Log in
Join travelers community
Your Profile
Logout
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
Displayed times (last time: )
it can be refreshing in warm weather, don't expect to swim laps,
as it's quite small (it actually uses filtered sea water, though you
wouldn't know it from swimming in it). There are some crew accomodations on
all levels except for A-deck, as well as cabins set aside for clergy
("purple patch") and students when they travel on board.
Above and looking down onto the sun deck is a small balcony with chairs
and a table, though the "covering" lets the sun through and it's quite easy
to get burnt, as the tables there have no umbrellas like the ones out on the
sun deck. Further up is the funnel deck, where the base of the ship's
yellow funnel is located. The back of this deck is used for games such as
deck quoits, with the front being where the ship's bridge is (shuffleboard
and cricket are played down below on the sun deck).
The RMS keeps an "open bridge" policy, meaning that anyone is free to
enter and walk around on the bridge at just about any time (unless there's
an emergency or special meeting going on). Though this policy is probably a
bit of a burden on the officers, it does make the sailing quite a bit more
interesting for the passengers, and I think perhaps some of the officers
actually do welcome it at times (as the norm is to have only one officer on
duty at a time on the bridge, and it can get quite lonely on some shifts...
I wound up spending a lot of time talking to some of the officers up on the
bridge throughout the two sailings).
The RMS St. Helena is described as a "luxury cargo liner" -- a working
cruise ship, and while I had never been on a cruise ship before, I can tell
you that it's definitely not the QE2. On some levels, I'd describe the RMS
as a "Motel 6" cruise ship -- but that's not quite accurate, as the RMS is
different than any other ship in the world. The vessel's
...
See photographs from:
Indonesia Gallery
,
Malaysia Gallery
,
Saint Helena Gallery
,
Singapore Gallery
,
South Africa Gallery
