gularscute Posted September 10, 2006 Share Posted September 10, 2006 Does anyone here have connections with St Helena or know anything about the place? A friend is going there to work for a year and is wondering what to take that may be in short supply over there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fareast Posted September 10, 2006 Share Posted September 10, 2006 I once worked with a teacher who had taught there for a year , a few years ago . At that time the way he'd arrived was by ship from S. Africa . However , I believe there's been an airport built on the island pretty recently but I don't know what size aircraft it can cope with .So , maybe supplies have got more plentiful nowadays-----or at least quicker and more frequent ! I'm sorry he didn't tell me many details about the life-style . It's obviously a fairly quiet place but that's what the particular teacher was after anyway , so he enjoyed that aspect of it . Surprisingly , he said that although the students were more respectful than he knew them to be in Britain , they were , by no measure , Little Angels . At a guess , I'd say that if your friend is a keen reader , to take a good few books and perhaps order a year's Weekly Telegraph or Weekly Guardian or something like that ...........plus his or her favourite magazines .Even quite big places abroad often don't have a decent bookshop------I suppose they 're more for the Internet or the " telly " nowadays . Also , there's bound to be some info. either in the library or , indeed on the Internet , that'll no doubt , give a bit of help and advice . Bon Voyage anyway ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peterw Posted September 10, 2006 Share Posted September 10, 2006 Was there many many years ago. White sands and sunshine. Cost of living was low and still is, I hear. Was in the RN at the time and decided I’d retire there, but I’ve never really retired so no chance now. In those days they grew hemp and there was a rope factory — now long-gone. After the second world war the locals — beautiful, mild-mannered people — went back to supplying fresh foods to cruise ships which had to anchor off-shore. Boats went out to them. There was an American entrepreneur on the island who provided film shows via a 16-millimetre sound projector. Made a good living out of it, but at that time you could live well on a couple of quid a week. One thing that will not have changed is to see all the stars in the sky at night! On a beach of white sand — that’s heaven. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gularscute Posted September 11, 2006 Author Share Posted September 11, 2006 Thanks for the replies. Did you get to meet Jonathan the giant tortoise? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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