Guadalajara Travel Blogs

  My last day in Guadalajara. Didn't do much, really. Had a nice lie-in in the morning, after which Miryam and I went into the city where we spent most the afternoon drinking beers in the sun. It was very pleasantly busy in the city, all those Mexicans doing their last-minute shopping for C…

This morning we decided to go and visit the grave of an old friend of ours. A great person and one of the most inspiring catholics I have ever met. I am sure he is in heaven but it is always best to pray for the resting of his soul. We asked a priest friend of ours to join us to the cemetery and le…

So... it would appear that the reason that the trip from Phoenix to Cancun was taking me 9 hours flight time (12 hours door to door) was because there was a "secret stop" that no one at AeroMexico wanted to admit to - a three hour layover in Guadalajara, Mexico. That makes the tally for the trip i…

Guadalajara is a beautiful city with lots of culture, nice people and a lots of Mariachis! I was sitting in a restaurant waiting for my order of Tacos al Pastor and a cold Michelada when a 6 year old kid asked me if I wanted to buy a pack of gum. I kindly responded, "No Thank You", and he went away…

Went to GDL for 2 and a half weeks. I stayed with some friends who live there. Great place to go. The city is huge and lots of fun. You must go to a chivas game while you are there. Highly recommended

It's all in the Name According to history; Guadalajara comes from the Arab word "Wad-al-hidjara", which means "River that runs between rocks". The city is named after the native city of Nuño Beltrán de Guzmán.  This city was capital of the kingdom of New Galicia.  On February 1…

Dear friends, enemies, free masons of the world and followers of Coach Ditka,   I am writing you all from a rainy day in Puerto Escondido, Mexico.  Evidently there is some hurricane messing everything up in the Yucatan peninsula, and it stretches all the way to the southwestern part of …

My few days in Guadalajara, Puerto Vallarta & Nuevo Vallarta.

Last time I had been to Guadalajara before my 2009 job interview... definitively my favorite city in Mexico :D

For everyone that knows me, you already know that I have this obsession with studying abroad, meaning I have stayed with many host families in three continents: Spain, Mexico, Chile, Argentina and Brazil. Well, my host family in Mexico is from Guadalajara, and its been three years (to the day) that…

When I first stepped off the plane, I saw the beautiful mountains and a city that looked like anywhere else in the United States.  Then... I had my first Mexican taxi ride!  There is no American equivalent.  On the outskirts of the city, there were the informal shanty towns, just lik…

In México on a Summer Abroad program to learn Spanish. A great 5 weeks living in Guadalajara and getting to know and explore a beautiful city, not to mention other places in Jalisco state. Photos of Guadalajara, Zapopan, Tequila, Chapala, Ajijic, and Puerto Vallarta in Jalisco; Guanajuato, Guanajuato state; and Zacatecas, Zacatecas state.

Three nice and welcoming states of Mexico. Very easy to travel in and to find accomodation. Gorgeous villages and towns, very colorful. Amazing churches, museums, mariachis, cathedrals, tacos, prehispanic ruins, volcanoes, national parks, corona beer, narrow streets.... What else can you ask for? Remember, you better be careful if you don´t like spicy food!

Trip to Guadalajara, Mexico for the Thanksgiving Holidays in 2007

In 48hrs went to Guadalajara, Mexico to see a semi-final Football(soccer) match then flew to Los Angeles to Catch the USC-UCLA American Football game. Then later that night, watched my buddies band perform. IN all of this the drinking did not stop. One eventful and tiring weekend I will never forget