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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 if anyone is paying attention 2000 miles, 3 planes, and 12 hours.  Just to get to Cancun!  We landed on the tarmac and walked into a strange holding tank, where we were divided up by peop...

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. Two minutes later he came back and asked me again if I wanted to buy a pack of gum because he really needed to sell of of the candy he had. So I gave him 10 pesos ($1) and asked him to please go a...

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 Mexico. Aahhh....but what a trip it has been thus far.....it has been full of futbol (viva las chivas!), Orozco murals, dancing, cervesas, pozoles (food), the legendary Luna family of Guadalajara, ...

After staying in Monterrey in Nuevo Leon, Mexico for nearly 6 months, I decided to spend a weekend in Guadalajara, the capital of Jalisco, with Nancy, Elvira and Fernando, and also to meet with their friends, our hosts, in this historic city. Backgrounder: Guadalajara is the capital city of the state of Jalisco, Mexico, and the seat of the municipality of Guadalajara. The city is located in the central region of the state and in the western-Pacific area of Mexico. With a population of over ...

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

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.

Trip to Guadalajara, Mexico for the Thanksgiving Holidays in 2007

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!

Aguascalientes is one of the smallest states in Mexico. It host one of the biggest Fair in Mexico, Central and South America. This fair is only in Aguascalientes for 1 month, after the fair is over Aguascalientes returns to its normal state. In fair honesty Aguascalientes is a regular small city, with nothing to do but to visit the city center and a bunch of cathedrals. It does have culture and it has one of the biggest schools that trains young men as Toreros. It's worth a visit for 1-2 days.

The place with so many a's in it's name!  This where I spent the majority of my time, stopping with friends who have a long history with my family.  In 1970 the Football World Cup was hosted by Mexico and as part of a program for British fans to stop with Mexican Families my dad and my grandparents met a wonderful family who we have kept in contact with ever since.  We try to go to Mexico when we can and they come to England when they to, have the chance.  The family is BI...

After all the mayhem of Mexico City, the next step, Guadalajara City. It was an interseting travel on a very posh bus with free snacks etc, we couldnt believe it, and after a lot of walking we collapsed into the hostel. Next day was basic a welcoming tequila shot and a day looking at all the sights of the city. The city is the music and arts capital of Mexico so the sight were fab. The old orphanage now an arts centre with paintings all over the walls and ceilings were very abstract. After an...

I learned my roots.

Me and my friend Hiro from Japan starded our journey from the place we lived and studied at this time, Guanajuato. From the bus station we took the most comfortable bus heading to Guadalajara. I felt like a king in that bus with all the space between the seats ;) . The bus took about 4 hours. The bus station of guadalajara was situated a bit out of the center so from there we got a taxi to our booked hotel. The day we spent walking around in the city, and we went into a huge market. It had no...

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 Ive seen them. I decided that it has been way too long, so I made the treck across country just to see them.I wrote them an email and told them I would be arriving a day later than I actually did j...

my whole summer was a travel experienc. First went to Bozeman Montana by car. Great experience visually speaking. Then went to Jamaica in Sept. love that island. Last of all traveled by car to Mexico. Best way to see a country!