Arcos del Milenio, Guadalajara

Written by Gwyn 16 January, 2008

We’re in the middle of moving house right now and deciding the future of this phlog. It’s going to have to be a lot less Mexico and a lot more Alameda from now on… Or should I start another one? Details as and when…

Tapalpa sky

Written by Gwyn 11 January, 2008

Things are looking up in Tapalpa, Jalisco.

¿Adónde vas?

Written by Gwyn 8 January, 2008 1 Comment

Young indigenous girl wandering round La Bufa in Zacatecas.

Reflected in Lake Patzcuaro

Written by Gwyn 7 January, 2008 2 Comments

Early morning in Michoacan…

Unfurling

Written by Gwyn 6 January, 2008

A fern frond unfurling below a Michocan sky.

Jesusito

Written by Gwyn 5 January, 2008 4 Comments

After the mass procession to the Virgin of Zapopan’s home temple.

Pitayas

Written by Gwyn 4 January, 2008 2 Comments

Pitayas (cactus fruit things) won’t be in season for a good few months yet, but it’s so grey and wet outside at the moment in Oakland, California that I needed a bit of colour.

Mobile fish

Written by Gwyn 3 January, 2008

Fish for sale in Chacala, Nayarit, Mexico.

Marketing

Written by Gwyn 2 January, 2008

Yep, there’s been a hiatus while we moved from Mexico to Oakland, California via a wonderful 3 week holiday in Somerset in the UK. Apologies for that. I’m going to keep posting Mexican photos for a while until the quality trails off then there’ll be some kind of thematic shift. I’m still not sure what it is I want to capture exactly about my new whereabouts. There’s lots of houses and the usual chain stores and I also don’t feel as comfortable wandering round with my camera as I did in Mexico, but hey ho, something will come up. Maybe I’ll advertise for muses on Craigslist.

This photo’s from Guadalajara’s Mercado de Abastos, the food market where shops and restaurants do their supply shopping.

Agaves and grasses

Written by Gwyn 30 November, 2007

Another sunny day in Tequila, Jalisco, Mexico. AgaveWeb is a proud sponsor of tomorrow’s Seminario International de Tequila 2007

Es la coa… lo sabe, lo sabe

Written by Gwyn 29 November, 2007

After cutting the leaves (pencas) off of each agave the jimador sharpens his coa (cutting implement).

Irresistable

Written by Gwyn 28 November, 2007 1 Comment

Destroy your teeth and get stung at the same time with these delicious toffee apples on display at the Mercado de los Muertos in Parque Morelos, Guadalajara, Mexico.

Bicycle in La Fuente

Written by Gwyn 27 November, 2007

Legend has it that 80 years or so ago a punter couldn’t pay his bar tab so he left his bike there promising to come back the next day with the cash. He never returned and so his dusty bike now surveys all in the La Fuente Cantina in the centre of Guadalajara. It’s now their logo too.