Word of the Year 2020

Happy New Year! Woohoo, it's 2020, and a brand new year of infinite possibilities! It's an exciting time of new beginnings and I've heard a lot of people talking about their word of the year. If you're not familiar with this concept, it's the idea of choosing a word as a theme or intention for...

Mi Guanajuato <3

It took me a while to get to Guanajuato (the capital city of the state, not the state itself - I'd already spent aaages in San Miguel de Allende weeks prior to that) but when I did eventually make it there, I fell in love almost instantly. Within a few hours of being there, I...

La Huasteca Potosina – Magia Dentro de la Selva

I've been really awful at updating this old thing, sorry people who read / follow this blog. My apologies. Today, I bring you the magic of the Huasteca Potosina to compensate for that a little. La Huasteca (in general) is a specific cultural and geographic region of Mexico that spans several states, including San Luis...

I…nc-o:mp”r/e/he,n;si!bl?e

The words, they well up within me, forming a hard knot of unexpressed emotions and unexplored thoughts. I want them out, but they seem quite content, quite comfortable constricting my airways, lodging themselves in the spaces where things should flow freely back and forth but are now, quite definitely ... stuck. If my existence were...

Saint Christopher of the Houses

  This post is dedicated to possibly my favourite town in Mexico so far. Now, this is a Pueblo Magico that really deserves its name. No, not its actual name which is San Cristobal de las Casas (lit. Saint Christopher of the Houses). It totally deserves its title of Pueblo Magico. The town is delightful,...

Some of Mexico (So Far)

In keeping to my one-post-a-month aim, here's my post for March ... about (some of) Mexico! Some of you may be surprised to learn that Mexico isn't just about millions of tacos. Although that's been a very significant (and delicious) part of it, there is more to Mexico. So let's pick up the story where...