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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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in Singapore -- so I decided to try it for just a short distance (it
was on this walk home that I noticed the only grafitti I saw in Singapore,
in a temporary pedestrian walkway in a construction area).
Walking into the Dhoby Ghant Station, the automated ticket machines were
easy to figure out, and I wound up buying 3 S$0.80/US47c tickets (keeping 2
as souvenirs, as your ticket is eaten/recycled once used). For those
planning on using the MRT a lot, there's an all-day pass offered -- but as I
prefer walking, I never saw the need to buy one myself (the special
multi-trip tourist ticket costs S$7). The MRT is quite nice and extremely
clean (with air-conditioning and hard seats), and at most underground
station stops (unlike the elevated outside ones) the tracks are sealed off
behind glass doors which remain shut until a train arrives (both for safety
and to cut down on noise -- with the tracks sealed off, the approaching
train almost can't be heard). The MRT doesn't operate 24 hours though, and
shuts down at midnight.
Returning back to the hotel after stopping at a mini-mart for some cans
of soda water, I paid for two nights worth of accomodation and told the old
Chinese man that I'd probably be spending two more nights -- but would let
him know for sure by tomorrow morning (I would take the ferry to Indonesia
tomorrow, but wasn't sure if I'd spend the night there or not). Going
upstairs to write in my journal, I noticed the space of about 2 inches at
the edge of the wall connecting my bathroom to the room next door (meaning
any smoke, talking, or noise would come right in).
While picking up messages earlier in the day, I received a work call for
next week... having to wait until midnight though (when it would be 8:00am
in California), I finally went to use the phone outside the hotel door to
confirm
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See photographs from:
Indonesia Gallery
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Malaysia Gallery
,
Saint Helena Gallery
,
Singapore Gallery
,
South Africa Gallery
