PP: 5th May 2009: Having left Jakarta (finally) at about 2 AM on the 4th May, we had an uneventful cruise northwards through the Java Sea between Sumatra and Borneo, clipped the South China Sea and to Jurong Port in Singapore from the east this time in. Again the "Captain for fine weather" scored well - the only rain was at night. Smooth conditions all the way. We arrived at the dock at 1430 hrs (same dock position as the last time, four and a half months ago) and waited two and a half hours for Immigration to clear us (tookthem a while to arrive at the ship). By that time I was anxious to get ashore as I had arranged (by 'phone while passing some Indonesian islands earlier in the day) to meet step-daughter Ella
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