It’s rainy season, which has started a little early this year. Most afternoons there are torrential downpours, filling gutters and spilling into the streets. Funnily enough, during the rainy season, for some weird reason, there are water shortages. The water just gets cut off. No warning, no explanation. Sometimes for a couple of hours, sometimes … Continue reading Mexico Monday #3
Tag: water
I Live Your Future
Today is Blog Action Day, the annual angry blogger rave and rant day. Something I don't normally participate in. These sort of things usually change little to nothing. But this year the theme is water, and that's something I know all about. It's one of those things that you really only notice, appreciate and understand … Continue reading I Live Your Future
A Day Without A Mexico
The movie of a similar name was fun, if not entirely my thing. But I have been wondering of late, not least due to a few email and offline conversations I've been having, what holds the greatest danger for Mexico's future. The country is running out of oil and water (and thus food) whilst filling … Continue reading A Day Without A Mexico
Disaster and Dead Lines
What does the future hold for Mexico City? Well, if two items of news published in the last day or so are to be taken seriously, then I may well soon be drowning a miserable death in a giant lake of poo and disposed of sanitary products, whilst talking to myself. The city is sinking. This isn't … Continue reading Disaster and Dead Lines
The Future Of Water
I watched a Horizon documentary on my bus back from Merida, by David Attenborough, all about how many people the planet can sustain. Tens of billions of Indians, or about a billion and a half Americans. Apparently. It's a resources thing. Mexico City featured in the show, due to the chronic water shortages here - … Continue reading The Future Of Water
Rainy Season
It began last Saturday evening. I found myself trapped for an hour inside a building, held hostage by Mother Nature. Rainy season had begun. Months late, but it had begun. With a fury. To have stepped outside for a few seconds would have been like leaping into a swimming pool. Sunday afternoon brought more of … Continue reading Rainy Season
The Drought
The water supply in my hood gets turned off regularly because of shortages of the stuff. I've been through this many times before. Both experiencing the annoyance and as a blogger having a good moan. Sometimes its off for just a couple of hours. Sometimes for most of the day. Now and again it's off … Continue reading The Drought
The Mexile 