The Guadalajara Reporter
Guadalajara's Largest English Newspaper
Gallon after gallon of free-flowing booze, lively Mexican style entertainment and an exhibition gallery for a wide array of Jalisco-made merchandise turned Chapala’s first annual Festival del Tequila into an irresistible a magnet for an estimated throng of 10,000 visitors over its three-day run.
Chapala’s emblematic faro (lighthouse) is looking spiffy following recent renovation work. Local artist Miguel Mora spent several weeks retouching the series of small frescos depicting important episodes in lakeside history that embellish the interior of the structure. He also designed the decorative iron work that has been installed to protect the artwork from vandalism.
Hundreds of off-road enthusiasts roared into Chapala last Sunday to mix it up in the mud at the area’s first Festival del Lodo.
Mayor Joaquin Huerta has hit the stump to pitch his plan for an extreme makeover of the eastern leg of Chapala’s waterfront Malecon.
A fugitive who had been hiding out in Lakeside for several months was arrested by Chapala police this week and extradited to the United States.
Fans of Mexico’s famed firewater will have the chance to engage in some serious tippling over the three-day run of the Chapala Tequila Festival, which kicks off Friday, July 19 along the center line of the waterfront Malecon.
Christian de la Cruz, a four-year-old boy from San Juan Tecomatlan who was born deaf and without ears, has just returned to lakeside after receiving specialized surgery at the Shriners Hospital for Children in Montreal, Canada.
Festivities surrounding the annual summer visit of the famed statue of the Virgin of Zapopan were replete with all the usual religious pageantry, with a few novel twists for the several thousand devotees in attendance.
As if free samplings of Mexico’s emblematic firewater isn’t enough to draw hoards of visitors, the three-day Festival del Tequila Chapala 2013 will offer plenty of south-of-the-border style entertainment.
