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Detailed travelogue on visiting the remotest inhabited islands in the world (Tristan da Cunha and St Helena), also South Africa, Malaysia, Indonesia. Very interested read, and indexed.
Remotest Islands in the World St Helena, Tristan da Cunha + S. Africa, Malaysia, mor
Larry2006-05-27 03:20:07
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/>surprised at how many people asked if I celebrated Christmas. The Indian
gentleman at the picture frame store asked, as did the Muslim cashier at the
Butterfly Park (to which she would wish people a Merry Christmas if they
answered yes). Though a few shops were closed (a motorbike repair shop or
two, and of course the Telekom Malaysia Museum), most everything else was
open.
Dec. 26: Kuala Lumpur
It was a nice thought, but the complimentary newspaper being shoved under
the door at 5:56am woke me up. Not having much luck with going back to
sleep, I decided to get up and look for some ideas on what to do today.
Skipping breakfast, I left early, and noticed yet another intersection with
poor signage: right at Jalan Bukit Bintang and Jalan Pudu (a major
intersection), the signs as to which street is which are extremely
confusing.
The first thing I wanted to do was take the monorail mentioned in the
Lonely Planet... but it was hard to find that morning for the one simple
reason that it hasn't been finished yet! The book shows the monorail on all
its maps (with a notation that it'll be completed in 1999), but the reality
is that when Malaysia's economy became shaky a few years ago, construction
was halted, and the project is far from complete (along parts of Jalan Pudu
are concrete support structures left abandoned, with no track or train above
them). When I stopped to ask the Indian clerk at a small store about it, he
said "not finished yet" -- but construction on it has now resumed, and when
finished, it will reach the Jalan Bukit Bintang area.
With the monorail not being available, I decided to take the Star LRT
(light rail) instead (there are two LRTs: the Star LRT line is above ground,
and the Putra LRT line is underground). Walking towards the Hang Tuah
Station, I turned the wrong way,
...
See photographs from:
Indonesia Gallery
,
Malaysia Gallery
,
Singapore Gallery
,
South Africa Gallery
