The Guadalajara Reporter
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I’ll bet there’s not a single soul in our community who wouldn’t be thrilled to see local thoroughfares put into perfect condition. Life could be so much more carefree if we didn’t have to navigate wobbly cobblestone streets and highways riddled with potholes.
The traditional heart of the Chapala area’s annual Carnaval festivities is buried in the gritty earth of local bullrings.
Martes de Carnaval, the local interpretation of Fat Tuesday, is just around the corner.
Carnaval’s expat royalty
Party down with the candidates nominated to wear the crown as Expat King and Queen of this year’s Carnaval festivities at a get together set for Saturday, March 2, 3 to 5 p.m., Galeana 60 in upper Ajijic.
The Chili Cookoff does lots of good for the underprivileged in our community. Not so much for the good earth now overwhelmed by too much trash.
While Carnaval festivities at lakeside lack the caché of big time celebrations in places like Rio de Janiero, New Orleans and Venice, you can be sure that we are in for plenty of high-spirited revelry that will crank up Friday, February 22 and run unabated until Shrove Tuesday, March 5.
Starry-eyed newcomers at lakeside often think they’ve discovered paradise on earth. Sooner or later they confront some kind of reality check.
