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While browsing the net for a nice beach we hadn’t been to before, we came upon a picture of Gran Bahia de Cuastecomates, located six kilometers northwest of Barra de Navidad. 

There was standing room only at the Guadalajara Chamber of Commerce auditorium on Friday, March 10 for the presentation of a book outlining the history and contributions of Conciertos Guadalajara, an organization that – since the founding of the city’s Symphony Orchestra in 1916 – has been bringing the world’s most famous soloists to the Degollado Theater and many other venues in Jalisco.

“Mexico’s biggest crocodile sanctuary is only 20 minutes from here,” I told my sister-in-law while relaxing on a balcony overlooking the beautiful bay of Cuastecomates, near Barra de Navidad. She opened one eye and gave me a glance that seemed to say, “A cocodrilario? Ah, yes, toothy monsters that never move a muscle, piled topsy-turvy behind a cyclone fence. Boooooring!”

In a previous article I described Los Hervores, a hot spring located 50 kilometers due west of Guadalajara.

For some time, I’ve wanted to spend a night at Igloo Kokolo – said to be an environmentalist’s dream come true – on the ribera sur of Lake Chapala, between Tuxcueca and Tizapán.

“The most beautiful route in and out of Guadalajara is, in my humble opinion, dizzily zigzagging Highway 54 through the spectacular Barranca del Río Santiago.”