaps all the way back to Greenwich.
And finally thanks to my gracious hosts here including Luke Beadle, Wendy and Hugh and Lina Young who have suffered all my piles of filthy gear being littered around their residences without even a murmur.
Thanks also to everyone else for all their help, including all the staff at the SAF Yacht Club, where Moksha is to reside for a few months more before shipping to India.
Next stop, Kuala Lumpur in 4-days.
Posted on June 5, 2006 1:37 PM