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Old 15th Dec 2010, 10:15
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Its the same Munda. The old up-lifted Nissan hut on stilts was taken down some time ago. It was down closer to the lagoon, just across the road from 'Agnes Rest House', and near where the Police Station is now. There was another 'International Terminal' for a while ( about where the QueenAir and Aztec were parked in their respective photos). The apron was all compacted coral from the War - just like concrete. The old tarmac area is a street now with a row of Chinese and local shops, and your terminal is set closer to the windsock area and runway. Still plenty of tarmac space for the Aussie big Hercs to back in and unload disaster relief supplies for a dump, in the big shake in the West a few years ago though. That was when the runway got a fault line and dip across it about halfway along. The Solomon carpenters have used a wider spacing between the steps, on the streetside steps, as well as on the airside steps, than you may be used to, so be careful you don't stumble going up and down if you are not used to little differences like that..
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