Training Log Archive: blairtrewin

A fairly slow morning session exploring Melaka - Achilles sore early but definitely improved on Wednesday, and seem to be getting a bit more used to the humidity, too (although it still took me a while to settle down after finishing). Initially headed down the river towards the coast expecting that the waterfront would be worth going along, but in fact there isn't really a usable waterfront at all, just a few hundred metres of weedy vacant land - my initial thoughts were that this area might have taken a beating from the 2004 tsunami, but it had little impact this far south, so not sure why the real estate developers haven't jumped in there yet? Came back into town and did an extra loop around where I was staying, in the process identifying the location of the local mosque which had provided an early-morning wake-up call (I guess it is Friday).

The trip to Singapore was a bit more drawn-out than I was expecting - the bus schedules claimed 4 hours but it actually ended up being more like 6.5 (including 90 minutes either at the border or in traffic waiting to reach it). We stopped early on and I thought that 11 was too early to get something to eat; I shouldn't have thought that, because the next opportunity was 4.30...Was probably a bit too much of a glutton for punishment walking 2km with my gear at the other end, too (especially as Singapore is a country where I'd expect taxi drivers to be honest, or at least well-regulated).

Made a confirmed sighting of someone crossing the road against a red light.