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Mercado in decay

Popping into Chapala’s municipal market early one morning, my eye was drawn to a display of fresh fruits bathed in golden sunlight. I couldn’t resist pulling out my camera to snap off a few shots of the stunning still life.


Rocking with Religious Royalty

La Virgen de Zapopan, Jalisco’s number one religious patroness, will blow into Chapala on July 8 for an annual visit that invariably falls on the second Sunday of the month, just as the rainy season comes into full force.

Mundial madness

I wonder what newbie expats were thinking when they heard ear-splitting blasts of cohete rockets rip the air at mid-morning last Saturday.

In the dark

It’s the time of the year when the first hint of stormy weather gives fair warning that a power failure could occur at the drop of a hat.