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great-billed kingfisher (Pelargopsis melanorhynchus)



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Blog: Tangkoko National Park -- tarsier land
Date: July 11th 2009

My plane into Manado in the north of Sulawesi went via Makassar in the south. I was told I would just stay on board because there was no change-over but in Makassar everyone had to get off, go to the transfer desk, get a new ticket and then reboard exactly the same plane with the same air-hostesses. It was very strange, I’ve never come across that particular way of doing it before. In Manado I s ... read more


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