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At the End of the World

This is how it is at the end of the world. Two Transylvanians with an expensive camera, a Catalan Independentist, a Canadian and her penguin… all arriving in a blue convertible Mini-Cooper. The Cape of Good Hope: the emotional and metaphorical, if not actually factual, tip of the continent. var addthis_pub = ''; var addthis_language [...]

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Flower Carpets in Huamantla

I’m dying to write about the Day of the Dead festivities in Oaxaca (posts coming in a week or so) but first I think it’s important to mention this wonderful festival close to Puebla. It was almost two months ago, which shows how up-to-date my blog is! I’ll try and let [...]

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• Now then... for those that are out of the loop, which is probably most people, (since I have trouble keeping track of these things myself), I am now in Mexico! However, not wanting to waste any perfectly good tales from South Africa that my terrible internet connection there wouldn't allow me to post, and not having done anything noteworthy here yet, I'm going to keep posting as though from the other end of the world. So stay tuned for more lions, and even tigers, but still no bears, hopefully to be followed later by flower-laden balconies, mariachis, and all other things Mexican! #