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Feeling the heat in a traditional Mayan temazcal

Before dawn on a cold winter’s morning in a field outside of Guadalajara, a row of young people file past a bonfire and throw tobacco into the flames. The women wear long flowing dresses, while the men are shirtless and shiver silently in the dark.


Take Guadalajara's museum challenge

Time is of the essence, given that I was only in Guadalajara for a month. One of the things on my to-do list was to visit some of the city’s much-praised museums. So when the editor of this newspaper informed me that some museums are free to visit on a Tuesday, we decided that I would take on the “Guadalajara museum challenge.”

The year of the internet meme

In Mexico, humorously captioning photos has become something of an art form. Social media in 2014 was buzzing with these internet memes, which are spread virally online via Facebook and Twitter, or through instant messaging service WhatsApp.