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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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chatting with Kritz over a nice
breakfast, I left at 9:00am to walk into town, stopping first at the Gardens
Centre for a look around. There in a stationary store, I bought a lotto
ticket for R2/US27c (I didn't win), and inside Clicks (a general
drug/sundries store that's part of the Pick 'N Pay chain), I bought a cheap
Philishave 30 battery-operated travel shaver on sale for R99/US$13.20. As
the camera store in the Centre was asking an incredible R85/US$11.33 for a
disposable camera with flash, I passed on that, but did pick up a nail
clipper at the pharmacy.
Leaving the Gardens Centre, I backtracked a bit to walk over to Kloof
Street. The map I had showed that the small residential street I was on
would intersect and connect with the street I was trying to reach, and
though it did for pedestrians (after walking up some steps), if I was
driving a car, I would have come to a dead end.
Walking down Kloof Street, I noticed the listings in a reality office
window: homes in this area typically ranged from US$100,000-US$150,000 --
though one was going for a hefty US$433,000. On the other side of the
street was a shop called "Melissa's: The Food Store", which was much like a
California "Trader Joes" only on a smaller scale (I bought a brownie before
continuing my walk down the street).
After a while, Kloof St. turns into Long Street, and while passing a
travel agency, noticed a sign in its window advertising an internet
connection for R0.40/min -- but going in and using the service for only 5
minutes, I was charged R5 (a minimum perhaps? It wasn't mentioned on the
sign). With the lady busy helping another client, I figured it wasn't worth
the time to wait and ask about the R3/US40c difference (especially as most
of the other internet cafes in the area were asking R0.50/minute), so
...
See photographs from:
Indonesia Gallery
,
Malaysia Gallery
,
Saint Helena Gallery
,
Singapore Gallery
,
South Africa Gallery
