The Guadalajara Reporter
Guadalajara's Largest English Newspaper
Tepatitlán is a bustling City located 60 kilometers northeast of Guadalajara, in Los Altos de Jalisco (the Jalisco Highlands). Should you happen to be wandering about Tepa—as the local people call it—you might glance up at a street sign and discover you are on Calle Esparza, which may mean nothing whatsoever to you.
The town of Tala is located 30 kilometers due west of Guadalajara and today is best known for its large, government-operated sugar refinery.
Last year, members of the Guadalajara-based group Jalisco Desconocido located and explored the remains of the abandoned Hacienda de Ibarra, hidden deep inside a canyon at the north end of the city.
Before I moved to Mexico I had never heard of homeopathy, an approach to medicine developed by the German physician Samuel Hahnemann in 1796.
The first curious thing about Obsidian Island is that it is surrounded by great stretches of farmland and is not an island at all.
One of the lesser-known benefits of cave exploring in Mexico is the occasional natural wonder you stumble upon while beating the bush in search of a cavern.
The Huentitán Canyon and the Santiago River form Guadalajara’s northern border. In modern days, the 500-meter-deep canyon is seldom visited except by hardy hikers and athletes looking to test their endurance.
