BBC News Website: Mexico’s Copper Canyon railway
A photographic train journey through northern Mexico’s stunning network of six canyons. Straddling the states of Sinaloa and Chihuahua, collectively these mountainous ravines are four times bigger than the Grand Canyon.
Life & Style monthly column: Andy the Brave, June 2009
Kate writes a monthly column in Spanish for Mexico’s leading men’s magazine, Life&Style. Here’s what she had to say about Scotland’s big hitter Andy Murray.
Travel+Leisure: Liverpool lifts its voice, April 2009
Four decades after The Beatles released their last album, Kate Joynes-Burgess finds a city not only loaded with musical history but pulsating with melodic innovation.
BBC News website: Mexico’s butterflies, 6 March 2009
This photo-gallery profiles a new eco-tourism project within Mexico’s Monarch Butterfly Biosphere Reserve, a UNESCO World Heritage Site. ‘Experts say deforestation threatens the spectacular annual migration of millions of monarch butterflies from Canada and the US to forests north-west of Mexico City.
BBC News website: Chile indigenous politics on the move, 28 January 2009
Indigenous politics rarely register on the Chilean national radar despite flourishing across the border in Bolivia. Provincial history teacher Gustavo Quilaqueo wants to change that by quitting the classroom to found the first political party representing Chile’s forgotten indigenous people. Kate Joynes-Burgess meets him in Temuco.
Women’s Wear Daily Beauty Biz News, December 2008
Mexico is putting on a brave face as the United States’ financial crisis and global
economic difficulties challenge its beauty industry in both the mass and luxury markets.
Click here to download Mexico: Courage in Challenging Times.
BBC News website: Passion of Christ comes alive in Mexico City, 11 April 2009
Throughout Semana Santa (Holy Week), Iztapalapa, one of Mexico City’s poorest and most populous areas, takes this solemn pageantry to another level with street processions and an epic Passion Play.
Kate Joynes-Burgess led Time Out’s resident team helping visitors get the best out of Mexico’s vast, vibrant capital.
Life&Style magazine: Andy Palacio Puts Belize on the Map, March 2008
Kate Joynes-Burgess travelled to Belize to experience the spellbinding Settlement Day festival showcasing Garifuna music and culture, brought to the world by musical mystic Andy Palacio. The published Spanish version is a eulogy for Palacio, reflecting on his legacy.
Travel+Leisure: La Riviera Alternativa, November 2008
Dotted among the colonies of new developments Kate Joynes-Burgess discovered uncommon natural beauty, great gastronomy, stylish shops and delightful accommodation – from Bohemian luxury to complete blow-out – at Mexico’s newest beach destination.