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On the latest violence spree in Mexico

admin — Tue, 21 Oct 2008 15:48:10 +0000

I found two interesting blog reactions on the latest violence spree in Mexico (1, 2, 3, 4, 5), which can be found here and here.

Mexico travel reports

admin — Sun, 28 Sep 2008 18:37:03 +0000

My fellow students here at ITAM are definitely a lot more diligent than me in keeping everyone at home in the loop on what’s going on in Mexico. So, please see the blog of Bernhard (in German) and the one of Cyrielle (in French) for some insights about exchange student life here in D.F. In the meantime, I refer all readers to the mere uncommented flickr photo stream.

Travelling in Mexico

admin — Thu, 18 Sep 2008 21:19:32 +0000

The tight schedule in Mexico – I have classes on both Monday and Wednesday – leaves some time for travelling. Here are some pictures from a trip to Oaxaca and Puerto Escondido, which we did in 6 days. Going with the nice luxury busses from bus station Taxqueña here in Mexico City over night is actually great and really smooth.

In Puerto Escondido, I learned that I was wrong about what surfing is all about. I thought it means freedom, maybe some nature connection. Turns out, the ultimate goal is being interviewed and featured in some surfer movie which is then showed in all hotels during dinner.

A lot of pictures can be found here.

By the way, check some great pictures of Mexico City in Carraol’s photoblog.

Dr. Alemán

admin — Fri, 15 Aug 2008 19:38:08 +0000

Just ran across this trailer on Spiegel Online. Sitting in my room here in Mexico City, I can at least relate to some of the scenes shown here. The story is about a German medical student, doing a part of his practical training in Colombia. I liked August Diehl ever since his great performance in 23 and Dr. Alemán is one of the flics I’m trying to see as soon as possible. The movie was shot in Spanish with actors from the actual town of Cali. Unfortunately, the above trailer is the German one, but visit the Dr. Alemán website for the trailer in original Spanish.