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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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where everyone ate their meals. The camp was for
Scouts of all ages (no Girl Guides), and with plenty of people around
(arriving not only in the buses but in their own cars as well) it looked
like a good turnout -- though Larry commented that there weren't as many as
usual, perhaps due to the RMS having just been in port.
As I relaxed under the tarp, the ladies began taking out the food they
brought with them and setting it out on the table for everyone to share.
There was tons of it, all delicious: homemade stews, curry, chicken, pork,
rice, potatoes -- you name it, as well as plenty of sodas, snacks, and
desserts. Along with everything else I tried a bit of the British dish of
spicy rice served inside animal gut (something I hadn't tried before), and
had a wonderful, filling lunch. Besides the main meal, people also passed
around simple bread-and-tomato-paste sandwiches, which the Saints call
"Bread and Dance", as they're always served at dances.
Sitting down on the grass, I wound up talking with Raymond Yon (whose son
was attending the camp) and Mickey Benjamin (the older driver of our bus).
Raymond has been to the US, as some time ago he went to work on Ascension
and the American company he worked for sent him to Pennsylvania to study
refrigeration and air-conditioning (he's also an electrician, and currently
works for Solomon's). The three of us talked for quite a while about some
of the issues facing St. Helena, including the current citizenship problem,
the number of Saints who must work overseas due to the island's high
unemployment (usually on Ascension or the Falklands), and local politics --
from the reduction of UK funding to the lack of political power Saints feel
they have in the current system. One thing I picked up everytime I was
around a Saint was their unwavering patriotism towards England
...
See photographs from:
Indonesia Gallery
,
Malaysia Gallery
,
Saint Helena Gallery
,
Singapore Gallery
,
South Africa Gallery
