How do summer rains affect Mexico real estate in Lake Chapala?
March memories linger in Mexico
Persian qanats in Western Mexico
Three thousand years ago engineers in Persia devised an ingenious solution to one of mankind's most serious problems in areas without rivers and lakes: how to get water from point A, where it abounds, ...
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Jalisco State resource page: tequila, mariachis and so much more
Cradle of the mariachi, tequila, and the 'Jarabe Tapatío,' or Mexican Hat Dance, for many, the state of Jalisco is the essence of Mexico.
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Saint Anthony and John the Baptist: June festivals at Lake Chapala
The state of Colima, Mexico: a resource page
If you had to live the rest of your life in one Mexican State, which one would it be? A straw-poll of Mexconnect readers suggests that their choice might well be Colima.
Why?
Because not only is Coli...
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Palm Sunday in Ajijic, Mexico
Reynaldo in Mexico has handwoven Oaxaca rugs and more rugs
Uncovering Tonala's history at the National Ceramic Museum
Dating back to pre-Hispanic times, the nahual is a shape shifter who switches between human and animal forms and is often characterized as a shaman.
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Mexican artist Efren Gonzalez revives an ancient art form with terracotta murals
Part of the wonder and adventure of experiencing life in Ajijic, Mexico is the incredible diversity of color in the natural world — pungent reds, a range of blues, pale purples, brilliant yellows —...
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Retiring in Mexico: How's Manzanillo?
It is useful to think of Manzanillo as two bays in an arc of some 20 kilometers with its southern point where the port and the town center are located. About mid way north, a peninsula juts straight out to sea to form another bay. Then another more sizeable peninsula, Juluapan, extends into the Pacific.
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Peace Corps couple retire to their Mexico paradise
Bob and Judie Terry are not only veterans of the Peace Corps — which celebrates its 50th anniversary this year — they actually met at a National Peace Corps Association meeting. Judie (whose mother...
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The Through Line: A Journey from Darkness into Life
Popular Ajijic photographer Jay Koppelman has two things to celebrate this winter: one, the recent opening of Studio 18, on Colón 18 in Ajijic, which features exclusively his photographs; and two, the recent publication of the first collection of his Mexico photographs, in a handsome coffee-table format, The Through Line.
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The Magic Circle: Mexico's five ecosystems meet around Guadalajara
For a while I've been asking myself how it's possible that I keep finding new natural wonders to write about after 25 years of living near Guadalajara. So, one day I sat down with a map and drew a circ...
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Personal reminiscences of Mexico's Huichol people VII: return from the Huichol sierra
Hammering out a future for young people in Chapala, Mexico
The men and women in the Chapala-Ajijic area whom I admire the most are those who can give so generously of their time to help others (without expecting anything in return), and Lakeside seems to be ov...
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Mexican macadamia nuts: culinary gold
Personal reminiscences of Mexico's Huichol people VI: Peyote Fiesta