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Tribes and Birds of the Lower Omo Valley by Adam Riley

10,000 Birds

Recent publicity about these remarkable tribes has resulted in tourists wanting to experience this wild land and its attractions for themselves. This is largely due to the remoteness and prior near inaccessibility of the area, forming a natural barrier to modernization and the detribalization of the Omo Valley.

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Bradt travel guide to Sri Lanka by Philip Briggs – review

10,000 Birds

The tensions run high and protests against the government, sometimes violent, are not uncommon. Yet, protests take place in larger urban centres – places that eco-tourists and birders commonly avoid. The result is a country hurtling towards bankruptcy, with hardly any money to import gasoline, milk, cooking gas and toilet paper.”

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