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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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is good), some nice views.
At the top of the hill is not only a souvenir shop, but a kiosk where you
can send someone an email with a file attachment of yourself at Cape Point
for R30/US$4. Passing on the gift shop, I continued towards the old
lighthouse: this was the original lighthouse of the area, but its location
high on the hill wasn't a good idea, for in heavy fog ships couldn't see
it. After a ship crashed onto the rocks, a newer automated lighthouse was
built down below closer to sea level, and it is this lower lighthouse which
is still in use today.
When finished looking around the lighthouse, I continued walking down a
trail towards the sea which is definitely worth taking: at the end of it
(where you're not allowed to continue unless you have permission) are some
great views of the cliff and birds nesting in the holes in the rocks.
Though it was now misting intermittently, at least it was only a light
drizzle.
Returning back to the gift shop I had a look around, but as with such
shops anywhere in the world, everything was overpriced, especially for South
Africa (a polo-style shirt was R240/US$32, and a cap was R75/US$10). With
prices this high, I wondered if the people working here even earned enough
money to buy the items they sold (as these weren't fancy souvenirs but just
items such as shirts and caps). Asking one of the employees (a white guy in
his early 20s) if he wouldn't mind telling me how much he made per hour, he
told me it was R12.50/US$1.67 -- which meant he'd have to work for almost 20
hours in order to earn enough to buy one of the shirts here.
After having a look around the gift shop, I took the funicular down to
the Two Oceans Restaurant below where we were meeting for lunch: the meal (a
nice fish stew) was paid for, but not the drinks (I ordered a Schweppes
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See photographs from:
Indonesia Gallery
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Malaysia Gallery
,
Singapore Gallery
,
South Africa Gallery
