Travel Making and drinking mezcal I spent a couple of hours at the Jimenez Mendez distillery, chatting to the 5th Generation distiller. The distillery is in a small shack along the side of a road at the back of a family garden, but their spirits are amazing. The distillation process is described below along with photos.
Travel Death and remembrance in Oaxaca I've been incredibly fortunate to spend three wonderful days (only about half of which was spent working!) with friends in Oaxaca, Mexico, seeing firsthand the celebrations of El Dia de los Muertos — the day of the dead — and what an eye-opening, culturally rich experience it was.
Travel On my quick Amsterdam visit Comparing Amsterdam to other cities in Europe, the US and Asia, it appears on the surface that the Dutch have got a number of things right—and some of those things would be very controversial in other countries
