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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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/>off-brand labelled "Lens Made in Japan", but probably assembled in Hong
Kong) which the guy said he'd sell for RM580/US$152.63, giving me a
"discount" off the "marked" price of RM690. As I had left my camera back at
the hotel, I told him I'd return tomorrow with the camera to try it out, and
asked him to write the price on his business card and give me directions to
the food-stalls.
Turning down a side street I finally came to the hawker stalls my sister
had recommended: they congregate right by the large Sunway Hotel, but note
that all the stalls here are Chinese. I tried some Chee Cheong Fun (large
rice noodles with plum and chili sauce, RM1.20/US32c for a small -- one of
my favorite snacks and very similar to the Dug Poki I had in Korea two years
earlier) and Chiou Koay Teow (very good fried noodles with sprouts, shrimp,
and beef -- normally RM2.50, but RM3/US79c with egg), before ordering more
Chee Cheong Fun from another vendor. There were also tables selling bootleg
VCDs for RM6/US1.58, and Penang turned out to be the cheapest place in
Malaysia to find not only VCDs but software CD-ROMs was well.
Walking back to the hotel, most of the shops along Jalan Penang were
closed already, though I did find a nice embroidered T-shirt for
RM11.90/US$3.13 in a general discount store (not bad, but I later found the
same shirt elsewhere for RM8). I then headed down Kimberly Street in hopes
of finding some Malay food stalls, but even here they were all Chinese.
After buying a doughnut for RM0.60/US16c, I saw a table selling not only
VCDs but DVDs as well: the DVD selection wasn't anywhere near as good as the
VCDs, but they did have Fantasia 2000 on an all-region DVD. Though the lady
at the table had a VCD player and TV, there was no DVD player to demonstrate
the disc on -- but taking a chance, I decided to buy it (more
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See photographs from:
Indonesia Gallery
,
Malaysia Gallery
,
Saint Helena Gallery
,
Singapore Gallery
,
South Africa Gallery
