 | Marital Art Demonstration
2008-05-19, Tlalpan, Mexico. By: pedrofletc | | As part of our mission at the children's university, we gave a martial arts demonstation for the parents and friends of the students. Out of the 26 students I have, 12 came for the demo and it went ve... |
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 | The rainy season has started
2008-05-08, Tlalpan, Mexico. By: pedrofletc | | It seems that the rains have come early.
Most afternoons we get these torrential downpours that make the streets run ankle to knee deep.
Ten minutes before I took these pictures, it was hot an... |
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 | My trip to school
2008-05-22, Tlalpan, Mexico. By: pedrofletc | | Inspired by a friend who had done a similar thing, I took photos of my trip to school.
It takes me about 20 minutes to walk to school, something like 2 km away. I took a photo every 50m or so and t... |
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 | adulthood and its drawbacks
2008-05-11, Tlalpan, Mexico. By: pedrofletc | | I’ve been thinking a lot about what it means to be an adult.
For the last month or so my throat has been sore as though every day was the day before I got a really bad cold. Yesterday, the 8th of ... |
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 | Mexican Food
2008-04-10, Tlalpan, Mexico. By: pedrofletc | | Perhaps the title is a bit misleading, but this is a photo of what we bring home from the market every week here in Mexico. Produce here is excellent and cheap. The concept was to photograph what we e... |
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| La Escuela de Lancaster
2008-04-09, Tlalpan, Mexico. By: pedrofletc | | La Escuela de Lancaster, located in the Southern suburbs of Mexico City, is an interesting place to work. To start with, the school and most of the people in it, are bilingual Spanish/English. Student... |
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 | Eclipse
2008-02-20, Tlalpan, Mexico. By: pedrofletc | | Last night we were treated to a full lunar eclipse. It took perhaps an hour for the moon to fall completely into the shadow of the Earth. Once it was shadowed, the moon became a lovely red colour.
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 | photos from the roof
2007-04-01, Tlalpan, Mexico. By: pedrofletc | | For a university assignment, I took photographs from our rooftop at different times of day and in all the cardinal directions. |
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 | balloons
2006-12-12, Tlalpan, Mexico. By: pedrofletc | | Kids were trying to demonstrate convection and these are photos from their first attempt to make a hot air balloon.
Didn´t quite go to plan. |
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 | Dia del Muertos
2006-11-05, Tlalpan, Mexico. By: pedrofletc | | Dia del muertos (day of the dead) is probably the most significant festival in the Mexican social and religious calendar. It has Aztec origins, is practiced in every town and most homes and appears to... |
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| Festival in Santa Ursula Xitla
2006-10-22, Tlalpan, Mexico. By: pedrofletc | | On the 21st and 22nd of October, our Barrio, Santa Ursula Xitla, celebrated the 425th birthday of Saint Ursula with a massive fair and party. V and I were walking through the incredible crowds drinkin... |
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 | Living in Tlalpan
2006-10-15, Tlalpan, Mexico. By: pedrofletc | | Here are some photos from our house and the area where we live.
The plates and red artwork are things we bought in Taxco, the oil pastel of a flower is by Vita.
One Sunday V and I were sitting... |
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 | Cena Baile
2006-09-29, Tlalpan, Mexico. By: pedrofletc | | The school put on its annual dinner dance on the 29th September. We all got dressed up and went to a venue on the other side of Tlalpan to meet lots of the parents, most of the staff and a fair few pe... |
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 | good party
2006-09-01, tlalpan, Mexico. By: pedrofletc | | Some photos from a good house party in Tlalpan. It was at the flat of Michael and Merle (pictured).
I particularly like this photo of Vita - it captures something about her. Beautiful even though s... |
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