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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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they'd be taken down
shortly).
With most places closed, most of the group went to relax at Anns Place (a
partially-covered restaurant in the beautiful Castle Gardens). With limited
supplies, St. Helenans must be inventive, and the restaurant's large
flourscent sign was actually a Philips sign (complete with blue logo),
modified to read "Ann's Place" instead of "Philips." Sitting outside, we
all chatted and relaxed as I ordered an ice-cream and Bitter Lemon (with
plenty of bees buzzing around the glasses). Ann (the owner) is an older,
eccentric lady whose temperment can range from extremely nice to obstinant,
and her daughter helps out at the restaurant as well, with the grandkids
often around to play and talk with the customers. Today while buying a
telephone card from her, I mentioned that I collect them -- after which she
gave me a used one she had set aside in a tin, and told me if any other used
ones come in, she'd save them for me. This was a perfect example of Saint
hospitality, and another one was this morning at the Tourism Office: when
the lady there mentioned the possibility of reprinting some of the other
posters, Larry immediately volunteered to send me one if they were
reprinted.
After the ice-cream I went for a walk around Jamestown... Passing the St.
Helena Growers Co-operative Society, I noticed a sign on the Salvation
Army's window mentioning that the thrift store would be closed from 21 Dec -
19 Jan. On my left, I soon came to the first and middle schools (which
share the same general compound with a playground between the two)... though
it was a holiday period, the gate was open, so I walked in to have a look.
Outside, the two-story buildings (with a 1988 date on the middle school)
didn't look like anything special, but behind the windows were nice bright
classrooms filled with
...
See photographs from:
Indonesia Gallery
,
Malaysia Gallery
,
Saint Helena Gallery
,
Singapore Gallery
,
South Africa Gallery
