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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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Kelso) as well as running the island's
fish-processing plant where the crayfish is frozen and boxed... though they
are paying for the satellite TV project, Governor Hollamby earlier suggested
that they're doing it out of their own self-interest, as they're on year 4
of a 5 year contract, with the license granting them exclusive rights to
fish off of Tristan up for renewal next year... though Andre didn't know
offhand how much his company pays the Tristan Government for the rights to
fish in their waters, he did say that as well as paying the government, they
also pay the fishermans' wages -- a monthly flat rate plus commission on
fish caught. They also operate the 3 diesel generators which supply power
to the island, and while each house used to receive only 5W of power, it's
now 15W per house -- with the power staying on from 6:00am to midnight now
(the government pays for the electricity and distributes it to the people,
who pay the government for it)... there are no real phones on the island (on
a settlement so small, why would you need any? You can just walk to all
your fellow islanders) -- and as Tristan has no country code, the company's
telephone number is an INMARSAT "871" satellite number. If people on the
island wish to make a telephone call, they can go to the radio-phone
operator (with a radio link to South Africa), though they now have the
option of a more-expensive (but better quality) satellite call... a dentist
visits the island once each year... and Ovenstone expects to have 100 tons
of crayfish on the Edinburgh when it next leaves Tristan.
Staying up on the bridge after Andre left, I spoke a bit more with
Jolene... as it began to get dark, a deckhand (Jolene's cousin) came up to
practice his manual steering on the bridge (he was in training). Turning
off the autopilot and trying to keep
...
See photographs from:
Indonesia Gallery
,
Malaysia Gallery
,
Saint Helena Gallery
,
Singapore Gallery
,
South Africa Gallery
