[Leica] More on Kiribati . . .

[bruce at ralgo.nl (bruce)]

Naw ............. I'll run the bar ............ staffed by delectable  
local creatures (female) ............ as long as they're not like  
those from Fiji.

B.

On 30-mrt-2006, at 22:38, Benjamin Marks wrote:

> I couldn't help noticing tha National Georgraphic reports the  
> following:
>
> The Republic of Kiribati in the South Pacific has designated an  
> enormous
> swath of Pacific atolls, coral reefs, and deep ocean to become one  
> of the
> world's largest marine reserves. The Phoenix Islands Protected Area
> safeguards some of the planet's most pristine coral reef  
> ecosystems. The new
> marine park is the world's third largest, topped only by  
> Australia's Great
> Barrier Reef and the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands.  The protected  
> region
> spans some 73,800 square miles (184,700 square kilometers)?a  
> stretch of
> ocean twice the size of Portugal?and includes eight virtually  
> uninhabited
> coral atolls.
>
> Underwater housings anyone?
>
> Ben
>
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