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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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for RM29.
The basement of S&M has some good CD-ROM/VCD shops, including one I found
the next day selling Japanese animation on pirate all-region DVDs (including
the Shin Kimagure Orange Road movie and the Hayao Miyazaki/Studio Ghibli
films). These movies aren't legitimately available on DVD yet even in Japan
(I own them on LaserDisc), though the pirate DVDs have Chinese subtitles on
them (I'm not sure if the subtitles can be turned off or not as the sales
clerk wasn't sure herself, and the store had no DVD player to try them out
on).
Many shopping malls (including S&M Plaza) have video arcades in them, and
though I had just read a newspaper article mentioning that arcades would be
forced to close their doors under new rules scheduled to take effect January
1st, when I returned back to Malaysia in February, the video arcades were
still open and operating.
Chinatown is one of the best places in the city to have dinner, and
though the bao stalls are RM1 here (as opposed to RM0.90 elsewhere), the
food is still cheap, and the sheer amount of choice is worth the trip. One
type of stall found here (but not on Jalan Alor) offers dozens of different
types of skewers (with raw fish, pork, meat, chicken, etc.) which you choose
and cook yourself right at the table by dipping them into a pot of boiling
water for 30 seconds. Fresh and incredibly delicious, most are only
RM1.50/US39c each, though a few (on shorter sticks so the cashier knows to
charge you more) are RM3.00/US79c -- for items such as real abalone. As all
of the outside tables were taken, I was seated next to a Chinese family who
was just finishing... after they left, a Singapore Chinese family sat down
next to me, and we talked for a bit while eating. For nine tasty skewers,
the total was only RM13.50/US$3.55, and I was stuffed.
When finished, I walked
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See photographs from:
Indonesia Gallery
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Malaysia Gallery
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Saint Helena Gallery
,
Singapore Gallery
,
South Africa Gallery
