Before we can approach the islands, we have to allow the local pilot to board the ship. Only two of the islands allow visitors and at some times no visitors are allowed on the islands because of satellite launches occurring from the mainland. Royal Island has a station for tracking the missile launches.
In case you wondered, this is what the islands look like from space. Probably taken by one of the satellites that were launched nearby. (Thanks to Google satellite view.)
Watch the video below to see how the pilot gets onto the cruise ship.
I love Google images from above! The pics show some great perspectives!
Cool looking at it from space! How long does the taxi take to get to the islands?
I love looking at the view from the cameras they place near the wheels on planes.. and those are cool facts about the island that you mention…
I have only seen the wheel camera on a few of the planes that I have been on.