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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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Though small, the park is a nice idea, and the tame deer
are more than willing to approach you in hopes of receiving some food (a
Chinese family with a young boy was having fun feeding the deer that
morning).
Bird Park is nearby, but as it has an entrance fee of RM5/US$1.32 and a
"camera" fee of RM2/US53c, I wasn't sure whether or not to bother with it.
Asking three Americans leaving the park if it was worth it, their reply was
"if you like birds it is" -- so I had a look. The park is quite large with
many different areas covered with overhead netting to keep the birds in
while giving them more space, and plenty of species from peacocks to
flamingos to pelicans to storks roam the grounds. Though I'm not really all
that interested in birds, the park was enjoyable nonetheless, and if birds
are one of your hobbies, you can definitely spend a lot more time here than
I did (one bird in a cage even volunteered a "Hi!" and a few cat-calls as I
walked by). Leaving the park, I passed the Americans I had talked to
earlier (an older couple from South Carolina with their mid-30s daughter),
who asked if I enjoyed the park. Walking with them to nearby Butterfly
Park, we chatted for a bit: the daughter has been working at a hospital in
Saipan, and the parents had come over to meet her in Malaysia.
Butterfly Park is quite nice (RM10/US$2.63 with camera fee), having not
only large display areas catagorizing different types of butterflies, but a
large enclosed area complete with pond, where plenty of butterflies flitter
around. With both astethic and scientific aspects available here, most
people will find it worth their while.
After looking around Butterfly Park, I left to continue on my own. With
it being so hot and humid this morning I had a suspicion that rain might
come later in the afternoon, so deciding to continue
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See photographs from:
Indonesia Gallery
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Malaysia Gallery
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Saint Helena Gallery
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Singapore Gallery
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South Africa Gallery
