Although 36 cases of H1N1 (swine flu) have now been reported in Jalisco the symptoms are still reported as no worse that the seasonal flu and those with suspected cases or who have come in contact with a person having H1N1 flu are given Tamiflu immediately.

If there is a positive to this outbreak it is the cost of flying to Mexico on many airlines has been reduced by up to 50%.

For those of you considering buying property in Ajijic, Lake Chapala or looking into retiring here this would be a very good time to come and see if this is the place for you.

Although we have been affected by the global economic crisis we (more…)

All my life I have wanted to live near water and now I do. Lake Chapala is the second largest lake in Mexico and it is beautiful to look at as it glistens in the sun. Ajijic is nestled between Lake Chapala and the Sierra Madre mountains which helps with the wonderful moderate climate we enjoy here.

Lake Chapala has a very rich history and many relics can still be found in it. Now there is a dinner cruise you can take on Lake Chapala which offers a beautiful scenic outing with the mountains on both sides of the lake.

Lake Chapala goes up and down depending on the length of the rainy season but it is cyclical and always seems to come back no matter how far it may recede. Ajijic residents have worked very hard to get it on the world wide endangered lakes listing to ensure we can always enjoy its beauty. (more…)

On Monday November 3rd, 2008 Chapala Municipality officials were proud to announce that they were one of the few municipalities in Jalisco ready to take steps towards a recycling program. Despite the 5 years notice provided by Jalisco state officials, many of the other municipalities were not ready for such an endeavor. As a result of the poor response to the rallying “Semades” (garbage separation department) the state of Jalisco is off to a less than stellar start.

Many of the state officials claim that the lack of funding is the real issue. They believe that in order to take on such an ambitious project they would need massive financial support which is not forthcoming.
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by Roger Toll, former Editor of Mexico City News (Delta Sky Magazine, February 2006)

Near Guadalajara, the lakeside town of Ajijic has proven irresistible to many Americans. Here’s why.

If the cherished ideals of human unity and harmony between cultures remain hard to achieve, maybe we’d best look to a basic biological concept for a solution. Symbiosis, the dictionary says, is the life association of two dissimilar organisms for mutual benefit. I thought of this on a recent visit to Ajijic (pronounced “ah-HEE-heek”), the prettiest of several towns laced together by a two-lane highway running along the northwest shore of Mexico’s largest lake, Chapala, 45 minutes south of Guadalajara. It is midsummer, the rainy season, where the air is soft and the surrounding mountains turn an exuberant tropical green. The setting is bucolic, Old World, with a rustic church and peaceful plaza, and a gazebo waiting for a band to arrive. Village streetCobblestone streets slow traffic to a genteel crawl, and people come and go, murmuring a polite “buenos dias” as they amble by. (more…)