Ajijic & Zamora

We slept in after the evening out in town and then went to a car parts dealer to get some engine coolant. Despite being easy to fill up it was annoying that the car rental agency didn't even do the service 🙄 Also the windshield wiper fluid was empty... Well anyway we managed and were soon enough on our way to Ajijic through the sheer endless agave fields of Tequila.
We drove through Guadalajara but didn't stop as we didn't feel like having the traffic of the city center. It looked generally pretty nice but that's for another time. From there it was just a pretty short drive to Ajijic, a scenic pueblo mágico next to the lake Chapala. And driving into town on the tiny rough streets was an adventure by itself. Then we took a walk on the Malecón and it reminded me a bit of Lake Constance. Except for the palm trees and cricket vendors maybe 😅 Afterwards we went into town where they were super busy preparing the town for the celebrations of San Andreas. Luckily we found an open shop offering a local speciality, Tortas Ahogadas. Besides having a special filling, it's also prepared differently where the torta is floating in a little spicy tomato sauce.

With a happy belly we drove to the last stop of the day, Zamora. It's a surprisingly large city and were happy when we found a hotel for the night just as it started getting dark. We rested a bit at the hotel before going out. Most of the stalls and restaurants had already closed down so we stopped at a restaurant called The Pink Panther. Their speciality is Meat in its own juice and it was great! Especially with the beans and onions also in the juice. Julia ordered a oven baked cheese and we shared an avocado. For dessert we tried a local speciality, Chongos Zamoranos. It's like flan ripped in pieces in a glass, I liked it because it's not too sweet.Read more