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Ajijic Slideshow
Travel Blogs from Ajijic, Mexico
Lakeside Towns
This is a top pick! Along Lake Chapala, outside of Ajijic are lovely little traditional Mexican towns that have changed very little over the last 100 years. Every town has a town square with a Central bandstand where Mariachi is played and special events take ...
Adorable Ajijic
This is a top pick! ... many younger retirees are here. I think it is the affordability factor that allows for this. Josie – whom I came to Mexico with the first week, returned to spend Christmas here. We had Christmas dinner here at the complex – ...
Christmas in Chapala
This is a top pick! ... into Ajijic and in that Church square, 10 or 11 live nativity scenes were set up - each one representing a different state in Mexico. Each one had a different style with the clothing and custom of that state. It was really beautiful and then, ...
A Small Town Over Run With American Retirees
Accommodation The accommodation options in Ajijic are ridiculously overpriced as a result of the American and Canadian influx. Even the couple of nice guest houses like Hotel Casablanca and La Nueva Posada had rates of four star hotels in the city. ...
Off to CHINA!
On September 13, Barbara Anderson, an amiga from Ajijic and I will start out on our trip to China. first a night in Santa Monica, California, before getting our flights to Beijing. We are flying on Korean Air, so we have a change of flights at the ...
Getting It Together
I'm leaving Ajijic on Tuesday, April 18, for a trip to Morocco, followed by some time in Paris. If you'd rather not received my Reports From the Road for whatever reason: you're going to be traveling yourself, you hate listening to other people's travel ...
Back into the mountains
... so we had a really enjoyable evening together. Monday morning we drove to Guadalajarta with 4.5 Million the second biggest City in Mexico. Traffic went extremely well, but you have to watch out since the driving is quite challenging. When we got out of ...
Good to be home
Found the dogs in good shape to my relief, my sleep schedule hasn't quite adjusted, but I feel fine. It is 2am Thurs.night and I am just starting to feel sleepy. I will try to post pictures soon of our fabulous trip. Several ...
Back in the Saddle
... rubber legged by the time we entered the charming town of Ajijic on the shores of Lake Chapala (the largest natural lake in Mexico). This is a place many Americans and Canadians call home. An many more snowbirds will arrive the first of November then go ...
Less than 1 week left
... so easy. Much easier than some of the shorter trips that we have taken... We knew that we would love being back in Ajijic and we have certainly enjoyed our 4 weeks here. Everything that we like doing, we can do here. Everything from climbing ...
Lake Chapala, Guadalajara
Lake Chapala is the largest fresh water lake in Mexico. This sounded like a good enough reason to make it a stop on our tour. Heading northwest from Morelia, we arrived in the town of Lake Chapala to find alot of retired expats. We'd ...
Ajijic - The Remarkable Lake Chapala Society
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Ajijic - Ringing in the New Year
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Chapala - an "Ersatz" Bellagio on Lake Como-Italy
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Ajijic -Lago Chapala - Mexico's Largest Lake
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A Labyrinth of Loneliness
... lake Chapala and winding wrought iron staircases. After a warm shower, we relaxed on the veranda for a bit, watching Ajijic accros the lake, before heading down for dinner to the covered terrace overlooking a lush garden. Arturo informed us the ...
Ajijic - Retirement on the Shores of Lago Chapala
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Ausflug mit Martin
Martin nahm uns in seinem Auto mit nach Chapala und Ajijic (ausgespr.: Achichik). Die Laguna de Chapala ist ein grosses Binnengewaesser im Sueden von Guadalajara. Wir flanierten ueber den Markt und die Strandpromenade und genossen die Stimmung, die ...
Letzte Eindrücke der Pazifikküste
Heute Morgen haben wir uns von der Küste Michoacans verabschiedet. Auf dem Weg nach Guadalajara haben wir noch eine kurzen Stop in Ixtapilla eingelegt, wo wir einem Naturspektakel zusehen konnten. Jährlich treffen an diesem speziellen ...
Just another day in paradise
Today (Tuesday) is organic market day. Probably about 20-25 vendors selling all kinds of organic offerings - from veges to soups to soaps & homeopathic remedies. Bought a nice tub of organic honey for about $3.50; and a gorgeous dream catcher ...
Margaritaville
We have been told that there are 144 different restaurants in Ajijic. It's quite amazing - many times we are only one of two or three tables - not quite sure how they make it. Our friend Susan from Houston has joined us for this week. And we have run into ...
Baja and Beyond
... Sunny Cabo with a long update on our way down the peninsula and are pleased to be writing this from my parents house here in Ajijic, Mexico. After our second night in Cabo St. Lucas we managed to book ourselves on a dive boat out of the popular ...
Mardi Gras
We gave new meaning to the term "FLOWER CHILD" (FLOUR). Today was Ajijic's annual Mardi Gras parade. And keeping with tradition there was lots of flour thrown on EVERYONE! Floats and Bands and Girls(some more feminine than ...
The Tepehua Community Mural Project
... something to be proud of. People would come to see it and realize that there are many disadvantaged, but wonderful caring people in Tepehua. Ajijic is full of murals. Chapala is full of murals. And now Tepehua would have a mural too. Lots of work had to ...
Arrived home to lovely Ajijic...
Home at last in Ajijic, Jalisco, Mexico, where the temperature is always a friendly 72-82 degrees year-round, it only rains June through September (but not to interfere with our al fresco dining in the evening)and the people are friendly...it really is ...
Holy Week
Today Easter Sunday ends the weeks long celebration of the life, death and Resurrection of Christ. This had been an intense weeks of passions plays, food and celebrating. There were three bands competing for attention in the plaza one ...
Palm Sunday
... were sold around the plaza from booth. Fruits, Agua Frescas, tacos, enchiladas, rich puddings, ... ... ... ... The country of Mexico is now in a two week vacation, spring break, celebration period centered around families and Easter so many shops ...
San Andres Festival
The San Andres Festival(Saint Andrew to us) ended it's nine days of celebrating on November 30th. We were there almost every night and I took photos and videos and here are a few not in any order that I thought you might enjoy ...