I will be on the road travelling the south of Mexico starting tomorrow night. I finally decided I am not in the mood to spend 24 hours in a bus to get down there and bought a plane ticket to Villahermosa, from where my itinerary will take me approximately as follows: Palenque, San Cristóbal de [...]

Ok, just to make this clear: Naturally, I didn’t get married in Veracruz. But a friend’s close friend did and I had the great chance to go along. Just some observations: Even those traditional Catholic Mexicans can be pretty pragmatic. Get pregnant, get married seems to be the deal. Still, not to be unfair: the [...]

I spent a mere five days in Creel, Chih. — close to the world-famous Barranca del Cobre (Copper Canyon). During that time I have met, among others, these amazing people: A French-Canadian hospital worker (no accent, though!), travelling on a whole year of paid vacation, reading loads of books and working on his writing. Among [...]

Ok, now this may sound like asking for pity: I am kind of sick again. Coughing and stuff. Nothing bad. Just that — again, this has happened before — I have no idea where it is coming from. At no point did I run around in wet clothes for extended periods of time or something [...]