Monthly Archives: April 2008

It’s not really been the best week ever! John Arne Riise’s own goal in the (mysteriously added!) fifth minute of injury time in the Liverpool – Chelsea game rather set things off on the wrong foot. Getting robbed on Friday … Continue reading →

I’ve posted quite a few times about how much crime there is in Mexico City. My barber tortured and murdered, others robbed at gun point, a neighbour shot in the leg for a wrist watch. Shit happens. Happened to me … Continue reading →

I think I must post every year how much I like Spring in Mexico City. It’s pleasantly warm and dry and then there are the amazing Jacaranda trees which cover the city in a cloak of lilac. It’s coming to … Continue reading →

Reforma is one of the main avenues in Mexico City, and is famous for its street art. A couple of years ago it filled up with decorated cows. Then came some weird and wonderful benches, which are still there. Following … Continue reading →

Every Sunday a huge chunk of the centre of Mexico City is closed to traffic, and a circuit created to let the people of Mexico City take their bikes, skates, and other wheeled contraptions out for a ride. Free of … Continue reading →