2006 Archive
Gay Guanajuato and San Miguel de Allende
Guanajuato street looking down on restaurant filled plaza Sant CafÈ, Guanajuato Colorful house in San Miguel de Allende Unfortunately the title of this article is a bit of a misnomer. The gay scene in both places is very limited. But the scarcity of information on the web and the inaccuracies in that which does exist [...]
Talking About a Revolution, Havana
Dodgy Taxi, Havana There's no mistaking which airport you are in when arriving in Havana. No sooner are you off the gangway and into the baggage claim, it seems every Cuban aboard produces a big fat Cuban cigar and immediately lights up as if asserting their right to "Cuban-ness". Public smoking laws are long way [...]
Hilltrekking in Chiang Mai
View from inside our hut on the first morning. I awake under the soft green light filtering through our mosquito net. My nose and cheeks are numb. My neck and arm throb with the pain of sleeping awkwardly all night on a thin mattress and tightly woven mat. Karen sleeps in the bed next to [...]
Rice Queen Diaries
Rice Queen Diaries: A Memoir by Daniel Gawthrop Daniel Gawthrop's Rice Queen Diaries strongly resonated with me. No, I'm not a rice queen, although I have been accused on occasion of being a taco queen. But for anyone who's ever had a romance or even a friendship while in a faraway place, especially in the [...]
At the Crossroads in Seville
Photos by Bjørn Christian Tørrissen. The Sevilla Cathedral Inside the Alcazar *** Seville was where we all met at a crossroads in our lives. We were ten Brits, three Canadians and two Americans; ten women and five guys; late teens to late forties all on an English teacher training course (CELTA) at CLIC in Seville, [...]
