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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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(many advertising
special Christmas Eve dinners). As well, plenty of local young Malaysians
were busy shopping and hanging out, with the streets quite crowded. At one
outdoor restaurant, employees wearing Santa hats were listening intently to
their boss give them instructions, and the stores along the street were full
of Christmas decorations and sale banners, even though Malaysia is
predominantly a Muslim country. Walking into the Marriot, I tried to take
the elevator up for a look at the street below, but as a key-card is
required past the 6F, I decided the view wouldn't be worth any further
effort. Besides the area's fancier restaurants, there are more modest
choices as well (from KFC to the food courts in the large malls, where
chicken & rice was going for RM3.80/US$1), but I opted to wait for the Jalan
Alor food stalls to open, as such stalls usually have better food.
In the area are some large shopping malls, including BB Plaza and Lot 10,
as well as plenty of smaller choices. There are a couple of "factory
outlet" shops selling apparel overruns, though their prices are pretty much
the same as what you'd pay in the US for such items (in fact, many of the
clothes carried Mervyns and GAP labels on them).
While apparel is no cheaper than low-cost shops in the US (and more
expensive than neighboring Singapore), the one area where Malaysia is a
shopper's paradise is in the bootleg intellectual property arena: pirate
music CDs, Video CDs (VCDs), DVDs, and computer CD-ROMs are everywhere --
not just at the outside markets, but in bright, well-lit shops in the large
shopping complexes all over the country (VCD -- or "Video Compact Disc" is a
common video format in Asia which uses older MPEG-1 technology for a picture
quality about the same as VHS tape. Though the format is not popular in the
US, many DVD players
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See photographs from:
Indonesia Gallery
,
Malaysia Gallery
,
Saint Helena Gallery
,
Singapore Gallery
,
South Africa Gallery
