Pretty much in the middle of nowhere in the
South Atlantic Ocean. Closest anything is Ascension Island, ca 700 nautical
miles away. Population: 4000. The telephone numbers and car license
plates have four digits. No airport, no ATMs, no mobile phones. One supply/passenger ship which comes from South Africa once per month (well it
stops again on the way back from Ascension Island, but not with any new
supplies). One town—Jamestown. The
island looks very barren from sea, but the interior is green if not exactly
lush. It is most famous probably because Napoleon spent his last several years
here as a prisoner. He was buried here, but his body was moved to France 19 or
so years after his burial. Folks are friendly. Everyone waves when they drive
by and say hello if they’re walking. It's British territory, but the people generally look some indeterminate mixture of Indian, African, and European ancestry.
Sorry, I think the link to the photos in the last post was kaput. I have hopefully fixed it now. The problem seems to be that the default setting in Google photos is that only I can see the albums. So here they are hopefully.
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