Day 22 - Jamestown, St Helena
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I was in the group who
wanted to "experience the beauty of Jamestown and St
Helena by themselves". I also wanted to get access
to the internet again and catch up with the wider world.
Although internet access was available on the ship, the
cost was exhorbitant... 300 Euros for 1GB of data! In all
of my travels, I have never had to pay anything like that.
Some people just went without, but I wasn't prepared to
do that. I was, however, extremely careful with my usage.
I set off after breakfast, taking the shuttle Zodiac across
to the island. |
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The yacht club looked
like it had potential to be a nice place to sit and enjoy
the view, but being early on a Monday morning, it was closed.
Come to think of it, I don't recall it being open when we
went passed it yesterday. |
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Java sparrow |
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Leaving
the port area, this is the gateway to Jamestown. |
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The bottom of Jacob's
Ladder. We saw it from the top yesterday. We'd heard reports
that it was supposed to have re-opened today, but clearly
this wasn't the case. |
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I mooched
somewhat aimlessly, but liked the look of the town. |
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One of two hotels that
I saw in the town. One my fellow passengers, who was concluding
his voyage here, told me that he had booked a room here
and that it wasn't cheap. There is only one flight off the
island each week, so he needed to stay for four nights. |
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This is what I was looking
for. How and where to access the internet, including the
cost. Not cheap compared to what we might pay at home, but
ultra-cheap compared to the ship! |
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This
was one of the WiFi hotspots... |
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...and
it didn't take me long to connect (and to enjoy a drink and a snack
at the same time). |
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An hour
later and now fully back in touch with the outside world, I continued
exploring. |
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Common
myna. |
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Leaving
the town via the same gate that I came in... |
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...I
went back to the ship for a late lunch. |
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As seen from the ship,
this is the jetty at Rupert's Bay (known locally as Ruperts).
It is in a valley to the left of the Jamestown valley. It
was intended to allow cargo ships to offload material for
the building of the airport, but for various reasons it
wasn't completed in time and the material was offloaded
by smaller ships and taken to Jamestown. I didn't see any
cargo ships while we were there, but I assume that it is
actually in use. |
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Edit and Gregor went on
the distillery tour. I decided to go back into town in the
late afternoon for another stroll. My departure was delayed
slightly at the shell door because some fish was being brought
on board. I was reliably informed that the fish was called
"wahoo". (We got to taste it the following evening...
picture at the bottom of tomorrow's page). |
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On the
way back I met Edith and Gregor, who had finished their distillery
tour. |
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I gave
both the boat tour and the snorkelling a miss! |
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Deepwater Titan is descibed
as an "ultra-deepwater dual-activity drillship".
I have no idea why it was here, but it certainly was an
impressive sight. |
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