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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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/>Cape Town during the recent local elections.
Driving around the dock area in the rain with Kritz after breakfast, it
wasn't easy finding the non-descript building where Russell was teaching, as
most buildings didn't have signs indicating what they were -- though I did
see a dark blue VW kombi with "Tristan da Cunha" painted on it (as I would
later find out, it belongs to Tristan House, a place run by a Tristanian
living in the area, where fellow Tristanians visiting Cape Town for medical
reasons or holidays can stay). At 9:30am we finally located the correct
building (very close to where the RMS was berthed), and I walked up to the
2F where Russell was teaching his class. Five students were in class that
morning (most having sailed before), and Russell was covering subjects
ranging from right-of-way to the correct sail adjustments for various wind
conditions.
Though still cloudy, the rain subsided for a bit, so we decided to leave
the classroom and go out for a sail in the 34ft boat belonging to the
school's owner. Because of the rain and weak wind, the on-board motor was
used most of the time... leaving the slip, we sailed right past the RMS, as
I had my first good look at the ship I'd be spending close to a month on.
With everyone given wet gear to wear, our clothes stayed dry, but I had only
sandals with the Central Market socks for shoes. With it once more starting
to drizzle, we passed a group of large container ships as we headed out for
the open water... the sails soon went up for teaching, though with the lack
of wind, the motor remained on. Russell took the boat to a neighboring
marina to deliver a book to someone on a catamaran about to leave for the
Carribean, and walking around the marina's slip area, it was decided that
because of the weather, the class would return back to go over more
classwork
...
See photographs from:
Indonesia Gallery
,
Malaysia Gallery
,
Singapore Gallery
,
South Africa Gallery
