The Guadalajara Reporter
Guadalajara's Largest English Newspaper
Just as our heads had begun to clear and trembling pets emerged from their hiding places under the bed after Ajijic’s noisy San Andrés fiestas, the daily roar of fireworks has started up again, this time blasting out at the west end of the village where the novenario honoring the Virgin of Guadalupe runs in full fury from December 4 through 12.
Folks in Ajijic are ready to set aside their normal daily routines for the town’s annual salute to patron saint San Andrés Apostol. The boisterous festivities get underway Monday, November 21, rolling on straight through to the end of the month.
A heated session of the Chapala city council was underway when I bailed out of the room to answer my cellphone.
Most foreign folks easily take a shine to the Mexican way of honoring the dead through all sort of colorful and quirky customs tied in with Dia de Muertos holiday.
No matter who wins the U.S. presidential election, there’s a chance the NAFTA trade deal will go down the tubes.
A couple of weeks ago an acquaintance sent an email asking: “Do you have the dates in November when Ajijic does its big celebration, including ten nights of rockets? I’ve never been here for that and I’d like to have a heads up of the dates.”
While NBC news anchor Lester Holt was fine tuning topics to pose for discussion at this week’s presidential debate, I buckled down to draw up my own list of pressing questions regarding the much anticipated Clinton-Trump face-off.
