When I get off the plane* after a sleepless journey over the Atlantic I make my way across Mexico City, on the Metro, to my friend Alisa’s apartment, struggling with my new bicycle wheel and a number of other unwieldy burdens. In less than 12 hours I have to be on a bus to Michoacan [...]
Also tagged bibliophilia, off cycleIf I happen to have any ardent followers then you may have noticed a longish silence. I’ve been off the bike for while, sitting out the end of the wet season, staying with friends in Mexico and then visiting some people important to me who are well out of cycling range.
I’m currently in London where [...]
I soon got the chance to check my theory that the south of Spain and Campeche have a great deal in common. Not everyone is lucky enough to have a fairy godmother but I am blessed with two of them and Camilla has a house in Spain, where we spend a week in the sun.
Also tagged (dis)continuities, food, miscellanea, off cycleI am devoting a considerable amount of time and effort to feeding myself up while staying with a friend who has a mountain hideaway in between Mexico City and Cuernavaca. The day after I arrived a neighbour invited us both to afternoon tea.
Also tagged (dis)continuities, bibliophilia, food, off cycleCampeche is more or less where the Spanish first landed when they arrived in Mexico. The old colonial architecture reminds me of places I’ve never been – the south of Spain, the north of Africa, who knows.
Also taggedLooking at my map, Isla Jaina catches my attention, for some reason. I know nothing of the place but the map indicates that there is an archeological site on the island – which is part of another biosphere reserve – at the end of a twenty kilometre dead end track.
I take the turnoff towards Isla [...]
Layer upon layer of history is evident everywhere in the Yucatan.
Also tagged ruinsThe Yucatan’s villages are impoverished, but lively, and the inhabitants some of the friendliest and most generous people I have come across in a nation of friendly and generous people.
Also tagged miscellanea