Off to Santa Marta, Colombia

From left: Mr Wang Haibin (Deputy Leader), David Lin, Gabriel Wong (Observer), Lim Jeck, Eugene Lee, Siah Yong, Yijia, Yan Hao, Ivan Loh (Observer), Mr Thomas Teo (Observer)

The Singapore IMO 2013 delegation has left for Santa Marta, Colombia, this morning at 0300 hrs. They are flying by SQ62 (Singapore - Houston, 23 hrs), VA1009 (Houston - Bogota, 5 hrs) and AV8484 (Bogota - Santa Marta, 1.5 hrs).

Colombia's time zone (GMT-5) is 13 hrs behind Singapore's time zone (GMT+8). The opening ceremony will be held on 22 July (Monday) at 1100 hr local time or 23 July (Tuesday) 0000 hr Singapore time.

The programme for IMO 2013 is as follows:

Sunday July 21 Arrival of Teams
Monday July 22 Opening Ceremony
Tuesday July 23 Competition Day 1
Wednesday July 24 Competition Day 2
Thursday July 25 Coordination & Excursion
Friday July 26 Coordination & Excursion
Saturday July 27 Closing Ceremony
Sunday July 28 Departure from Santa Marta
Wednesday July 31 Arrival in Singapore

All the best to Singapore Team!