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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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up ordering only the soup and
dessert, returning to the sun deck for a light buffet lunch of Thai chicken,
cheese, and fruit salad -- as with tonight being the last night before
arriving at St. Helena, an outdoor braai (BBQ) was planned.
Something I should mention at this point is that while I felt the staff
and crew of the RMS were excellent at their jobs, I had numerous problems
dealing with the Curnow offices (operators of the RMS) in England. With
branches in Cape Town and St. Helena, I made the mistake of thinking it
would be better to deal with the head office in the UK rather than the
smaller offices... Wrong. Trying to get information from the UK office was
like trying to extract gold from a turnip, and they gave me nothing but
headaches...
For those living in the UK, there's usually an "open ship" day while the
RMS is docked at Cardiff: you're allowed to drop by and have a look at the
inside of the RMS while it's in port (many Brits take advantage of being
able to look inside the various cabins and decide which one to reserve), but
if you don't live in Britain, it was almost as if Curnow's UK office went
out of their way to make things difficult for you. Fortunately Curnow is no
longer the operator of the RMS (having lost the contract to a competitor
[Andrew Weir Shipping Ltd.] in Spring 2001) -- but for anyone wondering why
Curnow might have lost the contract, just keep reading, as here are just a
few examples of what it was like dealing with their head office: when the
RMS broke down in November 1999 just a few weeks before I was to sail on it,
no one from Curnow contacted me to let me know the ship wouldn't be
sailing. I realize things must have been chaotic then, but one would think
that contacting the booked passengers would be a top priority. For me at
least it wasn't, and if I hadn't
...
See photographs from:
Indonesia Gallery
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Malaysia Gallery
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Saint Helena Gallery
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Singapore Gallery
,
South Africa Gallery
