Daily Archives: November 5, 2007

I follow a few blogs on the net, and one has posted a happy turtle story! I like turtles….you might have noticed. Animal Planet have made Jean Beasley, a turtle conservatinist, their Hero of the Year. For the full story, … Continue reading →

You’d have thought I had no more trains to ride after my Mexican Metro Marathon thingy, but actually, I had. But not any more. La Tren Ligero is not actually part of the Metro system, so I didn’t cover it. … Continue reading →

I have another set of photos in my photo albums, from the Dolores Olmeda museum. They had a fantastic Day of the Dead display, with a big Ofrenda and lots of dressed up skeletons. These photos (click here to go … Continue reading →

I have a new favourite museum in Mexico City – the Dolores Olmeda. A sea of green tranquility amidst a heaving, polluted, over-populated metropolis. It’s set in a hacienda a couple of miles from Xochimilco in the south of the … Continue reading →