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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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as food -- or even once, a live chicken). As
well, Nigel once worked with the BBC on Ascension, but he is now a fixture
on board the RMS, and only occasionally takes time off to stay at his house
in the Longwood area (what he calls the "Beverly Hills of St. Helena").
From Nigel, I heard many interesting bits of information about his island...
While there is a judicial system for smaller crimes on St. Helena,
there's also a travelling judge from the UK who visits the island from time
to time. If the alleged crime is serious enough, the accused is held in
jail -- but if not he's free until the judge comes, though there's rarely
any serious crime on the island (in the 1980s there were two murders -- one
when a man stabbed his wife, and another when a policeman was shot -- but
these are extremely rare, and both perpetrators are in prison in the UK).
Prisoners are often allowed to leave jail and mingle with the community, but
as Nigel put it, the real punishment for the prisoner and his family is the
stigma of having been convicted, as St. Helena is a very close-knit island,
and everyone knows everything about each other. Nigel mentioned that an
ex-prisoner once told him "I've served my time, but this (all of St. Helena)
is still my prison." Someone with a criminal record is usually not allowed
to go overseas (meaning no employment on Ascension), though one's record is
expunged after seven years of good behavior. With a large alcoholism
problem on the island, most crime tends to be petty (for instance, beer
might be stolen, but the money in the till won't be touched). Castle Beer
is one of the island's biggest imports, and marijuana is sometimes grown on
the island (illegally).
Though many people think that the Governor of St. Helena should be a
Saint (not a Brit appointed from the UK), Nigel agreed with the
...
See photographs from:
Indonesia Gallery
,
Malaysia Gallery
,
Saint Helena Gallery
,
Singapore Gallery
,
South Africa Gallery
