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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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if there was a room I could
get some sleep in tonight, but all the cabins were full (I verified this
myself by looking at the master list posted up by the purser's bureau).
Searching around the ship for an area that would be quiet in the evenings, I
decided that if the snoring was as bad tonight, I'd sleep either in the
exercise room (where there were blankets and pillows in the closet) or the
doctor's semi-private waiting office across the hall. Later that morning I
told the group why I was so tired, and Kevin kidded me about it for a while
(asking me the next day if I had slept in the exercise room). A few days
later, Ken found out that I hadn't had much sleep one night because of his
snoring and aplogized (confirming that it was due to all the alcohol)... I
told him not to worry about it, as while it was still loud on subsequent
nights, it wasn't half as bad as that second night, and never forced me to
sleep outside the cabin.
Seeing Nigel in the hallway this morning, I asked if he had a package
waiting for me, and went later to pick up the two cassettes from Radio St.
Helena.
Outside was a mix of sun and clouds today, but the waves were still quite
choppy, causing a lot of people to stay in their cabins instead of coming
out for breakfast (even Pat/UK wasn't feeling well). After breakfast, a man
who had been tracking the RMS' course on a large chart with the aid of a
portable GPS unit pointed out that the straight course the RMS had been on
was altered yesterday (as it turns out, to try to avoid bad weather) though
we were now back on course after having lost some time. Later in the
morning when Kevin went on the engine room tour, he found out we were indeed
a few hours behind schedule now, but the Captain hoped to make up the time
in transit, as the ship had to be in Cape Town by a certain hour
...
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
