Mountains of Mexico

The last couple of days I've seen a lot of videos on Facebook featuring Popocatapetl, the active volcano within spitting distance of Mexico City. It's exploding. Big style. Again. Mexican mountains have been cropping up into conversation all over the place lately. I recently bumped into a blog where a Brit is on a mission … Continue reading Mountains of Mexico →

Popocatapetl Postcard

Volcanoes are the flavour of the month, so the news sites tell me. Although the flavour has left rather a bitter taste in the mouth for a lot of poor tourists who found themselves stuck in foreign lands. Lucky buggers. Does travel insurance include volcano payouts? Or are volcanoes covered by that nasty little bit of … Continue reading Popocatapetl Postcard →

Bleached Skies

Mexico has been in the news again this week, and once again it's water related. Not, for once, because the stuff is running out. But because there was too much of it. Heavy rainfall, and crappy drainage systems (pun intended) unable to cope, left parts of Mexico City flooded and caused landslides and flooding elsewhere … Continue reading Bleached Skies →

Mountains and Molehills

There are, admittedly, no molehills in this postcard. But there are mountains. Big ones. Volcanoes to be precise. The one on the left, Iztaccihuatl, is dormant. Extinct, even. She is also known as La Mujer Dormida. The Sleeping Lady. I climbed it last year. Almost to the top! I'm going to try again in a … Continue reading Mountains and Molehills →