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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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to reserve the only
2-person cabin with a porthole (C49) for three of the four segments I'd be
on board, but would have to move to a cabin without a porthole for the St.
Helena -> Cape Town segment.
A bit of information on the RMS St. Helena: the current vessel to carry
the name was built in Scotland in 1989 specifically to replace the "old" RMS
(which had been a mail ship converted to a passenger liner), with the
purpose of supplying the South Atlantic island of St. Helena with
transportation, cargo, and mail (RMS = Royal Mail Ship). The bulk of the
RMS' sailings consist of routes between Cape Town, St. Helena, Ascension
Island, and back to the UK (Cardiff, Wales) -- though once a year there's a
Cape Town -> Tristan da Cunha sailing as well. The length of the ship is
105m, though I was told by crew members on more than one occasion that it
was originally meant to be 50m longer, as the shorter size makes it rock
more in rough seas. The ship does have two stabilizers though, and they
help smooth out the ride considerably. The RMS carries a crew of 56, and can
hold 128 passengers (though most segments had about 95 passengers, as some
people prefer to book private cabins for themselves at a higher cost).
The bottom deck of the ship is "C-deck" (where I was staying). This is
the level with both the galley and the budget cabins (for 2 or 4 people),
though to get from the C-deck cabins to the galley, you must first walk up
the stairs to B-deck, go to the other side of the ship, then walk down
another flight of stairs. There is one lift on board the ship between A, B,
and the galley side of C deck, but as there's little other exercise
available on board, I soon found all the stair-climbing a plus. The cabins
on C-deck are of the bunk-bed variety (one on top of the other), and while
some 4-person cabins have portholes,
...
See photographs from:
Indonesia Gallery
,
Malaysia Gallery
,
Saint Helena Gallery
,
Singapore Gallery
,
South Africa Gallery
