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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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have (as the owner would have come
to pick me up). Instead, I looked for the Intercape airport shuttle
office -- but Intercape no longer operates an airport shuttle. I thought
about calling Rikkis at first (as they do an airport shuttle for a cheaper
price), but didn't want to wait for them to have to drive to the airport
from town (otherwise I would have just called the B&B)... so I walked up to
the other shuttle company booths to ask their prices: there were 3-4
choices, and though the first one charged R90/US$12, their van had just left
(I saw it leave before entering the building). Not wanting to wait, the
lady showed me to another booth which first wanted R110, but then agreed to
R90 (I wound up being the only passenger).
Driving into town, the weather was typical for Cape Town this time of
year: warm termperatures with sunny skies, and a cloud just over Table
Mountain. Arriving at 11:30am, I didn't have R90 in change, so just paid
the driver R100 as the owner of the B&B (Kritz Odendaal) came out to greet
me. Located on Pinetree Crescent in Vredehoek (off of Derry Street, and
just below the left-most of the three ugly "silo"-shaped apartment blocks),
Kritz has a nice house with a separate attached structure for the B&B --
though as he is just starting the B&B (I was his first guest), he's in the
process of building onto the unit, changing it slightly, and making a braai
(BBQ) area in the front. A nice retired Afrikaaner who used to work with
newspapers and advertising, Kritz greeted me alone today, as his wife was
away for a few days helping their daughter nurse a cold and look after the
grandkids. Though the room has no air-con, it's still quite a nice place,
with a ceiling-fan, its own bath/shower, a refrigerator, a new Konka color
TV, and plenty of space. It's still very much a work-in-progress (in fact
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See photographs from:
Indonesia Gallery
,
Malaysia Gallery
,
Singapore Gallery
,
South Africa Gallery
