The Guadalajara Reporter
Guadalajara's Largest English Newspaper
I recently camped at Balneario el Rincón, a waterpark near Teuchitlán, with several friends who are into birdwatching. One of them approached me, while I was setting up my tent, with a large printed announcement.
The Guadalajara metro-area suburb of Pinar de la Venta lies on the northern edge of the Primavera Forest and has numerous woodsy stretches good for hiking.
A crowd of happy people devouring pancakes and sausages under a big tarp filled the parking lot of the Laguna Mall in Ajijic last Saturday.
If you like to to watch world news on TV every day, three English-speaking channels are usually available by satellite all over Mexico. These are CNN International, BBC World Service and Fox News.
A pall of brown smog hangs above “The City of Roses” almost every day of the year.
Arroyo el Carbón is a fascinating slot canyon in the Primavera Forest, located ten kilometers west of Guadalajara, near La Venta del Astillero.
El Rincon translates as “the Nook.” It’s a natural spring located 420 meters southwest of the Guachimontones archaeological site and the source of the Teuchitlan River. In 1895, British archaeologist Adela Breton visited burial sites near here and made references to “ceremonial circles.” It is also here, in 1962, where the discovery of obsidian knives in the water eventually led researchers Phil and Acelia Weigand to the circular pyramids and evidence of the ancient West Mexican civilization of Teuchitlan.
