October 2005 Archive
Lesser Known Myths from the Island of Samos
One of the lovely icons of a tiny but wonderful Greek Orthodox church Brass work and the cool, dark interior of the same church A crowded hillside graveyard with ornate tombstones Each tombstone has tiny sliding glass doors, behind which are pictures of the departed and oil lamps, many of which are kept burning. The [...]
Mazatlan – The Good, the Bad and the Ugly
Isla de las Pierdas beach; from the little island offshore these palapas are far away and tiny. Playa Norte near my hotel; I arrived Sunday morning to a triathalon. Plaza in the historic centre An unrestored building outside the historic center And the more common restored version Like the day before, I swam to the [...]
Mexico La Entrada
View out the bus window between Juarez and Chihuahua The gigantic sprawling and modern Chihuahua bus terminal. Another view out the window; just east of Chihuahua. Ciudad Juarez was better than my expectationsócertainly less chaotic and it felt less dangerous than Tijuana. My expectations were very low though since what I'd heard of Juarez was [...]
Breakfast at the Casa de los Amigos, Mexico City
Calle Ignacio Mariscal is an unassuming street in the colonia tabacalera of Mexico city. The street stretches only six blocks between the Paseo de la Reforma at one end and the spot where it dies in the lap of an apartment complex at the other. As far as streets go in Mexico city it is [...]
Sanctuary
I'm sitting in an 'office' constructed entirely of small logs, discarded bottles, and a sawdust mixture to pack the dome together. The outside has been smoothed and sanded down while the interior is surrounded by edges of the logs. You can't tell because personal photographs, memorable cartoons, and post-it notes act like colourful wallpaper. An [...]
