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Balcony of our room at the Mis Amores hotel in Ajijic, 30 minutes south of Guadalajara on Lake Chapala
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Balcony of our room at the Mis Amores hotel in Ajijic, 30 minutes south of Guadalajara on Lake Chapala
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Our room at the Mis Amores hotel in Ajijic, 30 minutes south of Guadalajara on Lake Chapala
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Our room at the Mis Amores hotel in Ajijic, 30 minutes south of Guadalajara on Lake Chapala
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Our room at the Mis Amores hotel in Ajijic, 30 minutes south of Guadalajara on Lake Chapala
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Our room at the Mis Amores hotel in Ajijic, 30 minutes south of Guadalajara on Lake Chapala
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Our room at the Mis Amores hotel in Ajijic, 30 minutes south of Guadalajara on Lake Chapala
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Our room at the Mis Amores hotel in Ajijic, 30 minutes south of Guadalajara on Lake Chapala
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Our room at the Mis Amores hotel in Ajijic, 30 minutes south of Guadalajara on Lake Chapala
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Outside the door of room at the Mis Amores hotel in Ajijic, 30 minutes south of Guadalajara on Lake Chapala
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Outside the door of our room at the Mis Amores hotel in Ajijic, 30 minutes south of Guadalajara on Lake Chapala
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View from the balcony of our room at the Mis Amores hotel in Ajijic, 30 minutes south of Guadalajara on Lake Chapala
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Front of the Mis Amores hotel in Ajijic, 30 minutes south of Guadalajara on Lake Chapala
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Front of the Mis Amores hotel in Ajijic, 30 minutes south of Guadalajara on Lake Chapala
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Courtyard/restaurant area of Mis Amores hotel in Ajijic, 30 minutes south of Guadalajara on Lake Chapala
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Caroline in the main plaza in Ajijic
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Cows wander the streets around the corner from our rental apartment
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The main drag in the town of Chapala, 5 miles or so east of Ajijic. A vacation hotpot for Guadalajarans
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This shop made these chairs right on the highway - nearly every establishment seems to have them.
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Our rental apartment in Ajijic. We were on the walk-out basement floor of a two story building.
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Our skanky apartment in Ajijic. We were here for a week - at least it was only $200.
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Our skanky apartment in Ajijic. We were here for a week - at least it was only $200.
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Our skanky apartment in Ajijic. We were here for a week - at least it was only $200.
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Our skanky apartment in Ajijic. We were here for a week - at least it was only $200.
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The outside of our skanky apartment in Ajijic was actually quite nice. Daily visits by the gardner keep it that way.
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The outside of our skanky apartment in Ajijic was actually quite nice. Daily visits by the gardner keep it that way.
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The outside of our skanky apartment in Ajijic was actually quite nice. Daily visits by the gardner keep it that way.
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The outside of our skanky apartment in Ajijic was actually quite nice. Daily visits by the gardner keep it that way.
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The outside of our skanky apartment in Ajijic was actually quite nice. Daily visits by the gardner keep it that way.
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The outside of our skanky apartment in Ajijic was actually quite nice. Daily visits by the gardner keep it that way.
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The outside of our skanky apartment in Ajijic was actually quite nice. Daily visits by the gardner keep it that way.
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The outside of our skanky apartment in Ajijic was actually quite nice. Daily visits by the gardner keep it that way.
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The outside of our skanky apartment in Ajijic was actually quite nice. Daily visits by the gardner keep it that way.
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We spent a whole lot of time on this chaise lounge - after a thorough scrubbing of course!
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This is a typical street sign in Mexican towns.
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View of the "lake". There are water hyacinths that seem to float around the lake, changing the shoreline from day to day
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Street in Ajijic
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Scott & chevy-girl hang out by the driveway of our rental apartment
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Name of our place
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Backyard of our place at sunset was very pretty
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Backyard of our place at sunset was very pretty
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Outdoor lazyboy! We chose not to sit there...
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These curved brick ceilings, called "bovedas", are in almost every building here.
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These curved brick ceilings, called "bovedas", are in almost every building here.
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Letty's villa is for sale
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Fountain in our yard - very relaxing, when it was operating
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Fountain in our yard - very relaxing, when it was operating
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This horse frequently watched us through the gated door in our backyard. Owned by our gardner who lived next door
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Two horses, a dog, and a gardener all seemed to live next door on a lot with no buildings.
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There was a tarp-covered tri-fold lawn chair, we think for the gardener (too small for the horse)
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Cactus in our backyard
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Caroline does some computer "work" on her chaise lounge on our patio
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Caroline does some computer "work" on her chaise lounge on our patio
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View of our house from the backyard - our upstairs neighbors had the cool terrace with a great view of the lake
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Copytop! Our favored internet establishment in Ajijic (although the sun cooks you in afternoon and dust flies through)
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Pedestrian street in Ajijic, next to the Copytop - look at all of the Gringas!
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Main plaza in Ajijic
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Cathedral in Ajijic
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The Lake Chapala Society is where the Gringos go for services, info, and for socializing with their kind.
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We used the Lake Chapala Society to answer questions about plumbing, phoning, visas, and to use their clean banos
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We had a very nice lunch on the patio of the Nueva Posada hotel in Ajijic
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The bar ("The Beer Saloon") where Pedro, our singing barkeep, served us $.90 beers and chatted us up.
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Scott on the pier at Lake Chapala
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Scott's head on the pier at Lake Chapala
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The Gathering Place was our favorite shop in Ajijic - a beautiful gallery with wonderful proprietors
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They live upstairs and use the downstairs and garden for their gallery.
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Caroline chats with the gallery owner in the kitchen area of the shop
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The Secret Garden cafe, where we lunched on a couple of occassions
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A beautiful sunset - from our backyard
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A beautiful sunset - from our backyard
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Church in Jocotepec
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Jocotepec - people buy lots of mopeds & ATVs in Mexico to get around. We've seen families of 4 on one moped!
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Plaza in Jocotepec
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Plaza in Jocotepec
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A common sight in Mexico - "rancho hat" wearing old men gather in the plaza to hang
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We pretended to take a photo of Caroline to get the rancho hat-wearing men behind her-she's cropped in the last photo
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Scott enjoys his fruit salad with chili-sauce & lime juice dressing
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This friendly cat started paying our house daily visits (after being fed by both our neighbors and ourselves)
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We gave the cat a milk snack
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View from the terrace upstairs from us - great view of the lake and mountains
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Here we are, on the terrace upstairs
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Our upstairs neighbors Brendan and Betty, from Vancouver Island, had some great stories to tell.