Graptolite - Singapore Slings
Graptolite's Sailing Log
Martyn Pickup & Heike Richter
Sat 13 Dec 2008 08:38
PM
It's been a sticky week here in Singapore. Some of it has been touristy
stuff like swilling Singapore Slings in Raffles Hotel, touring Sentosa
Island and dining in Chinatown but there has also been the usual boat
fixing-up and trotting around to chandlers for bits.
The lack of spare parts for the steering system is currently keeping us here
but that should be sorted out early next week. Fanny and Aurelien had a bit
of a panic about having enough time to find a boat in Phuket to take them to
La Reunion after Christmas and so caught a bus to Thailand today. So just
one crew left to order about but that's OK for coastal sailing.
Singapore is looking more and more like a Disney World where people live. It
is scarily prosperous, orderly and clean but this is mainly due to bullying
by the government. There are heavy fines for doing anything remotely
antisocial and taking durian fruit on the MRT seems to carry the death
penalty. Fortunately they seem to be out of season.
M