Every year the Globo Event happens the weekend before the 16th of September Revolution Day festivities. It is the kickoff for an entire week of celebrations. These Globos are made out of very thin, slick and light paper. They are fragile and will burn or tear easily. Many of them do not make it into the air. Especially the larger ones because they bend down in the wind and then the fire below them burns...

The festivities during the week before Revolution Day include many things in the Ajijic Plaza. Almost every evening something is going on. One of my favorite events is the Reboso Parade. It took place this year on Sept. 15th. It is a special time for the young girls and older women to shine. Rebosos are shawls and the Mexican women take great pride in their shawls.  They have a parade around the plaza...

Rent a Car from Access:  Explore Lake Chapala with your own ride! Due to many requests we have received from clients and users, Access Lake Chapala has decided to offer car rental services. All our vehicles are used and not brand new as most are accustomed to. This allows us to keep rental rates very low, some of the lowest in the area. All our vehicles are very well maintained and serviced, so you are...

August 2nd 2014 Scorpion Island is one of the islands located on the east end of Lake Chapala. Recently our team writer Evelyn took a trip to this Island to explore why so many tourists, both Expats and Mexicans come to Lake Chapala to visit this island, which is considered on of Chapala's major attractions. Below we have included a complete set of pictures from the trip, however to read more about this...

I took a boat ride to Scorpion Island over the weekend. Or as it is called in Spanish, Isla Alacranes. First off, it is not called that because it is filled with Scorpions. It is because from above, it looks like the shape of a scorpion.  I had been putting off this trip because we are in the rainy season and there is no telling when a downpour will arrive. Fortunately, there was no rain on Saturday when...

July 16th 2014 By the month of July the rainy season in Ajijic Mexico is well underway. During 2014, the season had a strong start and lakeside residents started to visit the local hot spot "El Tepalo" earlier than most years. El Tepalo is a well known local waterfall and it is visited by allot of Ajijic locals due to its proximity (about a 20 minute hike). However it does not always have water flowing,...

Another Can Am Day celebration has rolled around. This is my third year of writing about it. If you are ever in the area at this time of the year, be sure to be part of it. It is always between the Canadian Independence day, July 1st, and the American Independence day, July 4th. This year it was held on July 2nd. It is held at the Lake Chapala Society. Entrance to the Lake Chapala Society The gate...

June 13th 2014 The local celebrations done every year are most anticipated when it is the "Fiestas" of each town. During the middle of June the "Fiestas of San Antonio Tlayacapan" take place and it is a time of year when all locals from San Antonio celebrate their town. It is one of the smallest delegations in the Lake Chapala area but they sure know how to make a big celebration when it comes to their...

There is a new restaurant in town, at the end of Colon and across the street from the pier and malecon. Maria Isabel is the new name. It was opened by a couple recently retired from Guadalajara, Adriana and Leonardo Cornejo. Leonardo retired in September and they moved up to Ajijic. But Leonardo is a restless sort and not one to sit around. He started looking for things to do and within three months he...

This year's Mardi Gras parade in Ajijic was on Tuesday March 4th. It started around eleven in the morning and went from Constitution to Ocampo to six corners and back to the Plaza. There was also a night parade.  This was Fat Tuesday, the last day of the carnival season which always falls the day before Ash Wednesday, the first day of lent. Lent is the beginning of forty days of prayer, fasting and alms...