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Haus Alpenz: The Scarlet Ibis – Trinidad Rum

10,000 Birds

One of the first things most people think of when they think of Trinidad – perhaps after steel drums and calypso – is rum. The Scarlet Ibis is one of two national birds of the Republic Trinidad and Tobago , the other being the Rufous-vented Chachalaca. Haus Alpenz: The Scarlet Ibis – Trinidad Rum.

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Binocular snobbery

10,000 Birds

We had met before, so when he encountered me in Austria he asked me what I was doing there. In 1999 came a watershed moment when I flew to Austria for the launch of the brand-new Swarovski EL range. I’m here to show you birds, Lars” I told him.

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