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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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used. Looking at some of the dates on the tombstones,
the fellow at the cafe was certainly correct: Tristanians definitely live
long lives (1902-1996, 1922-1999, 1899-1994, 1902-1993, etc). In the old
cemetery is the grave of William Glass (founder of the settlement), and his
tombstone reads: William Glass, born at Kelso, Scotland, the founder of this
settlement of Tristan da Cunha, in which he resided 37 years and fell asleep
to Jesus Nov. 21, 1853, aged 67 years."
Walking with Udo towards the volcano mound near the hillside, I noticed
the Tristan water pumping station in the distance. Deciding to rest on the
hillside for about 20 minutes, I sat down to write a bit in my journal while
Udo went climbing higher up in the hills. There was a nice view of the
settlement, but cow dung was everywhere, as any available space is used for
grazing. Though cloudy, the weather was warm, and the sun had began to come
out a little.
When finished with my journal I walked down to have a look at the volcano
mound... Tristan is volcanic, but when the volcano erupted in 1961, it
wasn't the main cone which blew, but a new, small offshoot which formed next
to the settlement (a small mound, really). Being so close, the old fish
factory and some nearby homes were destroyed, and with little flat, livable
land on the island, it took away precious space (other than the small
settlement area and the nearby potato patches, the island is basically just
the cone of the main volcano).
Climbing up on the mound (now just a pile of large, black volcanic rocks)
there was a great view of the entire settlement of Edinburgh spread out in
front -- as well as a view of the island trash dump behind me. While there,
I ran into Susan and some other RMS passengers who were being shown around
by Hanny (pronounced "Honey"), an interesting lady originally from Germany
...
See photographs from:
Indonesia Gallery
,
Malaysia Gallery
,
Saint Helena Gallery
,
Singapore Gallery
,
South Africa Gallery
