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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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toast, and jam. Though the normal galley breakfast usually
starts at 8:00am, everything was pushed up a bit this morning due to the
Cape Point tour departing at 8:30am.
The bus tour around Cape Point today was scheduled to last from 8:30am to
4:00pm, and would be covering old ground for me: though I hadn't previously
made it as far as Cape Point, the drive out there through areas such as
Clifton and Simons Town would be a repeat of not only what I had done last
year, but what I had just done with Judith two days ago as well.
On the bus I sat down next to an older South African (originally from
Scotland) named James, who wound up being the comedian in our group and a
genuinely nice person. From the window we could see some locals selling
firewood by the side of the road -- our tour guide commented that Australian
acacia trees had been introduced to the area but had taken over much of the
other vegetation, so people are allowed to chop it down and sell it as
firewood. The last stretch of the drive out to Cape Point went through a
game reserve, though we could only spot a few animals far off in the
distance. The weather today was grey, and with it looking as if it would
rain soon, wasn't the best day to be out on a bus tour.
Finally reaching Cape Point, we left the bus to look around the area.
There's a funicular up the hill to a lookout point on top, but though we
were given round-trip tickets, I opted to walk up instead (though I took it
down later). Cape Point is often mistakenly referred to as the
southern-most point of Africa... it's actually the second southern-most
point, as there's another area not too far away which is technically further
south. It's still an interesting area to explore though, with the
funicular, the lookout, old and new lighthouses, plenty of birds, and (if
the weather is good),
...
See photographs from:
Indonesia Gallery
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Malaysia Gallery
,
Singapore Gallery
,
South Africa Gallery
