The Guadalajara Reporter
Guadalajara's Largest English Newspaper
Foreign citizens who visit or reside in Mexico should not harbor fears about travelling anywhere in the country provided they observe common sense safety precautions. That was the bottom line message heard over and over by an audience of about 100 expats who attended an open meeting with high level federal police officers held on February 12 at the Lake Chapala Society (LCS).
No-one attending the opening night concert at the Scotiabank Northern Lights Music Festival had any idea of the miserable time endured by some of the musicians or the valiant efforts of the festival’s volunteers.
Chapala’s Carnaval celebrations got off to a rip-roaring start on February 6 with the traditional opening night parade, followed by the kick-off party at the Parque Cristiania fairgrounds.
Although attendance slacked off sharply for the string of special events held throughout the past week, big crowds are expected to show up over the weekend as Mardi Gras fever rises for the party-hard finale.
Anhel Saavedra (far left) beams after earning the 2015 Reina de Carnaval crown. The monarch of the festivities and three other beauties in her royal court brought glitz and glamour to the inaugural festivities.
Fan clubs raised a ruckus cheering for the Chapala Carnaval Queen candidates.
Clown-faced stilt-walkers boosted high spirits during the opening night parade.
Carnaval revelers shake and shimmy to Latino beats.
A platoon of federal police officers drove their flashy patrol vehicles at the lead of the Friday night desfile prior to taking on crowd control duties at the fairgrounds. The friendly officers of the gendarme division have been temporarily assigned to the Chapala area to boost public security for the run of the festivities.
Last Saturday saw great excitement in the Auditorio de la Ribera at the one-night appearance of headline act, Well-Strung, en route for New York and home after sell-out appearances in Puerto Vallarta.
The proprietors of Just Chillin’ Bar and Grill have picked up the pieces and started over in the aftermath of a nasty break-in discovered early Tuesday, February 10.
Chapala Fire Chief Lorenzo Torres Salazar is buzzing after just returning from a trip to California, where he attended a firefighting conference in San Diego, and visited fire departments in Los Angeles that have donated equipment for his men.
There was great excitement when ¡Viva! la Musica announced that it was bringing back the popular Catarsis Trio to Ajijic for an evening of Schubert, Rachmaninoff and Rechtman at the Auditorio de la Ribera on Thursday, February 5.
Lakeside area cyclists are enjoying safer travel along the Ciclopista bike track bordering the Chapala-Jocotepec highway thanks to new signage and freshly painted roadway markings that have appeared in recent weeks.
Chapala Sunrise Rotary Club’s 2015 International Women’s Golf Classic at the Chapala Country Club is set to coincide with the Thursday, March 5 worldwide observation of International Women’s Day.
