“i’ve got something like five friends here, others simply don’t accept me” - yamil, 31 yr owner of ‘cafe borders’, shrugs when i ask him how is it to be the only gay in the village who came out of the closet. “they came with a machete to my cafe the other day. some guy held me at gunpoint on the street but i don’t give up, this place has to change.” [el castillo, rio san juan, nicaragua]
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“i’ve got something like five friends here, others simply don’t accept me” - yamil, 31 yr owner of ‘cafe borders’, shrugs when i ask him how is it to be the only gay in the village who came out of the closet. “they came with a machete to my cafe the other day. some guy held me at gunpoint on the street but i don’t give up, this place has to change.” [el castillo, rio san juan, nicaragua]

isla de janitzio on the lake pátzcuaro is were the worlds of the living and the dead meet. it’s famous all over mexico for its festivity of “el día de los muertos” (the day of the dead), a blend of the religious and the pagan traditions. the islanders believe that this is when the souls of the dead return home to spend an evening with the living. to honor them, families create elaborate grave-site altars that overflow with marigolds, candles, food and drinks. the celebration usually lasts three days and includes of numerous candle-lit boat processions, ritual games, private remembrance vigils in homes and visits to the cemetery. in the photo: the view on the island from the ferry of charron ;-) [isla de janitzio, michoacán, mexico]
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isla de janitzio on the lake pátzcuaro is were the worlds of the living and the dead meet. it’s famous all over mexico for its festivity of “el día de los muertos” (the day of the dead), a blend of the religious and the pagan traditions. the islanders believe that this is when the souls of the dead return home to spend an evening with the living.

to honor them, families create elaborate grave-site altars that overflow with marigolds, candles, food and drinks. the celebration usually lasts three days and includes of numerous candle-lit boat processions, ritual games, private remembrance vigils in homes and visits to the cemetery.

in the photo: the view on the island from the ferry of charron ;-) [isla de janitzio, michoacán, mexico]

cameron, 57 yr retired lab quality control specialist from philadelphia, who’s been living in the hostel for 4 months: “i had told everybody 2 yrs before that i would get the fuck out of there but no one believed me, so one day i packed my stuff and took a cab to the airport. home? this is my home now. i go back to philadelphia every now and then to cut the grass. someone has to cut the grass.” [isla carenero, bocas del toro, panama]
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cameron, 57 yr retired lab quality control specialist from philadelphia, who’s been living in the hostel for 4 months: “i had told everybody 2 yrs before that i would get the fuck out of there but no one believed me, so one day i packed my stuff and took a cab to the airport. home? this is my home now. i go back to philadelphia every now and then to cut the grass. someone has to cut the grass.” [isla carenero, bocas del toro, panama]

97 percent of bastimentos are afro-panamanians. unlike other islands of bocas del toro archipelago they speak creole english as a first language, although they are typically not taught to read and write in any form of english. they have also resisted pressure to hispanicise their surnames, which are overwhelmingly anglophone. in the picture: angie caught on voyering her neighbors [isla bastimentos, panama]
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97 percent of bastimentos are afro-panamanians. unlike other islands of bocas del toro archipelago they speak creole english as a first language, although they are typically not taught to read and write in any form of english. they have also resisted pressure to hispanicise their surnames, which are overwhelmingly anglophone. in the picture: angie caught on voyering her neighbors [isla bastimentos, panama]

cenotes are deep natural caves and caverns filled with fresh or a mixture of fresh and sea water. they can be found widely throughout the yucatán peninsula which is mainly a porous limestone shelf with no above-ground rivers or lakes. mayan people considered cenotes as sacred places and used them to perform rituals such as religious sacrifices and burials [tres cenotes, cuzamá, mexico]
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cenotes are deep natural caves and caverns filled with fresh or a mixture of fresh and sea water. they can be found widely throughout the yucatán peninsula which is mainly a porous limestone shelf with no above-ground rivers or lakes. mayan people considered cenotes as sacred places and used them to perform rituals such as religious sacrifices and burials [tres cenotes, cuzamá, mexico]