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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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After walking around Jalan Bukit Bintang for a while, I returned to the
hotel at 8:00pm to drop the camera off and look around Jalan Alor. Most of
the food stalls along the street stay open late -- with some staying open
throughout the night. The stalls were already quite active, and at around
8:30pm, bootleg CD/VCD tables were being set up as well (with "The Emperor's
New Groove" and "Unbrekable" already for sale). Jalan Alor has "normal"
restaurants as well as the portable food stalls, and deciding to try a few
different things, I ordered two pork baos (RM0.90/US24c) from a stall as
well as six pieces of Dim Sum and chicken-rice from the "One Plus One"
restaurant (RM7.50/US$1.97). Sitting down at an outside plastic table to
relax for the first time in 48 hours, I took out my journal and began
jotting down some notes in it between bites.
At 9:55pm I walked back to the hotel room and turned on the TV while
washing clothes in the shower. Looking at the TV listings in the newspaper,
it seems that Malaysia takes their TV ratings seriously: "U"=general viewing
for all ages, "18SG"=for 18+ with non-excessive violent/horrifying scenes,
"18SX"=for 18+ with non-excessive sex scenes, "18PA"=for 18+ with
political/religious/counter-culture elements, and "18PL"=for 18+ with a
combination of two or more elements.
Leaving the clothes to dry in the shower, I went to sleep at 11:30pm --
the end of a very long day.
Misc. observation: many bookstores in Malaysia have Japanese manga
(comics) for sale in both Chinese and Malay editions (two I happened to
notice were "Doraemon" and "Chibi Maruko-chan").
Dec. 25: Kuala Lumpur
Waking up around 5:00am to the faint sound of morning prayers (I'm glad I
had a room without windows),
...
See photographs from:
Indonesia Gallery
,
Malaysia Gallery
,
Saint Helena Gallery
,
Singapore Gallery
,
South Africa Gallery
