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Poiuyt

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11. I was there in the 1970s

Reply to PupCamo (Original post)

Sun Jun 16, 2019, 10:48 PM

Jun 2019

The place was pretty pristine back then. I understand that tourism has hurt much of the island, but there's no doubt that having military planes flying in and out will damage the fragile ecosystem.

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