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Ahuacatlan, Place of Avocados
January 18 in Mexico ⋅ ☀️ 18 °C
We wanted to spend a few weeks inland where it would be cooler so we looked for an interesting place, not too far away but inland, to use as a home base,

In our search, what came up and interested us, were three villages, close together, all Magic Towns - Ahuacatlan, Jala and Ixtlan del Rio.

“Mexico's 177 Magic Towns (or Pueblos Mágicos) are villages awarded with this designation for their mystical and mythical character and for maintaining their original architecture, culture, folklore, and history intact.” Every one that we have been to, has been special.

We figured that we could spend a week in each of the three villages, starting with Ahuacatlan, to check out what made them magic. What was great was that it was an easy 2 hour bus ride away from Chacala. A quick taxi ride took us to the hotel.

We booked a week in a beautiful hotel with gardens and a pool in Ahuacatlan, the place of avocados. More about the hotel in the next blog.

Little did we know that it didn’t take long to fall in love with this little town, the people and the hotel and staying longer became the new plan. By the way, Jala and Ixtlan del Rio are a very short local bus ride from where we are so there was no need to change hotels.

From our hotel, we can see the town’s name up in the hills. People told us we could take a long set of stairs up to the sign. On the first day, Chris decided to go up on his own. A half an hour later, he phoned me to tell me to look up at the sign on the hill and check out if I could see him sitting on the L of Ahuacatlan. I could see him! So funny.Read more
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The Beach Town of Chacala
January 6 in Mexico ⋅ ☁️ 25 °C
We have been to Chacala, a small fishing village north of Puerto Vallarta at least two other times and each time we have shared a two bedroom, two bathroom apartment with our travelling friends Pat and Gail.

The two weeks that we stayed here this time was spent revisiting old haunts and seeing what had changed since we were last here. It has been pretty hot and humid so our day was pretty simple.

Every morning when it was cool at 7 a.m,, Chris walked up the volcano sometimes with me and sometimes with a fellow he met called Garret, a retired judge. If I didn’t go up, I walked along the beach.

We stop in at a beach palapa and have a glass of freshly squeezed orange juice and watch people strolling on the beach. Then we would head home for a late breakfast.

We loved reading on the upstairs patio with the views of the lake.

On occasion, we would go into the bigger town of Las Varas for money, lunch or just to wander around the town.

For a few days, we went hunting for a house to rent for our kids and grandkids. They are coming on February 14 for a week. Luckily we found a place with three bedrooms, two bathrooms and a pool, directly across the street from PnG’s apartment! They will love it.Read more
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Escaping the Winter
January 5 in Mexico ⋅ ☀️ 26 °C
Once again, Chris and I decided that a trip back to Mexico would be a good thing to do. But the question is, “Where do we want to go. There are so many wonderful places to visit. Sometimes, we just look for the least expensive flight to a country and start from there. This time it is Puerto Vallarta.

We got a one way ticket as we aren’t sure when we will return or from where. Our friends Pat and Gail will be in Chacala for 3 months and they have a 2 bedroom apartment that they are happy to share with us for a couple of weeks. From there, we will make decisions about where we will go.

Our family would like to join us somewhere in Mexico for a week in February. Playa del Carmen was an idea but Puerto Vallarta won out.

Luckily we were able to rent a new house for them in Chacala with three bedrooms, two bathrooms and a pool. Perfect for the 7 of them. We will stay with PnG for that week. Their house is right across the street from the apartment.

After the kids come, we will head to Guadalajara to visit our cottage friends who are staying there for a few days and then possibly head to Ajijic to visit our Ontario friends, Janet and Andrea, for a couple of days.

Then we have booked an apartment in the historic area of Puebla, a new city for us, for the month of March.

We are still up in the air re our travels at this point but it will all come together.

I do not plan on writing much but will include a few photos of each new place that we go to.Read more
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Trip start
January 5, 2026

Ahuacatlan, Place of Avocados

The Beach Town of Chacala

Escaping the Winter