week 132

 

Mon: Is umami a new taste or just chef’s hype?

Tue: Economically poor people in Japan are just invisible.

Wed: Vietnam, from Saigon to Hanoi, show how resilient a people can be no matter the imperialist threat.

Thu: The first french climber to reach Everest retraces his steps 30 years later to a sad conclusion, do not bother going.

Fri: In Dudinka, close to the mouth of the Yenisei river, the viking gets the royal treatment at the local college.