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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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the higher prices?) In the end, I opted against seeing a movie (missing
"Billy Elliot" being shown on board the ship as well).
As most of the V&A stores closed at 9:00pm, I decided to head back for
the ship at 9:20pm (I didn't even call Kritz to let him know I was back in
Cape Town because I had no idea how long the ship would be in port, and at
this point with everyone on board just starting to know each other, I didn't
want to be a stranger on the ship).
Walking through the dock area at night, I arrived back at the RMS too
late for dinner, but ran into some of the group down in the galley.
Grabbing some grapes, we talked for a bit until it was time for the staff to
clean up. At that point, I went outside onto the sun deck to write in my
journal, not going to sleep until 12:40am.
Dec. 31: Cape Town / RMS St. Helena [St. Helena Info]
I didn't sleep well last night -- though there was nothing wrong with the
cabin, it was disconcerting to sleep aboard a ship while motionless and
docked next to land. Shortly before 7:00am our cabin attendant Colin came
in to wake us up and bring tea or coffee (yesterday when he asked what I
preferred, I first said tea, but from this morning on, asked if he could
instead bring orange juice). Delivered each morning with the beverage is
the "Ocean Mail", the daily color injet-printed newspaper of the ship which
would list the day's planned activities along with any other important
information (a copy was also always posted up by the purser's bureau).
A normal galley breakfast on the RMS consists of a buffet table of fruit,
muffins, yoghurt, juices and cold cereal, as well as your choice of a hot
meal (oatmeal, toast, eggs, fish, etc). Uptairs in the sun lounge, the
light self-serve breakfast would typically include cake or muffins, as well
...
See photographs from:
Indonesia Gallery
,
Malaysia Gallery
,
Saint Helena Gallery
,
Singapore Gallery
,
South Africa Gallery
