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Journey to the End of the World

10,000 Birds

I leave acacias behind and enter the village, at first raised on low concrete platforms, barely half a meter above the tidal mud flat. And here we are, on a beach without a sea, inhaling the strong scent of a salted fish and scanning at least a kilometer wide mud flat. Chiku raises a fist and smiles victoriously.

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10,000 Birds

I leave acacias behind and enter the village, at first raised on low concrete platforms, barely half a meter above the tidal mud flat. And here we are, on a beach without a sea, inhaling the strong scent of a salted fish and scanning at least a kilometer wide mud flat. Chiku raises a fist and smiles victoriously.

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