Stolen from the UNAM

This is the map they post of how to get from the Centro Cultural Universitario to the Instituto de Investigaciones Jurídicas. They also provide detailed directions for three modes of transportation. See how organized and user friendly they are. Axé.

Tlacotalpan lodging

The best lodging in Tlacotalpan, Ver., is the Posada Doña Soco and it does not have a website. I am therefore giving directions here. Socorro Flores Sandoval Francisco Javier Mina, No. 7 Colonia Centro 95461 Tlacotalpan, Veracruz Tel.: (288) 884 23 19 Cel.: (288) 110 39 35 The location is between the Plaza Santa Marta … More Tlacotalpan lodging

Lentitude

Glissant’s book also has much more in it on the psychology of domination than I had realized, and is in general much more thoroughgoing and serious than it had ever seemed to me the various times I had tried to work with it in a rushed way (the academic way). I am reading slowly which … More Lentitude

Very Early Mexico

It will be St. John’s Eve this weekend, so it is fitting to discuss bonfires. Here is a description of a book I would really like to read. After an introduction which explains the significance of bonfires and lays out the sources for the book, the narrative begins in Iberia with a brief history of … More Very Early Mexico

Shenaz Patel

Le gardien du port connaît bien Charlesia. Elle passe régulièrement devant sa guérite et se dirige vers le quai. Elle scrute l’horizon, dans l’attente vaine d’un bateau qui la ramènera dans son île natale. Diego Garcia n’est plus qu’un souvenir, la nostalgie douloureuse d’une vie simple rythmée par la production de Coprah, les jeux des … More Shenaz Patel