Best 21st century travel books

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Hearing Birds Fly: A Year in a Mongolian Village
1.  Hearing Birds Fly: A Year in a Mongolian Village by Louisa Waugh
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  "Best book about Mongolia I know of, managing to evade the romantic clichés"
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Running with Reindeer: Encounters in Russian Lapland
2.  Running with Reindeer: Encounters in Russian Lapland by Roger Took
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  "Great book written in the classic tradition"
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Brazil: Life, Blood, Soul
3.  Brazil: Life, Blood, Soul by John Malathronas
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  "As vibrant, huge and demanding as Brazil itself"
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The Snow Geese
4.  The Snow Geese by William Fiennes
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  "Good composition, delicate"
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Don't Let's Go to the Dogs Tonight: An African Childhood
5.  Don't Let's Go to the Dogs Tonight: An African Childhood by Alexandra Fuller
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  "Actually more a history book, but travel in time and in distance are essentially the same"
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Islomania: A Journey Among the Last Real Islands
6.  Islomania: A Journey Among the Last Real Islands by Thurston Clarke
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  "What's more fascinating than islands?"
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River Town: Two Years on the Yangtze
7.  River Town: Two Years on the Yangtze by Peter Hessler
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  "About what living in rural China as a foreigner means"
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Trail of Feathers: In Search of the Birdmen of Peru
8.  Trail of Feathers: In Search of the Birdmen of Peru by Tahir Shah
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  "By (one of) the best travel writer(s) of this era"
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Outcasts of the Islands: The Sea Gypsies of South East Asia
9.  Outcasts of the Islands: The Sea Gypsies of South East Asia by Sebastian Hope
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  "Describing the life of the Asian 'sea gypsies'"
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