The Guadalajara Reporter
Guadalajara's Largest English Newspaper
Artist Jorge Monroy with “Tlaloc Reigns Over Chapala” an acrylic painting with “shapes inside shapes and symbols within symbols.”
“Cave Kids” discover a natural bridge deep inside Chiquiliche Cave
El Diente is the most famous of countless monoliths spread over nearly 1,600 hectares just north of the Guadalajara Periferico.
“What do you want? I’m busy.” An acorn woodpecker (Melanerpes formicivorus) is hard at work making a home inside a telephone pole in Pinar de la Venta, a small community on the edge of the Primavera Forest on the outskirts of Guadalajara.
Mascota’s eminent archaeologist, Joseph Mountjoy recently informed us that the town’s already outstanding museum has been completely upgraded and expanded. We decided this was a perfect excuse to revisit Mascota, which lies about 150 kilometers west of Guadalajara and Lake Chapala. We also planned to take a peek at the nearby mountain village of San Sebastián, whose charm is legendary.
Every year Bosque la Primavera organizes at least one long trek across the forest. This year it was a sixteen-kilometer hike on March 24, starting at the western edge of the Protected Area, crossing the famed Río Caliente and ending at the little town of La Primavera, which lies 15 kilometers due west of Guadalajara, alongside the highway to Tepic and Nogales.
A series of very itchy red dots on the skin may indicate infestation by the scabies mite.
