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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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but most people wound up going to the V&A in the evening instead.
The shuttle between J berth and the V&A was running every hour (on the
half-hour returning), and because of the recent rain, I decided to take the
5:00pm shuttle over to the V&A instead of walking it -- though the clouds
were now dissipating and it would turn out to be a nice, clear late
afternoon. Arriving at 5:20pm (with the traffic it would have been just as
fast to walk), I went first to the expensive Telkom office to use their
internet connection (R12.50/US$1.67 for 15mins -- telnet is allowed). When
finished, I asked at the window to buy a telephone card as well, and the
employee only charged me for the card and not for the internet time. In
such situations I would normally volunteer that they needed to charge me,
but having paid Telkom's high rates for calls this year and last -- and with
their incredibly high (for South Africa) internet cafe rates, I decided that
if they weren't going to charge me this time, that would be fine with me. A
bit later I discovered that the cinema at the V&A has their own internet
cafe at a rate of R7.50/US$1 for 15mins, though by that time they were about
to close, and I had already checked my email anyway.
Because it was both a Sunday and New Years, most of the stores (which
generally stay open until 9:00pm) were closing early (at 6:00pm - 6:30pm).
This wasn't good news, as walking around the V&A was about the only thing
left to do tonight (though a few stores did stay open until normal closing
time, including Woolworths and Edgars). Curious if the salary of the
souvenir shop employee this morning was typical, I asked a young white
saleslady working at the Ngwenya Glass shop if she could tell me how much
she makes per hour, and her reply was "around R20" (R20=US$2.66).
Going back to St. Elmos for some
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See photographs from:
Indonesia Gallery
,
Malaysia Gallery
,
Singapore Gallery
,
South Africa Gallery
