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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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in understanding his English than
anything else, as he and his family turned out to be quite friendly. His
wife is a nurse, and their two pre-teen kids (daughter and son) were
extremely well-behaved. The doctor was looking forward to the assignment,
commenting that "it should be an adventure"... and when I later asked the
kids how they felt about spending a year on a remote island, they also said
they were looking forward to it -- though I wonder how much they'll miss
their friends and life at home. While there is a school on the island, the
mom told me she'd be home-schooling her kids instead with a Christian
method from the United States. The doc mentioned that while there are
usually 4-5 nurses on the island, 2 will shortly be leaving for 6 months,
and he heard one of the main problems with island medical care is that even
if the local nurses are trained in certain things, because of the small
island population, it may literally be years before they encounter a problem
once trained for -- and by the time it occurs years later, they'll have
forgotten what to do.
After sitting down to read a bit more and talk with Graham, I went to the
ship's store, as it would close at 5:00pm instead of 5:30pm today due to the
Captain's cocktail party. Inside, the store was now out of the gummy candy
I liked, as Carl reminded me that they don't stock up in Cape Town, but only
in the UK. Disappointed, I walked back outside to catch up on my journal
for a bit until it was time for the cocktail party.
At the cocktail party tonight I had a chance to speak with Bryan (the
current British Administrator on Tristan) and listen as he imparted some
information on the island to eager ears (something I'm sure he was quite
tired of doing, though he was kind enough never to show it): on Tristan
schooling is mandatory until age
...
See photographs from:
Indonesia Gallery
,
Malaysia Gallery
,
Saint Helena Gallery
,
Singapore Gallery
,
South Africa Gallery
