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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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Street -- look for the
blue entrance), where boxes full of polo shirts (without pockets) in various
colors were only R10/US$1.33 each. Buying myself a blue one, I left the
store and immediately stumbled upon the new site of the District Six Museum,
just a few doors down from Li's Clothing.
During the Township Tour of Cape Town I took last year, we visited the
museum at its temporary location in an old church a bit out of town... but
since then, it has moved to its current location in a newly rennovated
building right here in town. Even though I had seen the museum and many of
its exhibits last year, I spent time looking through it once again, as there
are some excellent new interactive exhibits. These exhibits are
wonderful... you approach a display focusing on music in District Six, and
music automatically begins playing... and there are museum docents walking
around eager to answer any questions you might have, or volunteer
information on what life was like in District Six before the area was
razed. Speaking to one of the docents, I found out there is an active
effort by the new government to try to return the land to those who once
lived there -- and if you can bring in proof that you lived in the area, you
could put in a claim for land. Entrance to the museum is free (with
donations gladly accepted), and it's a must for any visitor to Cape Town.
Making a quick stop at "Costaless" (19 Buitenkant Street), I picked up a
Cape Town souvenir T-shirt for R14.99/US$1.99 (quite a bit better than the
R130/US$17.33 the shops at the V&A were asking for souvenir T-shirts), and
picking up an egg & cheese sandwich at a nearby takeaway, I walked around
the area a bit more before returning back to Strand & Adderly. Once
downtown again, I decided to visit the nearby Castle, a landmark in Cape
Town -- and about the only
...
See photographs from:
Indonesia Gallery
,
Malaysia Gallery
,
Saint Helena Gallery
,
Singapore Gallery
,
South Africa Gallery
