Forestry official would not have cleared us for entry. We are registered and must promise we wont take any sapphires with us. We have Camping Equipment and enough food and water for three days. A dozen young men will be our porters. Itll be tough going all the way to the mines. And some of the porters say itll take six hours to get there. Weve already been warned that this will be anything but a normal hike. Over the village of and save a base seems like The Last Outpost of civilization our group attracts lots of attention white people are a rare sight here. Why i. Want. To. Tell you a Blue Sapphires were found last year in the Nature Reserve of
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