The Guadalajara Reporter
Guadalajara's Largest English Newspaper
In bygone years I wrote several articles for this newspaper describing my adventures rappelling down deep pits in a mountain “filled with caves” in Cerro Grande, part of the the Manantlán Biosphere Reserve, which is a 2,860-meter high mountain range located 150 kilometers southwest of Guadalajara, straddling the states of Jalisco and Colima.
Ask the average Tapatío (Guadalajara native) where you can find rolling hills covered with pine trees and a cozy cabin with a crackling fireplace. Most likely they will tell you to head for Tapalpa.
Wherever you go in Mexico, you see water tanks or tinacos on the rooftops.
Jalisco’s only abstract art center is located eight kilometers outside Guadalajara in the woodsy community of Pinar de la Venta in Zapopan.
Last Sunday I led a hike to the Selva Negra Nature Reserve near Ahuisculco.
“I want to take my grandchildren to a swimming hole this Saturday,” said my neighbor Richard. “Where can we go?”
While the word senderismo translates to “hiking” in English, I think it doesn’t come close to capturing the romanticism, idealism and emotionalism in the Spanish term.