Expat Living

Lakeside birders continued to search for and record species of birds in the area around Lake Chapala during April excursions to Cristiania Park, where members spotted the Tri-colored Heron, Black-backed Oriole, Forster’s Tern, Summer Tanager, Bushtit, Cooper’s Hawk and Eurasian Collared Dove and more, to total 50 species for the day.

The Lake Chapala Society  (LCS) is seeking a volunteer filmmaker to finish work on a documentary to be shown at the society’s 60th anniversary party in November. 

The Hotel Perico in Ajijic will be the official site for the first open dog agility competition to be held in Mexico on Saturday and Sunday, May 23 and 24.

Jesus Hernandez Davila, director of Chapala’s Municipal Sports Commission (Comude), has announced plans for a three-day program of special activities aimed at promoting physical fitness and healthy living.

Culinary Arts Society of Ajijic (CASA) members continuously strive to exceed even their own previous tasty dishes as they engage in friendly battle during the group’s monthly competitions. Each month members choose between the selected main dish and the chosen dessert category and then hope to add a first place to their annual score. 

In Needlepushers’ early days, the women would sew 30 or 40 dresses each year for Ajijic and Chapala girls and knit sweaters for the boys. How far has the group come since then. This March, members of Needlepushers accomplished the largest distribution in the 53-year history of the organization. They fitted 207 dresses and 132 vests onto delighted children at the Encarnacion Rosas Kinder and Virrey Antonio de Mendoza Primary in Mezcala.