Ian in Command !! "Full speed ahead" Entering Port Klang The Ship Crossing the equator! The engines and the chief engineer. Looking down at the 7 levels of the central stairwell from the Bridge. Everywhere there are signs like this. From Fremantle to Singapore via Port Klang on the MV Theodor Storm! Again I decided to turn the five hour plane journey between Perth and Singapore into a five day trip on a freighter, only this time it would take eight days as the ship detoured to Port Klang in Malaysia, and only then onto Singapore. My reasons for making this trip were similar to those of my first nautical excursion. Essentially, I thought that a few days at sea would be a few pleasant days of peace and quiet, untrammelled by the demands of a noisy and intrusive world. This, fortunately, did prove to be the case. The vessel I travelled on was the ‘Theodor Storm’, a 34,0...
Ian is treading the roads, pathways and dimensions of south east Asia in a quest for spiritual
fulfilment, and a desire to spend some time in new lands. Here are his stories
(and a few personal thoughts):