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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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ordered a Schweppes
Bitter Lemon -- one of my favorite soft drinks, which isn't sold in the
US). When lunch was finished, we took shelter inside another overpriced
gift shop as heavy rain suddenly began to fall. Boarding the bus a few
minutes later, the rain continued as we left Cape Point, but at least it
waited until we were ready to leave.
Back on the bus, I noticed the indelible paint on James' thumb (the sign
that he had voted in South Africa's recent elections) -- and even though it
had been over a month now, the mark was still visible. While driving back
into town the rain turned to drizzle again, and by 4:00pm, we were back at
the ship.
This morning we had been told that as repairs were only expected to take
a few hours, we should all be on board the ship by 5:00pm for a 6:00pm
departure. However upon returning back, we found that this wasn't to be:
the ship was still broken, and we were now being assured of an 8:00am
departure tomorrow morning. Many of us doubted this information for a few
reasons: first, some of the passengers had heard from the crew that the
Captain prefers to leave during the day rather than at night (so as to give
passengers a chance to get used to the water during daylight hours) -- and
those of us who were hoping to be at sea for New Years Eve were pretty mad
if indeed the engines were already fixed and the only reason we weren't
leaving tonight was so people could adjust to the sea better. The other
reason the information sounded fishy was the thought that technicians in
South Africa wouldn't be out working on a Sunday night that also happened to
be New Years Eve as well. With no say in the matter though, we all resigned
ourselves to the fact that our true Millennium New Years 2001 would be
anything but stellar: the planned New Years dance (at 10:30pm) was still
scheduled,
...
See photographs from:
Indonesia Gallery
,
Malaysia Gallery
,
Saint Helena Gallery
,
Singapore Gallery
,
South Africa Gallery
