Ajijic

As soon as we knew that the kids were home safe and sound we travelled onwards to Guadalajara. We had planned to spend a few days with our cottage friends, Karen and Rob who are in Guadalajara, but that plan sadly didn’t work out.

Guadalajara and its airport had been affected by the cartels also. There were lots of burned vehicles and OXXO stores and the airport had also been locked down.

Our bus trip from Las Varas was pretty good but we passed lots of soldiers and workers trying to clear several big damaged vehicles from the highway. Surprisingly, innocent people were not hurt during the cartel rampage. Around 70 soldiers and cartel members were killed in the shootout in Tapalpa.

We were doing okay but then the bus stopped. One tire was completely shredded! Another bus came along and took us to the Zapopan bus terminal where we caught a taxi to Lake Chapala.

The driver was great and one hour later we were saying hi to Janet, her brother, Terry, and his wife, Heather in lovely Ajijic.

We were really hungry so we all went for Italian food at Janet’s favourite restaurant. We had lots to catch up on since Janet’s husband’s Celebration of Life last July. She seems to be doing much better.

The next day was spent in Chapala. We went to Chatterley’s restaurant for lunch. It is located on a quiet street in an old hotel where D.H. Lawrence lived for a time. The setting, in a lovely garden, is beautiful. I believe that he wrote The Plumed Serpent there.

On Sunday, we had lunch in one of our favourite restaurants, Yves. We met Yve who was recovering from a horrible fall down the stairs when he tripped over his dog. He had a big gash on his head and after several months in the hospital and close to death is starting to come around.

It was a short and sweet visit that brought back lots of pleasant memories. We have visited Ajijic numerous times over 26 years. Actually my dad drove our family to Ajijic when I was 7 years old.

A taxi took us to the Guadalajara airport and we flew to Puebla. It was an easy flight - 1 1/2 hours and we were there. In a big city!Læs mere