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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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the journalists, satellite techs, etc.) -- but of course, the few
"normal" RMS passengers staying on the island weren't invited. I very much
wanted to attend this reception if for no other reason than it would be
interesting to see... Graham didn't mind, but of course I didn't have an
invitation.
Graham also mentioned he just saw a penguin out by the water where all
the large black volcanic rocks were -- so splitting up, I went to have a
look myself. Following his directions on where to turn off the dirt path, I
climbed over the large, loose rocks for quite a while trying to see the
shore below... but had no luck, and didn't see one penguin. Disappointed, I
finally started heading back... but coming down the dirt road from the other
direction was none other than the new doc and his two kids in the official
ambulance Land Rover, taking it out for a spin. When I told them I was
looking for penguins but couldn't find any, the doc said to hop in, as they
had seen them all over the dock area earlier, and would show me where they
were (at the fish factory before, I did try looking by the docks myself, but
didn't see any penguins). Giving me a lift, we stopped by the docks and
walked down, with the kids eagerly trying to find the penguins again for
me. Soon, the daughter found one hidden in the breakwater stones (next to a
discarded orange Fanta can), and another one nearby. Thanking the kids (as
well as the dad), we then split up, as they needed to get ready for the
reception, and I needed to walk back to the house.
It was now 5:30pm, and I wanted to shower and change out of my dusty
clothes. The RMS left for Inaccessible Island at 4:40pm, (it was to sail by
Inaccessible Island and anchor off it tonight -- something I'd miss, but was
happy to give up in order to spend more time on Tristan), and as I thought
...
See photographs from:
Indonesia Gallery
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Malaysia Gallery
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Saint Helena Gallery
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Singapore Gallery
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South Africa Gallery
