Blogs from Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico, North America - page 8

I am officially in Mexico!! It's a little bit strange and I was initially a lot of bit freaked out, but I made it!! In all the planning and anticipation for this trip, I don't think it ever really hit me what exactly I was about to do. That is, take on Guadalajara all by myself for 6 weeks!!! The moment of clarity came after clearing security in the airport ... all of the sudden I was fully aware that: A) I was in Mexico B) ALL BY MYSELF C) That my spanish is pretty crappy!!! I'm not going to lie ... it took a lot for me not to cry upon realizing this!! I beelined past all the "Senorita! Taxi?!!" and headed for the bathroom so I could regroup and come up with a game ... read more

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We were able to take a first-class bus from Bucerias to Guadalajara, which was nice since it had air conditioning, a bathroom, a movie (in Spanish of course), and comfortable seats. We were even given a bag with a ham and cheese sandwich, a cookie, and a Pepsi. If we had known, we wouldn’t have packed our own sandwiches! Oh well. We had assigned seats, but when we got on the bus, there was a young man sleeping in one of our seats. Several people tried to wake him up, talking louder and louder to him and shaking him. The alcohol fumes rolling off him told the story - he was passed out cold and even shaking him couldn’t wake him up. We sat in the seats behind him, and luckily, nobody else wanted those seats, ... read more

We moved into our apartment at 1118 Juan Manuel on Friday the 29th. It's in Colonia Americana which is a great location within walking distance to Mercado Centenario, grocery stores, lavanderia, an organic bakery that sells home made veggie burgers and excellent Neveria's. and we're close to the bus stop. Our apartment is old and seems to have been abandoned for awhile but we are making the best of it. The guy we are renting it from, Jose, whom we found on Craigslist isn't the best landlord but he gave us some of his furniture so our apt is 1/3 furnished. Guadalajara has been an interesting last stop for us in Mexico. One of the best things about it (that we noticed right away) was the outness and openness of so many lesbians that we saw ... read more

¡Buenas noches! Mittlerweile habe ich Guadalajara verlassen und bin gestern mit dem Flugzeug in Tuxtla gelandet, wo wir uns gestern fuer ein paar Tage einen Leihwagen genommen haben um die Region Chiapas zu erkundigen. Nach unserer Ankunft in Guadalajara vor ca. 1,5 Wochen haben wir uns mal zuerst das historische Zentrum dieser Stadt angesehen und festgestellt, dass es gleich um vieles ruhiger und angenehmer in der zweitgroessten Stadt Mexicos ist, da sich die Einwohnerzahl im einstelligen Millionenbereich befindet. Im historischen Zentrum ist es ruhig, die Strassen sind nicht ueberlaufen, jedoch ist diese Gegend nicht unbedingt gepflegt. Nur der Hauptplatz ist wirklich sauber. Am naechsten Tag wurden wir von einem Bekannten Ingos abgeholt und es ging zu einer 3-taegigen Junggesellenparty ans Meer nach Manzanillo. Der Freitag verlief so wie wir es kennen, nur ohne Leiberl zerreis... read more