The Guadalajara Reporter
Guadalajara's Largest English Newspaper
If you are interested in abstract art and you would like to visit a gallery, don’t waste your time hunting for one in downtown Guadalajara. Instead, head for the woods.
For years Ajijic hikers have been organizing an annual visit to the waterfalls of Citala followed by a “Cornfest,” a thanksgiving feast of sorts commemorating an event which took place nine years ago and is described thus in the excellent blog, Jim & Carole’s Mexican Adventure.
Bird-watching enthusiasts have come out with a handy guide to local birds which I think will be of enormous value to those of us who don’t know a Caracara from a Cowbird.
I am delighted to announce that my wife, Susy Pint, the co-author of “Outdoors in Western Mexico,” has penned a new book entitled “Una Mexicana en Arabia” (A Mexican Woman in Arabia).
Last year, my friend Mario Guerrero sent me the coordinates of a hill near San Juan de los Arcos – located 35 kilometers west of Guadalajara – where he thought there might be archaeological ruins.
August and September mark “colliflower” season in Guadalajara. Yes, it’s time to head for Colli Volcano, which is part of the Primavera Forest.
Word had reached me that there was a very good pizza and coffee shop – plus small hotel – in the little town of Oconahua, located 75 kilometers west of Guadalajara between Etzatlán and San Marcos.