Trucks galore on battam island another first for pmp

Welcome totreaders world wide on ash wednesday which marks the beginning of Lent, as I progressing my training for lay ministry innthe church of englanf these marker days of the annual cycle bfocus us on some of the more serious things of life but it is hard to concentrate on such things here in the blisterin heat of Asia. I was up early once again and ready for the first MTR training harbour side in singapore, work on the network had created almost thirty minute delays. At last the train arrived only a couple of stops but a fair distance. I also managed to catch the first ferry of the day to battam nowhere near as early as I'd immagjne. The main problem in bsttam is the lack of English although a relief from the Chinese intoned harsh workd. It took two abortive taxi trips and the useless efforts of the information desk, taxi controller and ask spice to come up with nothing but giving itinerary more shot an old chap in a taxi sussed out what I wanted and we ended up at the highly active freight port the other side of this ever spexpanfing sprawling city.. I but about three hours of film and enjoyed two short local bus rides one away from the sure when it hit lunchtime and another further on as I got desperate for water. I don't Cecil with Avery nice Chao who had his impromptu motocymoto taxi service near the bus service. Talking of buses I got onetravel card and one ordinary bus ticket in Malaysia. In Singapore I at last got a ticket as my three day pass expired last night. I got tickets for both my battam rides which cost four thousand thingeys which is so cheap compared with a taxi. My Mac on the bike took me back to the docks where I used up my last memory chip. The sea was rough so a delay in returning but I was still back at my Singapore hotel before six pm. Indinesians were a delight from the friendly truckers tongue friendly police many decades since I covered Bali and my first shift return to Indonesia even if fir about 7 hours. I got my boarding cards printed at the hotel beforehand I went to the penny black pub at the boat quay which is nothing to do with harbourside.  I'm going to have a look at the soaps and have a lay in tomorrow Thursday. I fly home in the early hours of Friday so I'll check out then stick to city centre in Singapore as they get ready for the run up to Chinese New year, everyinr here is set up for it as it's the biggest event in the Chinese cskendsc.