The Guadalajara Reporter
Guadalajara's Largest English Newspaper
It all began as a beach holiday. Having heard that the ocean-front town of Cuyutlán, Colima had “the nicest black sand you could ever hope to see,” we drove there one night only to discover that – in the month of October, mind you – the temperature was 34 C, the humidity 82 percent and the water was full of manta rays.
I received a text message a week ago: “Richard says Cuyutlán in Colima has the best black sand beach he’s ever seen and an incredible surf. Want to go?”
Last weekend I had an opportunity to spend Saturday night at La Maria Lagoon in Colima, located 100 kilometers southwest of Lake Chapala.
Mascota is a charming little town located three-fourths of the way between Guadalajara and Puerto Vallarta as the crow flies.
Western Mexico is an extraordinary place for people who love nature and the great outdoors.
A few years ago I reported on a curious eco-training center on Lake Chapala’s south shore called Igloo Kokolo which looks, more than anything, like a Smurf village.
Visitors to the pueblo mágico of Tapalpa inevitably wander outside the town to see the area’s famed Piedrotas or Great Rocks.
