The Guadalajara Reporter
Guadalajara's Largest English Newspaper
Chapala’s annual Carnaval blowout is in full swing this weekend, and will run through Tuesday, February 25, keeping the town jumping with all the usual festive happenings, plus a variety of special activities putting guest country India in the limelight.
A U.S. citizen lost his life early Tuesday, February 11, in a head-on crash between his motorcycle and a compact sedan driven by a Mexican motorist.
Mexican horsemanship at its finest will be on display at the Gran Campeonato Charro VIP scheduled Thursday, February 13 through Sunday, February, 16 at Rancho Los Tres Potrillos, located on the Chapala-Guadalajara highway about halfway between Chapala and the Guadalajara airport. (Motorists heading there from Lakeside need to drive past the ranch on the left side of the road, and loop back via the turn-off to El Salto.)
Chapala’s annual Carnaval celebration blasts into action Thursday, February 20 with the traditional Entierro del Mal Humor (burial of bad humor) wrapped into an evening of inaugural festivities. This year’s Mardi Gras blowout has been pared down to a six-day program running through February 25 that is focused on long-held customs and family appeal.
Chapala’s Municipal Traffic Department has registered 26 single and multiple vehicle highway accidents since the start of 2020, averaging out to nearly one per day.
Although Mexico’s Congress has yet to regulate hemp products for medicinal use, physicians are writing prescriptions, and patients of all ages are feeling the healing effects of cannabinoids (CBD) from a variety of producers, imported products from the United States, and homemade remedies.
Statistics registered by Jalisco’s Tourism Department (Secturjal) indicate that hotel business in the Lakeshore region dropped by nine percent over the recent December-January holiday season in comparison with the previous year, falling from a 63.79 to 54.74 percent occupancy rate.
Chapala’s regulatory code on ecology and sustainable development took effect Wednesday, February 5, following approval by the City Council at its January 31 session.
The heat is on for Lakeside’s 42nd annual Mexican National Chili Cookoff, set to run Friday, February 7, through Sunday, February 9, at Tobolandia Water Park, located on the Chapala-Ajijic highway just west of the Libramiento intersection.
