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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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/>classwork for the rest of the day, and instead have an extended overnight
sail tomorrow. Anne-Sophie (a student from France staying on the boat who
spoke English quite well from having lived in the US) had been steering most
of the morning, but with Russell's OK, offered me control of the wheel for a
few minutes.
Back on land, we walked into the warm and dry restaurant at the Royal
Cape Yacht Club for a cheap lunch: R24/US$3.20 for "fettucine" (in reality,
just noodles & tomato sauce), though the hot chocolate (served in tall, thin
glasses) was excellent. Sitting around the table, we had a great
conversation about everything from electronics to the recent elections in
both South Africa and the US.
After lunch as Russell returned to teaching in the classroom, his wife
Judith came by to pick me up and show me around the Cape in her little 1984
Toyota Corolla. First we tried to stop at the V&A, as she needed to pick up
mail from her PO Box there -- but there were so many cars trying to get into
the complex that the wait would have easily been a half-hour just to reach
the parking lot. After about 15 minutes, she decided to try later in the
day, and made a U-turn before reaching the aquarium.
Judith spent the next few hours driving me through various areas of the
Cape, taking me through towns such as Sea Point, exclusive Clifton, Camp's
Bay and Haut Bay. Stopping for an ice-cream along the way, Judith pointed
out Chapman's Peak Drive from a distance before driving me as far as you can
currently go on it (6kms along a newly-paved stretch of road) -- the famous
drive was closed last year due to a rock fall, and the general deterioration
of the road coupled with a lack of funds for fixing it has kept it closed
and its future very much in doubt. It's a shame, as not only is it one of
the few ways to get from
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See photographs from:
Indonesia Gallery
,
Malaysia Gallery
,
Saint Helena Gallery
,
Singapore Gallery
,
South Africa Gallery
