St. Helena
WOOHOO!! Yes! BRING IT ON!
We finally arrived
in St. Helena: the island in the middle of nowhere!
When
we were coming in, we were awestruck by the volcanic beauty of the actual
island! Especially the evening light, which
was giving a very astonishing glow to the island itself!
We arrived in Jamestown in the early evening. Most of our yacht friends
were already there to greet us in the port, but as it was getting late, we
couldn’t go into town.
However, the very next day, we went out to visit the town which was very
easy (as it is home to only 840 people!) and see most of the sites in
Jamestown.
Even though the whole village/town is tiny, I really love all of it! I
think it is a beautiful little town that actually could win some competitions
under the title of “the smallest”.
Over the course of the next three days we managed to go up the 699 steps
(known as the Jacobs Ladder, which I later slid down), go to the fascinating
historical St. Helena Museum, go on a van tour and see Napoleon’s houses and
the oldest living animal to roam the planet (a tortoise named Jonathan who is
180 years of age) and go on a snorkeling trip to a mini island not far from St.
Helena itself. Jolly Good! Don’t you
think that in those days we managed to do a lot of stuff? Those were probably
the days were we managed to do the most touristic things in a long time!
Soon we were able to do one of the things I really wanted to do: do a
hike! Except I wasn’t even half ready to go: you see, after spending 13 days on
a boat you can’t really go out and do a 10km hike just like that. You
have to be PREPARED!!!! So, yes. For about 3k, I hitched a ride on a random car
and crossed the finish line just like a hero! Well, the other members of my
family did not really think so.
Hello from a very chilly Wimbledon...we enjoyed reading about St Helena, we went to Apsley House today which is the Duke of Wellington's house in London if you didn't know. Lots of portraits of Napoleon there.
Loved the tortoise Jonathan.
Take care, X Sophie, Seb, Cic & Tilda