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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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All of the Saints (as well as most of the "normal" folk) were on
the first sitting, and while I'm able to walk between the two worlds just
fine, I vastly prefer to hang with people a bit less conscious and concerned
with who they are. As well, 8:00pm was simply too late for me to eat a
heavy dinner: with all the appetizers being served, the main course wouldn't
arrive until 8:30pm or so -- not the time I like to eat a heavy dinner.
After the first few nights, I asked to be switched to the less-stuffy
6:45pm timeslot, but even here, my seat and table were pre-assigned --
another ridiculous policy that deserves to be challenged, and challenged it
was. Over those first few days, a group of about 8 fellow passengers and
myself began to click and hang out together... and we soon decided that we
should be able to sit together for dinner as well. Noticing one large table
that was never used (Table 16), we all decided one night to just to sit down
at that table and eat together as a group (while it was a South African who
first suggested doing it, everyone went along -- including the Brits in the
group). When the staff came over to see what was going on, we all politely
pointed out that we were a large group that would like to sit together, and
this particular table wasn't being used. The response was "Yes, but this
table is never used for the first sitting!" Still, we politely refused to
move, and the following day, one of the members of our group worked it out
with Michael (the galley supervisor) that we could sit at that table from
then on. Later, we found out the reason Table 16 is never used for the
first sitting: it's the table where the Captain and Governor (when he's on
board) dine on the second sitting -- but the other tables have to be
cleaned, so one more shouldn't make a difference! Through special
...
See photographs from:
Indonesia Gallery
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Malaysia Gallery
,
Singapore Gallery
,
South Africa Gallery
