If you have stumbled across this page, you are truly a dedicated MexConnect reader since it falls outside all the search and index mechanisms on the site – you have indeed found the answer to everything! (David McLaughlin) Originally in memory of Douglas Adams, transferred to the current site in memory of David McLaughlin. Published […]
Continue ReadingA collection of esoterica about Mexico that does not fit elsewhere and just may include the answer to the meaning of life. The Tragic Love Story of Alma Reed & Felipe Carrillo In Amber – A Tale of Mexican Discovery. Taking the “Waters” in México. A Tranquil Life at Casa Buena Vista. A Higher Vision of Mexico […]
Continue ReadingTraditionally, the water pressure in your Mexican home would be supplied by a tank of water up on the roof of your home that is called a tinaco in Spanish. Water draining from the tank flows under the force of gravity to the various water fixtures inside the home. This traditionally open water system provides a constant […]
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Each year on May 3rd processions of singing pilgrims carrying streamers and flowers wend their way through towns, cities and villages of Mexico to decorate the crosses along roadsides and on mountaintops to honor and remember the Holy Cross. All over the country thousands of crosses in streets, parks, cemeteries and churchyards are visited and […]
Continue ReadingWhereas the Canadian and US educational systems have been influenced by their British ancestry, the Mexican educational system is based on its French and Spanish ancestry. The different beginnings have produced different approaches. For the Mexican, the educational base is deductive reasoning; moving from the global towards the particular. However the last critical step of […]
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Tlacuaches (opossums) are short-lived but smarter than most people imagine… Imagine “a monstrous beast with a snout like a fox, a tail like a marmoset, ears like a bat, hands like a man, and feet like an ape, bearing her whelps about with her in an outward belly much like a large bag or purse.” This […]
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Just as in the US, Mexico holds a presidential election in 2012. Because the presidential term of office is four years in the US and six years in Mexico, the countries’ elections coincide only every twelve years. How is a Mexican presidential election similar to a US election, and how is it different? In both […]
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Flowers and flower arranging have played an important role in Mexico from ancient times to the present. The symbolic meaning of flowers is prominent throughout ancient Mesoamerican thought and practice. Flowers could represent anything from beauty and creation to death and destruction. Tlacaelel, a councilor to Moctezuma I (1440-1469), initiated a mystical warrior vision of […]
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“For many of us, water simply flows from a faucet, and we think little about it beyond this point of contact. We have lost a sense of respect for the wild river, for the complex workings of a wetland, for the intricate web of life that water supports.” – Sandra Postel, Last Oasis: Facing Water […]
Continue ReadingVisitors to Mexico should be aware that problems may arise when bites, stings or scratches occur. We have reviewed the main causes below, along with suggestions for how to treat them. As always, when possible consult with a physician if first aid is not enough. Unlike other cuts or wounds, a human or animal bite […]
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