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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 road was expertly finished, and the group
were hastily employed on the Septic tank..."
"Tristan's First Dual Carriageway!: A black-spot area was identified on
the road out to the Patches -- the answer has been to build a short dual
carriageway area leading the increasing number of cars separately away from
the danger area. Again, due to the increase in traffic flow (both private
and island equipment) several other danger areas were identified and
"sleeping policemen" [speed bumps] have been built and safety barriers
installed, particularly where children may be in danger."
"A New Hat For Hadmin!: There was a serious danger of the Hadmin being
washed away, and several key offices were flooded badly during one of the
wettest periods for many years. So it was decided to re-roof the Admin.
building before further destruction occured. Fortunately, a couple of dry
days allowed the reroofing to be completed in record time -- in the nick of
time, as since then, the roof has been well and truly tested!"
"Island Store -- 'Canteen': I am sure Christopher Beadle of BESO who came
to the Island last year to advise on some organisational revamping of the
store will be pleased to hear that two new display cabinet fridges have been
installed, which have prolonged the life of our last order of fruit as well
as improving the display of the chilled goods -- and a space to chill our
cool drinks for those hot summer days. A large freezer room using
environmentally-friendly gas has also just been built with a capacity of
3557cu ft..."
"Welcome Back!: Samantha Green, Leon Glass, and Warren Glass returned
from their two years of education overseas. Samantha and Warren studied
their GCSEs in St. Helena, and Leon was accepted at Denstone College in the
UK. Samantha is now Cashier in the Treasury Department, Warren
...
See photographs from:
Indonesia Gallery
,
Malaysia Gallery
,
Saint Helena Gallery
,
Singapore Gallery
,
South Africa Gallery
