Surviving the Swine Flu
At 4 am, we were awakened by the mechanical roar of the generator being coaxed to life, oil and tainted fuel running through its ragged and chapped veins. It was a deafening clamor compared to the peaceful sounds of the jungle. Luckily the lights are delayed in their incandescent intrusion by the length of wire [...]
Uxpanapa Expedition
I arrived in Mexico via Ciudad del Carmen, an airline’s maximum weight allowance worth of photo gear in tow, and was greeted by the damp and sticky handshake of the Yucatan Peninsula’s humid breath. As all of the passengers waited to pass through the one customs officer, sweat started to bead on our foreheads and [...]