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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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there had been videos on the island since the early 1980s, and many
of these action videos are far more violent than the relatively benign two
(now three) channels offered on television. They say that in order for the
study to have any merit, it would have to have started in the 1970s before
the introduction of such videos, but in the end, regardless of the whether
TV has made a difference on the children or not, Saint kids are still
extremely well-behaved, and as the op-ed writer suggested, the island should
be proud of this fact.
At 10:00pm I walked into the children's room to finish my journal... we
were now headed into the wind and waves, so the ride for the next few days
would be considerably choppier than the smooth one we had sailing to St.
Helena.
Some misc. info: while inside St. Helena stores, I noticed that prices on
items imported from the UK containing a printed suggested retail price were
slightly higher than the printed price (though still reasonable), but prices
on most items (especially those from South Africa) were quite cheap... there
were 101 passengers on board the RMS for this segment, including a Saint
named Larry (a friend of Morris') who managed to get a cheap last-minute
deal for the sailing, giving himself a short holiday in Cape Town... I was
surprised at the number of people who heard me on the radio, as more people
came up to me on the ship to let me know they had heard me play, and enjoyed
it.
Jan. 13: RMS
I only slept so-so last night, though at least there wasn't a rooster to
wake me up at 3:20am. Without a porthole in the cabin though, it's
impossible to know if it's time to get up or not without searching for your
watch in the dark (without a window, 7:30am looks just like 3:30am)... and
having total darkness around you isn't condusive to waking up
...
See photographs from:
Indonesia Gallery
,
Malaysia Gallery
,
Saint Helena Gallery
,
Singapore Gallery
,
South Africa Gallery
