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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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/>movies -- including an interesting Japanese one called "Space Travellers",
about three guys robbing a bank who borrow names from a ficticious anime
series (many of the bank employees and customers wind up joining them in the
charade, though in the end it eventually goes bad). At 5:00am local time we
landed in Osaka to refuel for 70 minutes, and as we left to continue onto
Taipei, the horizon was just starting to show some light.
2hrs 45mins later in Taipei, we were allowed to disembark the plane and
walk around the airport for an hour. At the duty-free shop, I bought a
telephone card (US$3.50) to make some quick calls home and a Coke (US$2) and
slice of cake at the restaurant. After an hour it was time to re-board the
aircraft, though once onboard there was an hour delay, as the bags of two
passengers who didn't return had to be found and removed.
The flight from Taipei to Kuala Lumpur was an additional 4hrs 20mins, but
during the flight I had a chance to peruse a local KL newspaper... some of
the stories making news: it's now the Hari Raya period (the end of Ramadan
when many people take a holiday), and an article urged people leaving the
city to visit their hometowns to secure their homes against theft... in
recent school tests, English proficiency has gone down (Malay is the
country's official language), and another article urged readers using ATMs
to keep alert for people wearing helmets nearby, as there has been a lot of
ATM crime with robbers getting away on motorbikes...
Finally landing at KLIA airport in Malaysia, I approached the 24hr
tourist information counter for some maps and information, and received the
first taste of Malaysia's cold-shoulder attitude from the two Tourism
Malaysia ladies (wearing traditional Muslim scarves) behind the counter.
This cold shoulder was surprisingly consistant
...
See photographs from:
Indonesia Gallery
,
Malaysia Gallery
,
Saint Helena Gallery
,
Singapore Gallery
,
South Africa Gallery
