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Very detailed travelogue on visiting the remotest inhabited islands in the world: Tristan da Cunha and St. Helena, as well as S. Africa, Malaysia and Singapore, and Indonesia. Very informative, full of tips, history, what it was like to visit and stay there, indexed by country. Visit my webpage for this and other downloadable travelogues: http://www.tcp.com/~lgreenf
These are fascinating islands. Tristan has only 238 people, all with same 7 last names.
Remotest Islands in World St Helena, Tristan da Cunha + S Africa Malaysia, More
Larry2006-05-27 03:40:04
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The general country-by-country breakdown of the travelogue is as follows:
Malaysia: Dec. 24 - Dec. 27, Feb. 1 - Feb. 4, Feb. 8 - Feb. 10
South Africa: Dec. 27 - Jan. 1, Jan. 17, Jan. 30 - Feb. 1
Onboard the RMS: Dec. 30, Jan. 1 - 5, Jan. 12 - 17, Jan. 18 - 23,
Jan. 25 - Jan. 30
St. Helena: Jan. 5 - Jan. 12
Tristan da Cunha: Jan. 23 - Jan. 25
Singapore: Feb. 4 - Feb. 8
Indonesia: Feb. 6
(plus a Gough Island sail-by on Jan. 26)
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THE ISLANDS... TAKE TWO
For quite some time now, I've always wanted to visit the islands of
Tristan da Cunha and St. Helena in the South Atlantic Ocean. I'm not sure
why exactly -- and though I certainly had more than enough opportunity to
think up a clever reply to the question with all the times it was asked, I
suppose the answer is simply that I have always been curious about what life
is like on remote islands. Most of my fellow travellers aboard the British
Royal Mail Ship RMS St. Helena had specific purposes for visiting the
islands: interest in Napoleon (who died in exile while on St. Helena),
botanists interested in endemic flora or fauna, journalists writing stories
for various South African magazines, or people simply visiting family or
friends. I had none of that though, and for better or worse, decided to
approach this trip with a fresh mind and only a minimal amount of pre-trip
research. On one level, this meant that I perhaps didn't know every
interesting fact about a place, but it also allowed me a clean slate,
without having in my head old, inaccurate accounts of life on these islands.
One important thing to note is that the impressions conveyed
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See photographs from:
Indonesia Gallery
,
Malaysia Gallery
,
Saint Helena Gallery
,
Singapore Gallery
,
South Africa Gallery
