Guadalajara’s Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla International Airport, one of Mexico’s most important transportation nuclei, is acquiring more and more the aspect of a wildebeest expiring on the African savannah, yanked every which way by animals of varying size and strength.

There’s a typewriter repair shop on Calle Libertad one block north of Plaza Nueve Esquinas, a stone’s throw south-west of Guadalajara’s historic center.

This year’s Capriotada festival was a big hit with locals and out-of-town visitors. More than ten people served up their version of Mexico’s sweet and savory Lenten bread pudding.