Blogs from Ajijic, Jalisco, Mexico, North America - page 4

An hour taxi ride took us over the mountains and down to Lake Chapala, and into another world... We saw very few non-Mexicans in Guadalajara (maybe 8 at the most) and here it seems like there only non-Mexicans! This is one of the larger ex-pat areas of Mexico.... We are staying at a beautiful hotel...an exquisite tropical paradise complete with swimming pool, elegant resident dog, and flowers everywhere...It's not quite twice what we paid for our hotel in Guadalajara....and is an expanded version of the lovely house we rented... there are only 4 rooms, and not all are occupied, so it's very peaceful. We had lunch on the lake front, at a place that advertised an all-you-can-eat buffet (which we resisted and had veggie quesadillas instead). The only other customers were groups of straw-hatted gringos, well ... read more

Friday, January 24 It was my birthday and Rick tried to pamper me in the morning before we were to leave for the hot springs. Jorge knocked on our door before I was even dressed to give me a lovely flower arrangement. With bathing suit on under our clothes, we walked outside to go to the hot springs but disaster..... the sky was cloudy and the air was cool. According to Jorge, it was going to remain like this all day and was not a good day to go to the spa. Plan B, we decided to relax and go to see the movie Jack Ryan which was playing at the theatre. Not too exciting, no dinner out, bottom line, this birthday was a write off. I get to remain the same age until birthday celebrations ... read more

Wednesday, January 29 We had quite a few errands to run today so we made it a golf cart day. First on the agenda was to stop and have some food from the Lady that cooks tortillas on the wheel barrel. There is no name on the building so I didn’t know what to call her. A Mexican lady we met who was also eating there suggested that I call her la señora de las tortillas. So that’s what we have named her and her little hole in the wall restaurant. We drove through Ajijic, stopping here and there with our last stop being Granos Coffee where we sat and enjoyed a cappuccino and latte before heading home.... read more

Sunday, February 2 Super Bowl Sunday! Almost every restaurant in town was advertising a big screen TV and special Super Bowl dinner. Paul, our only American neighbour, and a true Seattle Seahawk fan was anxious to see the game but in the end, we all decided to have our own Super Bowl party by the pool. Jorge took one of the large screen TV’s out of an empty unit and set it up by the palapa hut. We gathered the tables and chairs around the TV. Everyone prepared food. Maryanne and Linda brought enough appetizers that we didn’t really need any additional food. However, Phina (Paul’s friend) made frijoles soup, Paul barbecued hamburgers, I made potato salad and brought a few racks of pork ribs, Jorge (who got the baby Jesus in the Three Kings cake ... read more

Wednesday, January 8 This was a busy day. Our cleaning lady comes on Mondays to clean but on Wednesday she does our laundry. So we are normally up, showered and dressed by 8:30am when the knock on the door announces her arrival. Wednesday is also Tienda (Market) day in Ajijic. We don’t usually take the camera with us to the Market because we have enough to carry with all of our purchases. This week we didn’t need much of anything so the camera was not a problem. Most people in the Ajijic Market like to have their picture taken and some even approached us and asked us to take their picture. Others however avoid the camera. We had fun with those who we have gotten to know in the couple of months we have been here. ... read more