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Dec 16, 2012 14:55:50   #
DannyJS Loc: St. Helena Island
 
Home - and on leave as of 12 noon today. It's starting to feel just great - after just over 2 hectic months at sea. Didn't have much time to use my D5100 but will post a few "sunsets at sea" pics plus one or two shots of Table Mountain (Capetown) soon.
Danny J.

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Dec 16, 2012 15:00:41   #
Nikonian72 Loc: Chico CA
 
In which city do you line on St. Helena Island? What type of ship at sea?

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Dec 16, 2012 15:27:42   #
DannyJS Loc: St. Helena Island
 
Hi Nikonian72
St. Helena is a small island; (population currently around 4,300). There are no cities, the capitol of the island is Jamestown. I work on a small passenger cargo ship - named the RMS St. Helena; (RMS standing for Royal Mail Ship) - perhaps the last of it's kind in service. It was built specifically to serve St. Helena; to get people & supplies on off the island as we, as yet do not have an airport, . . though construction on one has commenced - and will [hopefully be finished by 2016. Will post a few photos soon.
Regards,
Danny J.

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Dec 16, 2012 16:18:35   #
SharpShooter Loc: NorCal
 
Danny, welcome back to tera-firma. Happy shooting!

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Dec 16, 2012 16:20:54   #
farmerjim Loc: Rugby, England
 
Hi Danny, you must be the most isolated member of UHH! We'll have to start a topic and see if you are. Have you got any shots of life on board RMS St. Helena? I'm sure they'd make a great subject :thumbup: Post soon :)

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Dec 16, 2012 16:39:19   #
traveler90712 Loc: Lake Worth, Fl.
 
That is where Napoleon was exiled too, me thinks.
I do agree, you are the most remote UH member.
Welcome to the Hog!

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Dec 16, 2012 16:50:16   #
jerryc41 Loc: Catskill Mts of NY
 
traveler90712 wrote:
That is where Napoleon was exiled too, me thinks.
I do agree, you are the most remote UH member.
Welcome to the Hog!

Elba

"Able was I ere I saw Elba." Famous palindrome referring to Napoleopn's exile there.

Yes, he was exiled to St. Helena, after being exiled to Elba. A double exile. What a guy!

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Dec 16, 2012 16:59:55   #
TNmike Loc: NW TN
 
Hello Danny. I had never heard of St. Helena so did an internet search for info. St. Helena really has a very long and interesting history. I'm looking forward to more of your photo's from your Island. UHH is full of people from places I'll never get to visit so I always enjoy seeing photo's from around our globe. TNmike

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Dec 16, 2012 17:18:49   #
St3v3M Loc: 35,000 feet
 
I would love to see Table Mountain from sea.

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Dec 16, 2012 19:35:47   #
hangman45 Loc: Hueytown Alabama
 
St Helena was a big part of one of Clive Cussler's books can not remember the title because I have read so many of them.

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Dec 16, 2012 21:49:19   #
jerryc41 Loc: Catskill Mts of NY
 
hangman45 wrote:
St Helena was a big part of one of Clive Cussler's books can not remember the title because I have read so many of them.

How about Spartan Gold?

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Dec 16, 2012 21:51:13   #
hangman45 Loc: Hueytown Alabama
 
I think you might be right Jerry I have it here somewhere one of my favorite authors

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Dec 16, 2012 22:09:31   #
jerryc41 Loc: Catskill Mts of NY
 
hangman45 wrote:
I think you might be right Jerry I have it here somewhere one of my favorite authors

I used to buy them, but they were taking up space I could be using for camera equipment, so I donated them to the library. Then I started borrowing new ones from the library. I enjoyed reading them. They were amusing and entertaining, and I always waited for Cussler, like Alfred Hitchcock, to make a brief appearance.

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Dec 17, 2012 06:27:17   #
krispix Loc: London - UK
 
St3v3M wrote:
I would love to see Table Mountain from sea.


It is the best place to see this amazing mountain range from. If it works, the attached image was taken at dawn with a steam-power Nikon F in 1972



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Dec 17, 2012 06:30:29   #
jerryc41 Loc: Catskill Mts of NY
 
krispix wrote:
St3v3M wrote:
I would love to see Table Mountain from sea.


It is the best place to see this amazing mountain range from. If it works, the attached image was taken at dawn with a steam-power Nikon F in 1972

It's obvious how it got that name. I had never heard of it before.

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