Steve Bridger

Travel, culture, comment +
other stuff about Mexico.

September 13th, 2005

A Taste of Independence

Mexico is celebrating the 195th anniversary of its independence from Spain.

Filed in Events & Festivals, Gastronomy

September 8th, 2005

D.I.Y. Live wires

Mexico’s ‘little devils’ fuse ingenuity and illegality to short-circuit authorities.

Filed in Mexican Life & Society

September 6th, 2005

Fashion Unleaded

Flickr-buddy Ed Fladung might’ve started something with his audacious acquisition of a second-hand green overall.

Filed in Mexican Life & Society

September 2nd, 2005

Scant coverage helps turtles’ cause

Turtle protectionists combat that tiny sucking sound with sensual publicity.

Filed in Mexican Life & Society

August 24th, 2005

Like Water For Chocolate

Elizabeth Mistry catches up with one of the producers of Como Agua Para Chocolate ahead of the film’s DVD release in the UK.

Filed in Cinema

August 10th, 2005

Poachers butcher turtles for their eggs

Scores of Olive Ridley carcasses washed ashore in Oaxaca.

Filed in Wild Mexico

August 9th, 2005

‘Junglecasts’ reveal Palenque secrets

A series of podcasts recorded in the lush Chiapas rainforest vividly bring a great city to life.

Filed in Archaeological Mexico, Palenque

August 8th, 2005

Cuban Crooner Ferrer dies at 78

Ibrahim Ferrer of Buena Vista Social Club fame has died in Havana.

Filed in Art, Culture & Music

August 5th, 2005

Measuring a Mexican wave

Hurricane Ivan generated the tallest waves ever recorded in the Gulf of Mexico last September.

Filed in Yucatán weather

August 2nd, 2005

Oaxaca zócalo re-opens

Controversial remodelling work to the main square greeted with a shrug.

Filed in Oaxaca City