Guadalajara, Mexico Travel Blogs

Guadalajara
Jan 7, 2005 (9 photos)

We have moved inland to Guadalajara to try and find some contact lenses for Tash. We took a bus from Melaque which took 5 hours to get here through the mountains of Jalisco. If you ever take the journey, don't look down if you are sitting in the window ...

Zacatecas,Guadalajara,Tequila,PVallarta,Guanajuato
Jun 7, 2006 (20 photos)

... Spain, tends to both start and wind down early, with this club closing at 2am. From Zacatecas, we head over to Guadalajara, Mexico's second city! and our stopping off point to visit Tequila. Yes, there really is a town called Tequila. We were still ...

29 hours of travel....a new personal best!!
Sep 12, 2006 (4 photos)

... in Mazatlan, sans clothes, at 5 a.m. After calming down, I chilled out for the rest of the bus ride. I arrived in Guadalajara, navigated the public transit system (with some help!) and made it to my hostel where I met some very nice people. Yay ...

Me x i co!
Oct 23, 2007 (7 photos)

...   1 in a 1000 survive, though there were definate conservation efforts on the beach to help them out. It was Erics last day in Mexico so he wanted nothing but beach and we were willing to oblidge. After hours of boogie boarding and sun soaking Rach and I ...

Only thing better than 70c tomales-50 cent tacos!!
Sep 13, 2006 (2 photos)

Guadalajara is beautiful! I explored the city with a couple of friends that I met today, and generally had a great time. We ate some tacos (I had one, they had six!!). My taco was beef...the only meat I understood on the menu, and it turns out they ordered ...

Another big City..
Dec 2, 2007 (1 photos)

Guadalajara, second most populous city in Mexico. An extremely safe place to walk around, but in our experience lacked a lot of the charm found in other Mexican cities. We stayed in Tlaquepaque the first night which was pleasant enough and then headed into ...

Getting ready
Nov 4, 2008 (1 photos)

So here we are getting ready for our big adventure to Asia.  When you only have a month it's hard to know which places to pick.  We've planned our itinerary, then changed it so many times, and I imagine that once we're actually in Asia, it will ...

North Mexico to South West Mexico
Feb 28, 2009

Got a lift in a car to the border then walked across with my backpack, manged to witness the police arresting prople crossing the border, police in Ninja style face masks pull up in their trucks and arrest and hand cuff these and witnessed numerous car ...

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New Friends: Now we are 17.
Jan 2, 2008 (23 photos)

Forthcoming

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Hindsight -- itinerary, flights, money, etc.
Dec 26, 2008

The major lesson we learned, was to go with our gut.  When we wrote the first entry, a month prior to going to Thailand, we had decided not to go to Ankhor Wat, but to go to Laos instead.  But then we started talking with folks who thought that ...

Guadalajara
Jul 25, 2006 (16 photos)

... a few times in 2005, me and my Mexico Travelin Friends decide to embark on a trip further south. We ahd heard that Guadalajara was more historic, had more architecture and was a totally different feel. All were true. We had a great weekend and saw ...

Guadalajara tienes el alma mas Mexicana
Aug 4, 2004 (13 photos)

... !). Our next and last stop would be San Miguel el Alto, Susie's parents' home town about an hour and fifteen minutes from Guadalajara. I had been there once before, about seven years ago. I must confess that back then I didn't think much of the town, ...

Off We Go! Strangers in a Strange Land
Dec 29, 2007 (3 photos)

... moment, Lili, Mandy, Barbara, Nicole and Kevin. We will meet the rest of the students on January 2, 2008 Touch down in Guadalajara was gorgeous, pasing over a huge canyon and the mountains while the sun set. We arrived around 5:15 PM and got our first ...

Guadalajara
Jun 18, 2007 (5 photos)

... this friday in the semi final. So Buena Suerte (good luck) Jorge! y gracias for todo. estan me otra famila en Mexico! From Guadalajara I travel down to the Pacific coast and to the popular resort town of Puerto Vallarta and hopefully some partying!

good gravy!
Dec 19, 2005

... give it away i don´t know what to do with it". Who says this? Looser. I went home, did laundry and headed out to Guadalajara to see family. My godmother answered the door and she was like, "yes?". I had to tell her who i was because she didn't recognize me ...

La fiesta Mexicana
Jun 26, 2011

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Learning Spanish in Guadalajara
Jul 10, 2005

Arrived in Mexico 01 July and its great to be travelling again. We both fell in love with Guadalajara on arrival and nothing has happened to change that. It was a hard week trying to learn some spanish for the rest of the time in Mexico and even though Ive ...

Weekend trip
Feb 1, 2009 (22 photos)

Kennia and I took a bus to Guadalajara to visit her cousin and see the town. It was beautiful and it seemed very modern. We went out to a Banda club and I was the only north american there. Banda dancing is kinda funny, you should look it up on youtube. We ...

Guadalajara al fin
May 26, 2006 (6 photos)

The flight to Guadalajara was ok, nothing especial really. At 2pm I was meeting my friend who picked my up from the airport and the one who drove me to my parents house. It was the biggest surprise i´ve given in my house. My mom wouldn´t belive her eyes ...

Guadalajara
Mar 22, 2009 (3 photos)

  As i'd gone north already I though i'd make a trip of it and visit one of Mexico's other main cities. Unfortunately it was just that, a main city and there wasn't a lot to do. I went out to the small town of Tequila nearby where the drink comes from ...

Mas Tequila
Oct 18, 2006 (38 photos)

... the streets and plazas (mostly couples making out) and the views of the Cathedral and other buildings were great! I was enjoying Mexico's second largest city (4 mil) already. I spent most of the next day wandering the numerous plazas, the old colonial ...

Guadalajara
Jan 24, 2007 (10 photos)

... It was huge and was filled with flowers.  We found out later that the flowers were for the grads from the University of Guadalajara.  They would get their parchments and go to the church to be blessed and receive a flower. For dinner we all met ...

Corona or Tequila?
May 31, 2007 (3 photos)

... to the airport for the last leg of an incredible journey. Anne went via Jamiaca, and me - I'm going home via Mexico - first stop Guadalajara. Sshhh don't tell Graeme , but I promise not to go to Mexico City, OK! Logged on at the airport an LA ...

Guadalajara
Oct 2, 2007 (5 photos)

... too. On the tv they were showing the film 'Troy' in Spanish so a good opportunity to improve my Spamish there! Guadalajara is the second largest city in Mexico and the bus left us off on the outskirts from where I had to get a local bus into the centre. ...

Guadalajara
Jul 22, 2007 (25 photos)

Arrived late afternoon. Nice hostel, everywhere we go these days places have free WiFi service. If only we had our own laptop it would be alot easier. Got settled into a dorm then headed out to a bar. It had a live Flamenco dancer who was excellent! ...

Guadalajara - le meilleur climat de la planete!
Mar 2, 2009 (16 photos)

Changement d itineraire apres plusieurs jours de casse tete (pour Max!) ...Le désert et les chamanes Huichols OU les cotes du Pacifique de Michoacan? Pile ou Face. Rencontre avec Alejandro, il voulait trop s´acheter des bottes de cowboy avant son ...

Guadalaraja
Mar 3, 2009 (59 photos)

... sell very cheap drinks for a buy one get one free Mojito it is equivalent to £1.75 OMG lucky I am not drinking (much). The food in Mexico is nice and spicy, but can be a bit greasy as a lot is fried - yuck. The hostel I am staying in had a problem ...

city
Apr 16, 2004

... in all it was one of the best ruins we saw, and we saw many. Though Tikal still takes the cake. Well and then we went to Guadalajara, which at this point was 3 cities back. I'll write about it next time. Hey you know that Beatles song I Want You? It goes ...