Thu 16 Oct, 2008
A Report of Ajijic, Lake Chapala, Mexico Nightlife (1994)
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A report of Ajijic, Lake Chapala, Mexico Nightlife
Life is good Life in the day light hours is good. Life at night is k 9 hell.
This is more a confession that a whine because in “Ajijic” (Spanish word for loud insomniac dogs) the chain reaction of barking that occurs originates in my yard.
If you are a budding sneak thief don’t let the barking deterred you from breaking into my house because when people come to the house the dogs lie down and whimper like Lassie on Timmy’s grave sight.
On the other hand, cats, birds, opossum and large butterflies on the other side of the 12 foot wall had better beware. Every morning I have the grizzly task of raking up the remains of small otherwise healthy animals who have presumably died of heart failure
The problem is that my dogs only bark for a period of 20-30 minutes and then grab a nap. They are exhausted having only gotten 16 hours of sleep during the day. It is, however, long enough to rile up the neighbors dogs to the west, who have much better stamina (how proud their owners must be) and can go for hours The chain has begun but it takes several more hours to get around the lake until it finally gets back here at which point the donkeys and roosters join in who in turn wake up the fireworks man who does his thing which scares the crap out of our dogs who go nuts and insist on being fed at 5:10 am. This explains why everyone here goes to bed at dusk.
An excellent solution might be to replace this years Chili Cook Off with the first annual Filipino Cuisine Festival. I have a Doberman and a Dalmatian who (and I hope they are reading this), if they don’t get their act together could make some “right fine eatin’” as we say in Southern Ontario.
The good news is I now know how to get my motion detector light to work. I run full tilt at it arms waving and barking madly, when I am 3 inches away, presto, works every time. Except one evening after to much tequilla I ran at the wrong wall and got a face full of bouganvilla and mortar. It was, of course, the best night sleep I’ve had here.
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boatdrinks says:
I have also experienced “dueling doggies” while foolishly attempting to achieve comfortable REM sleep. It usually ended up with me watching TV with English subtitles (I fondly call this Spanish Practice).
During my last trip to Ajijic, I stumbled upon a marvelous solution to this dilemma:
A Cuban cigar (well, maybe two) and a good bottle of Tequila seem to be a magical way to sleep well and awake refreshed! While my methodology may seem to be a tad extreme to those who do not appreciate 100% Blue Agave Tequila (all grown in the great State of Jalisco!), it works for me and makes me proud to support local industry.
KevinCollins says:
Tequilla is the actual Spanish translation for “sleep medicine”. There was no such thing as the siesta prior to the advent of this beverage…the cigar is just a nice added bonus.