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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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/>I wound up paying another RM2 for the RM1.60 fare). On the trip out to the
caves, some of the areas we passed closer to town looked pretty interesting,
so on the way back, I decided to get off early and explore the last leg of
the trip on foot.
Leaving the bus quite a bit earlier, I started walking back to the center
of town along Jalan Ipoh... there were no tourists here -- just lots of
everyday businesses and shops, including an area full of house and bath
supply shops (selling tile, sinks, fixtues, etc). Noticing a McDonald's
across the street, I jaywalked across busy Jalan Ipoh to buy a soft-serve
cone only to find out it was probably the only McDonald's in all of Malaysia
that didn't sell ice-cream.
After walking for quite a while, I finally came to Jalan Raja Laut, and
continued down the street to the center of town. Jalan Raja Laut has a lot
of interesting, inexpensive shops on it: one store selling watches as cheap
as RM9.95/US$2.62 also had good prices on Chinese electronics and household
items... across the street and just a bit further down were two wholesale
watch shops where you could buy low-cost watches (single or bulk) quite
reasonably cheap... passing the "Bestel" Hotel (where rooms were RM75), a
sign on the door said "NO DURIANS, RM1,000 FINE"... further down Jalan Raja
Laut was an inexpensive food and clothing shop selling nice polo shirts for
RM16.80/US$4.42, and though I didn't buy anything, the items here were much
cheaper than at other places.
Heading south back to the center of KL, Jalan Raja Laut becomes boring
once you reach Jalan Sultan Ismail, but I continued walking until arriving
at Sogo. There I found more Shige Kicks for sale (at RM5.20/US$1.37 for all
flavors), and picked up a few. In the basement food area I bought two
McDonald's chocolate soft-serve cones,
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See photographs from:
Indonesia Gallery
,
Malaysia Gallery
,
Saint Helena Gallery
,
Singapore Gallery
,
South Africa Gallery
