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Source: https://mustsharenews.com/road-trip-london-singapore/

Singaporean Couple Plans 23-Country Road Trip From London To Singapore

Wishing to tick off a global road trip from their bucket list, Mr Jeremy See and his wife decided to embark on one after watching documentaries of other globetrotters.

But instead of doing it from Singapore as Singaporeans typically would, they decided to travel from the other direction and begin in London.

To do this, the couple is pouring in around S$110,000 in savings and shipping their car over to London.

After that, the couple, along with 11 other cars and couples in their convoy, will fly to London and begin their road trip home.

Throughout, they plan to visit 23 countries and more than 160+ towns, villages & cities.

They hope to be back by Christmas if everything goes well.

Couple prepares to embark on road trip from London to Singapore

Mr See shared in a Facebook post on 20 June about the upcoming journey with his wife.

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He explained the route they plan to take as follows:

UK > France > Belgium > Germany > Austria > Slovakia > Hungary > Croatia > Bosnia > Montenegro > Albania > Greece > Turkiye > Iran > Turkmenistan > Uzbekistan > Kyrgyzstan > Kazakhstan > China > Laos > Thailand > Malaysia > Singapore

All in all, they expect to travel for around 100 days, he said.

Some of the caveats are border crossings, which can last eight to 12 hours, as well as a number of days in the Turkmenistan desert.

Mr See also shared an image of what they had packed in their car for the trip.

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Because of the aforementioned challenges they’ll face, he said that they made sure to pack food that can be easily heated up, as well as beverages.

Other than that, the couple packed the following:

  • enough clothes for two weeks
  • car spare parts
  • 30 bottles of octane boosters
  • extra pair of well-broken-in shoes
  • eye-glasses
  • medication for chronic illnesses

Additionally, they’ve brought equipment to document their road trip and will upload to Mr See’s profile for his own memories.

However, he will set these posts to public for anyone who’s curious to follow their journey.

Want to get out of comfort zone

Speaking to MS News, Mr See said he and his wife wish to get out of their comfort zone, remarking, “Road trips to Malaysia & Thailand give no ‘kick’ anymore”.

They were also inspired by documentaries of groups driving around the world.

Considering time and cost, a two-way trip was not feasible.

However, they also wanted to start fresh with the more interesting cities instead of beginning from Singapore and making their way up.

“If we start off from Singapore, we would be tired from Malaysia and Thailand before the real fun even starts,” he said.

They’ve prepared S$110,000 in savings, based on shipping, food, accommodation, visas, vehicle permits, fuel, toll, attractions fees, and the fact that they’ll stay in “the best accommodation” and dine at fine restaurants.

Of these, each person expects to pay S$43,000 for hotels, restaurants, attractions, local guides, tolls, parking and other costs.

Meanwhile, Mr See revealed that vehicle permits and shipping for each car cost S$16,000.

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For such aspiring travellers conscious about cost, Mr See said, “One can do this trip for half the cost if you are willing to rough sleep at campsites and cook your own meals.”

We wish Mr See and his wife the best of luck in their journey. You can follow his Facebook profile for updates on the road trip.

 

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"They’ve prepared S$110,000 in savings, based on shipping, food, accommodation, visas, vehicle permits, fuel, toll, attractions fees, and the fact that they’ll stay in “the best accommodation” and dine at fine restaurants."

$110k (for two) really enough for 100 days where they will stay at the best accommodation and dine at the fine restaurants??

The shipping of the car already took $16k. 

 

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Looks more like a tour package organised by agency instead of those self planned ownself look after ownself trips...

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On 6/26/2023 at 10:02 AM, Volvobrick said:

I would buy a Malaysian or UK car for the trip and sell it off at JB.... 

Why waste 3 months of 120k COE? 😆

 

Goood idea. But 25,000km is not  lot of distance and wear and tear  for a car, and it is for 98days, the saving from buying  a car from MY may not worth the trouble, considering have to resell it later. 

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On 6/26/2023 at 9:37 AM, Ct3833 said:

Goood idea. But 25,000km is not  lot of distance and wear and tear  for a car, and it is for 98days, the saving from buying  a car from MY may not worth the trouble, considering have to resell it later. 

The proud of driving sg car plate, the world most expensive car plate

 

show to the world how much we paid for this carplate😆

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On 6/26/2023 at 10:37 AM, Ct3833 said:

Goood idea. But 25,000km is not  lot of distance and wear and tear  for a car, and it is for 98days, the saving from buying  a car from MY may not worth the trouble, considering have to resell it later. 

J300 LC 3.3 Diesel cost from RM600k.

 

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On 6/26/2023 at 10:02 AM, Volvobrick said:

I would buy a Malaysian or UK car for the trip and sell it off at JB.... 

Why waste 3 months of 120k COE? 😆

 

 I don't have 100 days of leave nor 100K to start with. 

But yah, i will buy a car in JB to start this trip too. The car is freehold! 

https://www.mudah.my/Toyota+LANDCRUISER+PRADO+2+7+M+3RZ+GX+SUV+4X4+JEEP-95185811.htm

28K ringgit only. hahahaha. 

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On 6/26/2023 at 10:59 AM, Thaiyotakamli said:

The proud of driving sg car plate, the world most expensive car plate

 

show to the world how much we paid for this carplate😆

Yeah man, sg car plate damn satki wor most exp$ in the world, 光宗耀祖 🤣..

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Exactly should have just bought a car in UK.

And if most of the countries they passing is left hand drive

cheaper to even buy a car in France or Spain that is left hand drive.

:D

Wonder if they checked which countries are left hand drive?

Saw one Australian youtuber went to Japan in winter and never checked weather.

Brought only t shirts and one light summer jacket and wearing trainers.

Went Aomori some more, the snowiest city in Japan!

Walked on a bit of snow and complained his trainer getting wet!

On 6/26/2023 at 10:02 AM, Volvobrick said:

I would buy a Malaysian or UK car for the trip and sell it off at JB.... 

Why waste 3 months of 120k COE? 😆

 

 

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