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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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the wrong way, but a nice older Chinese security guard
pointed me back in the right direction, where the station was only a few
minutes walk away.
The LRT operates like metros in many countries in which you buy a flimsy
card, insert it, and keep it until you reach your destination, where you'll
insert it once more to exit. Since the ticket was cheap enough
(RM1.20/US32c), I decided to buy a second one to keep as a souvenir. At the
station were signs advertising available service-sector jobs, and on the LRT
itself was a sign indicating a RM500/US$131.58 fine for eating, smoking, or
littering. Wanting to go to the Chow Kit Street area, I took the Star LRT
to a station which for some reason was NOT listed on my city tourist map:
Pasar Seni, between Sultan Ismael and the Putra World Trade Centre Stations.
The area around Chow Kit Street has a lively morning market (mostly
Malay, though there are some Indian and Chinese stalls as well). For
RM10/US$2.63, one vendor had a T-shirt for the Orange County California
Planet Hollywood, not to far from where I live (and ironically, recently
closed). The VCDs here were among the cheapest in Malaysia, with most
vendors asking RM5, and one vendor selling them for 3-for-RM10/US$2.63
(having missed seeing "The Emperor's New Groove" at home, I thought about
buying it on VCD here, but passed). While there are people selling VCDs and
T-shirts, most of the marketplace consists of dozens of stalls selling fresh
fruits, nuts, peppers, spices, meats, and other foodstuffs -- and it's quite
crowded, even in the morning.
Knowing now that KL weather this time of year tends to be nice in the
morning but rainy in the afternoon, I decided to head for the Petronas
Towers while it was still sunny. The Towers are argueably the tallest
buildings in the world (if you count the masts),
...
See photographs from:
Indonesia Gallery
,
Malaysia Gallery
,
Saint Helena Gallery
,
Singapore Gallery
,
South Africa Gallery
