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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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was in town and find out where the ship was docked:
it was to arrive in at "J Berth" of Duncan Docks later today, and
embarkation would begin at 11:00am on Saturday. Duncan Docks is the "real"
dock area of Cape Town, down from the artificial made-for-tourists V&A (from
where only pleasure cruises and the Robben Island ferry depart). Deciding
to find the ship and have an early look at it (and get a heads up for
Saturday), I asked around at the V&A on how to get to Duncan Docks -- but
almost no one there could give me directions, as it's not a place that
concerns most tourists. Duncan Docks is part of the large Cape Town docks
area neighboring the V&A, but is a world apart in both appearance and
functionality. Its entrance is at the CalTex station just outside the V&A's
gate, and once inside this industrial area, it's very easy to get lost, as
there are no signs or directions to tell you where the various berths are
located. With only some general directions, I tried in vain a few times to
locate the RMS, but as it took quite a while to walk the long distances with
each try, I finally decided to give up for the time being and try again
later.
Heading downtown, I stopped at the Hungry Lion on Adderly Street for an
R0.85/US11c soft-serve cone (McDonald's nearby was asking R0.99 for their
cones), and just as I had done a year earlier, spent some time looking
inside Woolworths, Edgars, and the other shops along Adderly Street.
Woolworths was expensive, and though Edgars did have a nice polo shirt for
R59/US$7.87, its sleeves were too long. Walking into the Golden Acre
Centre, I ordered an egg-toast sandwich for takeaway (R11/US$1.47) from a
small snack shop near Wimpy's before looking around at some of the shops
inside. Walking around a bit more, I was surprised at how quiet Greenmarket
Square was today,
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See photographs from:
Indonesia Gallery
,
Malaysia Gallery
,
Saint Helena Gallery
,
Singapore Gallery
,
South Africa Gallery
