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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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/> Walking inside the Towers, I saw the sign indicating that due to Hari
Raya and Christmas, the Sky Bridge would be closed until January 2nd. On a
longshot, I asked the two guards if it would somehow be possible to go up
anyway, but they politely said no. Deciding to have a quick look at the
attached shopping center, I missed many of the better shops (finding them
only upon my return in February), but did check out the dull, boring "mall"
portion of the complex -- no different than a multi-story American shopping
mall with expensive trendy shops and franchised fast-food outlets (including
Famous Amos, charging R3.40/US90c a cookie). However, there is an Isetan in
the mall (a Japanese department store), and I managed to find some "Shige
Kicks" candy in their food basement (Japanese "shock" sour gumi candies that
really give you a kick when you put them in your mouth... I really got
hooked on them while in Japan a few years ago). Even though they were
expensive here I picked up a few -- though I couldn't figure out why the
Orange flavor had a different price (RM5.40/US1.42 vs. RM5.20/US$1.37 for
the other flavors). Schweppes Grapefruit soda was also on sale for
RM1.09/US29c, so I bought a can of that as well. Hanging in Isetan was a
sign indicating that the store would close at 8:00pm tonight, and would
remain closed on Dec. 27 and Dec. 28 for Hari Raya (Sogo also had a similar
sign).
Deciding to get something to eat, I ordered an egg-on-toast at the "1901"
Takeaway (one slice of toast and an egg for RM4.70/US$1.24), and during the
15 minutes it took to make, I walked over to a nearby bakery selling egg
tarts for only RM1/US26c.
When finished at the Towers, I took the LRT from KLCC to the Central
Market to catch the bus to the Batu Caves. Outside the Central Market, I
asked a policeman where Bus 11D leaves from
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See photographs from:
Indonesia Gallery
,
Malaysia Gallery
,
Saint Helena Gallery
,
Singapore Gallery
,
South Africa Gallery
