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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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I just
went on my way.
Finding myself back near Adderly & Strand, I bought another R0.85c/US11c
soft-serve cone from Hungry Lion before walking over to the large Cape Town
station. Here on the roof of the station (near the kombi/minivan ranks), a
large outdoor marketplace was in full swing, with dozens of stalls selling
everything from T-shirts to toothpaste. Browsing but not really needing
anything, I soon made my way into the nearby GAME store (located in the
Grand Central complex near the station). GAME is one of the better stores
in South Africa, selling everything from electronics to food to hardware at
a very reasonable price. There, Kodak disposable cameras with flash were
only R59.99/US$8 (the cheapest in Cape Town), but I decided to wait for a
Fuji disposable instead. Even with the wonderful exchange rate and a
discount store such as GAME, electronics in South Africa were still much
more expensive than in the States. To give you an idea of such prices, GAME
was selling the same Chinese-made Orion DVD player that both Target and
WalMart had put on sale for US$89 in the States the previous month -- but
even at one of the cheapest stores in the country, the price was still
R1,899/US$253.20. GAME also had the Sony PlayStation 2 in stock (it was the
first time I physically saw one, for in the US it had been in short supply
in the stores and was a popular item up on Ebay) -- but not only was it 220V
and PAL (the South African TV standard), but it cost R4,999/US$666.53.
From GAME I walked to the garment district (around Corporation and
Barrack Streets) to look for some cheap clothes. The two places I mentioned
in last year's African Travelogue are still here selling clothes at very
cheap prices, but nothing there caught my eye this time. However, in the
same area is also Li's Clothing (29-31 Buitenkant
...
See photographs from:
Indonesia Gallery
,
Malaysia Gallery
,
Saint Helena Gallery
,
Singapore Gallery
,
South Africa Gallery
