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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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are a landmark of the
city and an icon of KL. With it being such a nice morning, I thought I'd
try walking there even though it was quite far... on my side was the fact
that you can see the Towers from most points in the city, but working
against me was the way maps of KL tend to be inaccurate. Still, it was a
nice walk...
From the Chow Kit area, I walked down Jalan Raja Alang -- and stopping at
a 7-11 for a snack (as I had skipped breakfast), found a UFO-catcher (a claw
machine in which you insert coins and try to grab yourself a stuffed animal)
playing "Odoru Pompokorin" (the theme song to the popular Japanese cartoon
"Chibi Maruko-chan"), exactly like the UFO-catchers I had seen in South
Africa a year earlier. Chuckling, I ate my snack and continued on my way.
The shady streets in the area were quiet this morning, and very pleasant to
walk down. The area has a relaxed feel to it quite different than the rest
of hectic KL -- laundry was drying from the windows, guys were out leisurely
working on their motorbikes in the shade, and perhaps with not many tourists
walking around here, people were quite friendly (a man I passed greeted me
with "Merry Christmas"). A bit later, I came across an obvious night market
area where Jalan Raja Alang and Jalan Raja Muda Musa meet, and though the
stalls were now quiet, I'm sure the area becomes quite busy in the
evenings. According to the tourist map I had, the small street Jalan Raja
Ali crosses the river and goes through to the other side -- but it actually
doesn't (it dead ends at a large concrete wall supporting the highway and
bordering the river). Reaching the wall, I realized I'd have to walk all
the way around, as no street in the area crossed the river -- so having no
choice, I walked back all the way to busy Jalan Sultan Ismail (which does
indeed cross the river).
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See photographs from:
Indonesia Gallery
,
Malaysia Gallery
,
Singapore Gallery
,
South Africa Gallery
