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Taking Lessons from Day of the Dead, Mixe Style

Staring down the shot glass of yet another pre-10am mezcal, I push any thoughts of What about my life productivity? aside and focus on what’s happening in front of me in the dirt-floored kitchen nestled within the lush, wet mountains. My mates and I are in San Pedro y San Pablo Ayutla (or Ayutla, to her…

ByKirsty Le JugeJanuary 5, 2021

Mexico Story

My Moment with a Mexican Moses

For the first time on this trip, the cocaine looks unappealing. “I think I’m over it. I’ll just drink.” My mood is low -- mind and heart somewhere else, with someone else -- and in this brief moment, not even the exotic evening charms of Isla Mujeres can hold me here. I let my mind…

ByClaire Leonard-DyerNovember 28, 2019

Mexico Story

Pedro Jiménez and his Dog

One night in the autumntime, there was an earthquake in the Coyoacán area of Mexico City. It was early in the hours of the morning, and many houses were destroyed and many of the roads cracked or warped and many people lost their lives. All night the sky was red like cigarette butts and the…

ByAlistair JohnstonNovember 24, 2018