Log in
Join travelers community
Your Profile
Logout
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
Displayed times (last time: )
doomed voyage. Though it then became a running gag
throughout the trip, I wasn't the only one who had been re-scheduled from
the previous year: there were many others (including John and Cecelia)
booked on the St. Helena and Tristan sailings last year who had to
reschedule for this year when the RMS broke down in November of 1999.
Over some biscuits (cookies), another announcement was made that a tour
of Cape Point (one of the southern-most points in Africa) had been arranged
for tomorrow for anyone interested, but I wasn't happy: while today had been
a beautiful day, tomorrow's forecast called for rain -- and with tomorrow
being both a Sunday and New Years Eve, there would be very little in town
open and very little else to do.
Arriving back at Duncan Docks, it was announced there'd be an hourly
shuttle service between J dock and the V&A for those passengers wishing to
go to the V&A -- though after all the times I walked between the V&A and the
docks trying to find the RMS I certainly didn't need a shuttle, and didn't
wait for one. After collecting my passport from the purser's bureau (we had
turned them in earlier and were supposed to get them back tomorrow -- at
least we didn't have to go through immigration again), I left the ship at
5:30pm to walk to the V&A. Even though it was late in the afternoon, the
walk to the V&A was facing the sun -- and as I had left my cap on the ship,
I wound up getting quite a sunburn on my forehead.
Passing the Telkom shop, I thought about using their internet service...
but at a rate of R12.50/US$1.67 for 15mins, decided it was too expensive.
One thing I did need to do though was get some British pounds: the only
currency accepted on board the RMS is the pound (either British or the
equivalent St. Helenan), and though rands and dollars can be changed on the
...
See photographs from:
Indonesia Gallery
,
Malaysia Gallery
,
Singapore Gallery
,
South Africa Gallery
