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###@@$^«..         we would travel for days         ..«^$@@###
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@@$^«.....              the anti-road               .....«^$@@
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$^«.......           the ultimate biotope!          .......«^$
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«.........    many are younger, artificial ones,    .........«
.......... where  the  trees   are  planted  to  be ..........
«.........                harvested.                .........«
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