week 268

Mon: It is not that easy to be different in Risaralda, but a few brave confront society to face their own misguided fears.

Tue: A rush visit to a Melbourne museum to have look at a map of the location of countless aboriginal tribes makes for a pointless acknowledgement of their past presence.

Wed: Deserts like the Iranian Dasht-e Kavir, where wet-bulb thermometers almost reach 35C, prove the impossibility human habitability of the area in the very near future.

Thu: Cape’s Museum of Contemporary African Art promises a hope much needed in the rainbow country.

Fri: Driving a truck from Yakutsk to Tiksi following a frozen Lena river for three weks in late March redefines the concept of “beyond adventure”.