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Though born in Veracruz, Professor Miguel Cházaro (R.I.P.) was numbered among Jalisco’s best botanists.

In 2000, a “cloud forest” was unexpectedly discovered in a remote area of western Jalisco at around 1,600 meters altitude (one mile high).

A country road that possibly constitutes the single most beautiful drive in the greater Guadalajara area connects Highways 23 and 54 and overlooks the spectacular Huaxtla Canyon. It also takes you to no end of hiking, biking, picnicking and canyoneering sites.

 recently stumbled upon an interesting Facebook thread about candlelight drawings scratched on the wall of a Spanish Inquisition jail cell in the early 1500s.

“Where the devil did you disappear to?” I asked a Mexican friend who had suddenly vanished off WhatsApp for more than a week.

Santuario Diocesano de Nuestra Señora de Guadalupe, or the Santuario Guadalupano, was finally finished in 2008, 110 years after construction began.