Was in a lightning business trip to Geneva. Nice little city with quite a big airport (obvious if you think of the amount of international organisations there. The few pictures I was able to take are here.
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Stockholm
Even if it is geographically and culturally quite close to Helsinki, visiting Stockholm is always an interesting experience. The city is much more cosmopolitan, people are generally more fashionable, and the riksvensk accent sounds quite peculiar to somebody used to the way Swedish is spoken across the Baltic. Always a pleasure to visit, especially now that there is a good Mexican taquería very close to downtown (they even sell corn tortillas!).
Mexico notes, part 2
- Flamingoes in close-up in Celestún, Yucatán
- 5 km of virgin beaches in Celestún, Yucatán.
The only not so nice detail was when on meeting some people I hadn’t seen in a long time I realised that the crab mentality seems to be alive and well in certain sectors of society. Shame, but hey, what can you do. 😉 Overall it was great and I cannot wait to be back again, if only for holidays.
Mexico notes
As my previous post detailed, I spent a great holiday in Mexico, catching up with friends and especially family. We spent a week in Mexico City, then 6 days in the Copper Canyon trail and a few days in Mérida and the natural reserve of Celestún before having to return to the winter wonderland. I was struck by the enormous variety of landscapes and peoples living in the country where I was born, even if I knew it in theory. As usual, pictures say it better (if you want to see more than these, they’re all here).
Mexico again
We are currently traveling in Mexico, enjoying the Christmas & New Year’s break. The latest photographic developments will be available here.
Enjoy the holidays!
Istanbul
Visited the city on a business trip. I have to say that the most interesting things about Istanbul for me were the long historical view you get in the city, and the uncanny resemblance Turks have with Mexicans.
As usual with these kind of posts, pictures say it better.
Nothing symbolises the UK quite like the phone booths
Singapore
Wikipedia has a better overview of the place. I’ll just give you my observations in pictures (the rest, as usual, here).
Singapore Airlines
I recently flew with Singapore Airlines and have to say the experience was very pleasant. Even in economy class there was more than enough legroom, every seat had a good in-flight entertainment system, the movie selection was both varied and recent, the service was flawless every time and the meals were excellent in both flavour and presentation. So unlike the state of airline travel in Europe or, worse, the US.
A special mention is warranted to the on-air personnel and their uniforms. Unlike Western male-originated attire, their stewardesses actually look like women. The picture below doesn’t do them justice at all.
Moctezuma, Aztec Ruler
I had the chance to check (quickly) this exhibition at the British Museum. If you have been to the National Anthropology Museum in Mexico then this will not show you a lot of new stuff.
If you haven’t had that chance and you happen to be in London, I’d wholeheartedly recommend it. There’s a few pieces that are not shown in Mexico at all.