The Guadalajara Reporter
Guadalajara's Largest English Newspaper
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.
Happy mothers and exuberant children gathered last Saturday at a DIF center near Guadalajara’s Auditorio Benito Juárez to celebrate the inauguration of a new playground, built for them thanks to the efforts of several expats from the United States.
