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Sailing to my islands

A Phinisi boat (right) with a 24-member expedition team is officially dispatched from the Losari beach in Makassar, South Sulawesi on Sunday to carry out a geographic and population survey on 28 outer islands in eastern Indonesia

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Mon, November 16, 2009 Published on Nov. 16, 2009 Published on 2009-11-16T12:18:11+07:00

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Sailing to my islands

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span class="caption">A Phinisi boat (right) with a 24-member expedition team is officially dispatched from the Losari beach in Makassar, South Sulawesi on Sunday to carry out a geographic and population survey on 28 outer islands in eastern Indonesia. The expedition will last for four months and cover a sailing distance of about 8,000 kilometers. JP/Andi Hajramurni

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