week 131

 

Mon: Recounting children tales is not a laughing matter; surprise, disbelief, heroism and happy ending all play a role.

Tue: The displacement of San peoples, now inhabiting the Kalahari desert, is a vivid reminder of the pernicious history of european colonialist and their african born descendants in Africa well into the late 20th century.

Wed: Hokkaido northern Shiretoko national park, a combination of forests, lakes and coastal dunes, presents an easy introduction to the wild nature of the Kuril islands, further north.

Thu: Sinbad stories from the Arabian nights are up to grasp on nowadays Yemen and Oman coastlines.

 

week 130

 

Tue: Is cryptocurrency the next snake oil or will it supplant paper money?

Wed: The kings route, from Aqabba to Aleppo, has all the history and turmoil of a true commercial corridor.

Thu: The routes of the impossible showed how tough a Senegalese has it to carve a living on the roads there.

Fri: The voice of Ile a Morphil documents how difficult is for well intended european NGOs to provide a real (not perceived) aid to people living in very different circumstances.