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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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and my declared camera... Larry answered
"violin", to which I quickly added "and a radio and shaver, but none are
over US$100", so the customs lady waved me on.
Though Larry and Joy don't have a car, they found a lift with someone to
take us back up to Half Tree Hollow -- and I had my first taste of St.
Helena's roads going up Ladder Hill Road. As very little of the island is
flat, the roads on St. Helena can really be something else: many are
extremely steep and narrow, and often have hairpin curves. Ladder Hill Road
(the main route out of Jamestown) was widened a few years ago to where about
2/3rds of it is now wide enough for two-way traffic... but for the parts
that aren't (as well as on other narrow island roads), custom is for any car
headed downhill to stop at a pullout (backing up if necessary) to give any
uphill traffic the right-of-way. Many roads (such as the one down to Sandy
Bay) have extreme s-curves while going up/down at the same time, and seem to
have only the exact minimum width required for a car's turning circle (I
kept wondering how some of the small trucks manage on that road). One of
the busier roads on the island, Ladder Hill (built right into the side of
the cliff) has only a few blind corners, but is steep enough where you can
easily descend in netural without once putting your foot on the gas pedal
(though the road allows for two-way traffic, the entrance and exit feeder
roads to it down by the Hospital are both one way). Driving up to Half Tree
Hollow, I saw a few people walking up the hill (heading home from work down
below in Jamestown), as the only other option other than getting a lift is
the 699-step Jacob's Ladder staircase.
Soon we were up in Half Tree Hollow, and my first impression was that I
had landed on Mars, as the area is extremely barren (due to the volcanic
rock,
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See photographs from:
Indonesia Gallery
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Malaysia Gallery
,
Saint Helena Gallery
,
Singapore Gallery
,
South Africa Gallery
