Taken in West Papua
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Wilsons Bird of Paradise
Rain forests, I love 'em
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A couple more from the same trip
Magnificent Bird of Paradise
and, the locals who looked after us at one of the jungle camps, saying goodbye to Lou. Truly beautiful people
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Fantastic 
The Wilson’s Bird of Paradise looks like something from a video game.
Yeah, two hours sitting silent and motionless and in the dark - pre-dawn - waiting for it to show at its display site.
Worth it though 
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Fantastic that you got so close Paul. I’ve only ever seen them at a distance from the Cape of Good Hope.
From our ship. (stock photo)
Is that a survey vessel? Sorry, I’ve forgotten what you do/did for a living, are you a sciencey thingy?
Haha, no. It was a birding trip to Falklands, South Georgia and Antarctica. Purely pleasure!
IIRC the ship is an ex USSR survey ship, built in Finland and later bought to serve as a small scale cruise ship in the Southern Ocean. Quark Expeditions chartered the ship for the trip.
Very informal and no frills. Fantastic though!
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I see they still run the same trip
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Riva Aquarama Lamborghini…
With twin Lambo V12s…
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Just seen this set Paul.
What a totally amazing, once in a lifetime trip. Love it !
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I saw one in Montenegro last year, a thing of true beauty.
I don’t normally get excited by boats but this one gives me a proper hard-on. Waterborne Viagra 
I saw one pootling round Benalmedina marina one year with a chap my kind of age at the helm. As for the two lovely bikini clad young ladies on the foredeck, I can only assume they were his daughters.
Yes. Very likely
Amazing poster for the 1967 Baltic States Friendship Tour by Waldemar Świerzy.
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