Ready to board for the final 80min leg to Medan on Sumatra. Bike and bag is already loaded (as of transfer counter officer) … #to2014 here I’m coming.

Victoria did not reveal her secrets. Let’s see if what I bought from her can make me faster on #to2014 

@ Singapore Changi Airport

My connection flight to Medan was cancelled (I knew it before). Got a room at the Ambassador Transit Hotel (courtesy of Silk Air) and enjoying the Tom Hank’s style (Terminal) of hanging out at an airport . Final flight is  at 7am tomorrow morning …

‘Escorted’ into rainy Frankfurt International

Singapore bound on the Strait of Malacca, passing Sumatra on the west hand side

Next stop Singapore. Let it rain again Approaching Singapore Changi Airport.

Singapore Congestion …

#TO2014

My bird that brings me to Singapore has docked at the gate. What a beauty and named ‘Johannesburg’. A special treat for a TdA alumni, thanks whoever from the tour office in Toronto arranged for this! Now nothing can go wrong anymore.

Check the name!

#to2014

It is pouring cats and dogs at Frankfort Airport and these items are laying there for more than an hour and still nobody around who cares. Hey FraPort! I hope my cardboard box with my bike is sheltered and not disintegrating in the rain.

#to2014

Bike and bag is checked in. Perfect Lufthansa service. Hanging out in Stuttgart until boarding the first leg to Frankfort is announced where I’ll start my first A380 flight later this evening … The Safari has begun ;). #to2014

My ‘life’ for the next 5 months is boxed.

Getting ready for the final night in Germany. Everything I need for the next 5 months is stored in the bag and bike-box. Well, not everything, the veggies and noodles are in the “tour chef’s” bag .  Please  Lufthansa and Silk Air , don’t loose, break or delay the 2 checked-in pieces. See you both on Friday morning  in Medan.

Online check-in  done, boarding cards printed, taxi ordered for tomorrow morning, anything else left to do?

“Kein Australier bereist das Outback im australischen Sommer von November bis Februar – viel zu heiß. Dass es unter Europäern dennoch beliebt ist, in dieser Zeit zu reisen, liegt wohl daran, dass man nichts lieber tut, als dem nasskalten Sauwetter in Mitteleuropa zu entfliehen, um es endlich warm zu haben!”

http://www.australien-panorama.de/fakten/ausklima_reisezeit.html

English:
“No Australian would travel the Outback in the Australian summer from November to December – far too hot. The reason why it is still popular for Europeans to travel just in this time is obviously that they have nothing better to do  than to flee from the wet and cold Middle European weather in search for some  warmth.”

Question: Is Canada a European outpost or why do Canadians organize a ride in exact this timeframe? Probably they share the same desire for a bit of warmth around Xmas.

My home away from home for the next few months. ‘Living room camping’ – I can do it!. No help needed to setup the tent for me and ‘Mrs. Wiggley II.’

#TO2014