It feels like I don’t do much until I go back and look at all the photos I have taken throughout the week. I guess if I were a bee I would have pollinated a lot of flowers with all my travels from one place to another. Since I don’t write on the Access blog every day, I sometimes forget all the things I have done. Fortunately I always have my camera with me and have a photographic record of the week. I...

I have lived here for almost four years and have only been around the lake once. It wasn’t much fun because in the first town the bus wasn’t coming for four hours. I had to pay a local person to drive me to the next town in order to get another bus. It was a long, exhausting trip. It took all day. So I had no desire to try it again until my friend suggested that we visit with her friend in San Luis...

I have done many interesting things since my last entry on the Access blog.  I have gone to the Wednesday outdoor market in Ajijic and taken photos. I have gone to Chapala for a dentist appointment. I have visited with friends at the Lake Chapala Society. But the most interesting thing I did all week was to take a day trip to a town around the lake, San Luis Soyatlan and on our way there we stopped by a...

I last wrote on January 7th.  Since then I have done many different things. I probably have a hundred photos to sort through. It is always difficult for me to choose my favorite photos because there are so many interesting people and places here.  This is a photographer’s paradise. Some of my favorite photos are taken at the Ajijic Wednesday market. Friends at the ajijic market Before I started...

D. H. Lawrence wrote a book titled Mornings In Mexico. It was first published by Martin Sacker & Warburg Ltd 1927 David Herbert Richards Lawrence. Born Sept 11, 1885. Died March 2, 1930. He lived in Australia, Italy, Ceylon, U.S.A., Mexico and the South of France. In the mid 1920s he lived in the Lake Chapala area. The home he lived in is now a Bed and Breakfast. The Quinta Quetzalcoatl Inn is...

I am an older, single woman. I am not telling you my age but I am getting social security. I have been living at the lakeside area for several years now. I love it here. Sometimes friends write to me and ask what I do here all day. It is hard for people to imagine life in Mexico. There are lots of fears floating around in the world about the dangers of Mexico. I want to share what it is like for me to be...

List of Churches and Religions in Ajijic and Chapala Mexico is predominately a Catholic country. There are Catholic churches in every town here. Social life for the majority of the Mexicans revolves around the Catholic Church and church holidays. There are numerous processions and celebrations based on the Catholic religion. Surprisingly there are also many other religions here.  Since there are so...

Things to Do and Activities in the Lakeside Area There is no excuse to be bored here. There are things to do every day of the week. Check out the monthly calendar at Ajijic News.com.  I look at it every day. In it you will find the regular meetings and special events. You will find everything from local bands playing at restaurants to art openings and Lake Chapala Society meetings...

Learning to Speak Spanish in Lake Chapala Not speaking Spanish may sometimes be a deal breaker for people when they think of coming here to live. The first and most important point in this article is to say that you don’t have to be able to speak Spanish in order to enjoy living here. Because there are so many expats here, a great number of the Mexicans have learned to speak English. They know that is...

Drinking water in Ajijic, Chapala and Mexico in general I am sure you are aware of the drinking water problems in Mexico. “Please don’t drink the water” is a common phrase here. But it isn’t anything to be concerned about if you just take a few precautions. Water problems can exist anywhere, even in the States. I remember one time I went to Las Vegas and got deathly sick for two weeks. I am sure...