Today we set out in search of a boat store. We had found the store listed in the directory from the marina, and had absolutely no clue where it was. We gave the taxi driver the address and he took us to the southeast part of the island, an area much farther out than we have already been. As we got further from downtown, the skyscrapers thinned out. This area has a lot of turn of the century row homes, but most of the buildings are newer townhouse style residential buildings or low rise condos. There were even a few Continue reading →

It was made clear to us last night that we needed to be at the marina office promptly at 0900 to check in. Getting up wasn’t too hard since there is an enormous construction side on the other side of the cove that was making lots of noise. We were given a brief tour of the facilities. The marina is part of a private club that opened in April 2007. It costs S$50,000 (USD$38,000) to join. It is swanky, featuring two restaurants, a deli, bar, pool, gym, game room, guest rooms, and on and on. The shower/bathroom area off the pool is amazing. The facilities for the people in the marina are not anywhere close to as nice as the facilities for the club members, but it doesn’t really matter. You get a temporary membership card and can use all the club’s facilities. Most of the boats in the marina are power boats, with only a few sailboats. They also have free unlimited wireless internet to the boats, which is like heaven for us. The connection is so-so by our old San Diego standards, wonderful by our new cruising standards.

Once we were checked in to the marina, we headed to town to Continue reading →