Earlier this month, sunbathers on a Tenerife beachcametothe aid of 88 exhausted African migrants - among 205 who reached the islands on three open boats - making headlines around the world.
The occupation - on the road linking Mexico City with thebeach resort of Acapulco - came in response tothe murder of vigilante leader Guadalupe Quinones Carbajal on Monday.
Mr. Ives saw Mr. Glass's abstract opera "Einstein on theBeach" when it first cametothe Metropolitan Opera House, and he's a long time fan of the composer's music.
Round a curve I scared the hell out of a flock of feral goats, and at one point, came over a rise to see the road just drop off into a slalom down to a mangrove-studded beach.