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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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one side of the area to the other, but the views
from the famous road make it one of the Cape's premiere tourist
attractions. One idea suggested for raising the necessary repair funds was
charging a tax for the road -- but to date, the status of Chapman's Peak has
remained in limbo, with no firm plan on what will be done with it. Driving
up as far as we could (at which point the road is blocked), I got out to
take some pictures... looking past the roadblock, you can see the potholes,
mudslides, and severe deterioration of the closed road, but from the lookout
the view was spectacular, and I'm sorry I missed taking the drive last year
before the road was closed.
Driving back into town via Consentia Valley, Noordhoek and Fish Hoek, I
recognized the area as the same that Francois had shown me last year -- but
this time, I was finally able to have an idea of the Cape's layout in my
head. In the car, Judith and I had some good conversations as she shared
with me her views on the current state of South Africa: her view of the ANC
is that it's bad to have a one-party political system, as it only invites
corruption (currently the ANC has a virtual lock on political power in the
country), and mentioned that unlike other countries, you don't actually vote
for a particular person in South Africa -- you vote for their party.
Earlier in the day when Kritz was telling me about the election, he showed
me his thumb -- marked with a special paint that cannot easily be removed
(to show that someone has voted), and weeks later, I'd still see people
walking around with paint marks on their thumbs. Judith commented on
everything from affirmative action (feeling people are given jobs in which
they have no idea what they're doing) to how small and useless the
government retirement scheme in the country is, to how expensive it
...
See photographs from:
Indonesia Gallery
,
Malaysia Gallery
,
Saint Helena Gallery
,
Singapore Gallery
,
South Africa Gallery
