28 January:

It is great to be back here. Feels wonderfully familiar.
We are both tired but fine though poor Tigerlily has been attacked by mosquitos from the night we arrived. I forgot how dusty it is here so my daughter now looks like a grubby little urchin. It is pretty hot and humid here and it´s going to get worse - great.

Tigerlily seems very at home and seems to understand Spanish as much as English. She struggles more than usual to sleep in the daytime being so stimulated by the sights and sounds of Oaxaca. She is so happy. We´re now touring around town on the bike, dodging the manic traffic. Tigerlily loves her ´carriage' which doubles up as a play-pen.