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Sparks Mexico Blog

http://sparksmex.blogspot.com/

Stories and photos about my travels in Mexico since retirement in 2005. After 5 years in Melaque, Jalisco I've moved to Jocotepec near Lake Chapala

Added on: May 21st, 2007
Country: Mexico
Language: English

Author: sparks
Listed in: Travel Vacation
Tags: Mexico expat melaque costalegre jalisco chapala

Recent Posts

Jocotepec Raspberries

Posted on Monday November 23rd, 2009 at 17:46 in farm, raspberries, soothing, driscoll, chapala, lake chapala, jocotepec, berrymex

There's something very soothing about Raspberries. Not only when they melt in your mouth but we almost always had them in our yard up north. These fields are just a short walk from my house up a peaceful dirt road.Driscoll’s and Berrymex both have ...
Jaguarundi in Melaque

Posted on Friday November 20th, 2009 at 17:34 in cat, Mexico, melaque, jaguarundi

Marcos was house sitting a place in Ranchito so I went one day to visit. Nice big fancy place with pool but is surrounded by an old mango orchard and beyond - just country. I assume because not much civilization around is why this little guy came aro...
Chapala waterfront construction

Posted on Saturday November 14th, 2009 at 15:40 in Mexico, construction, island, waterfront, jalisco, malecon, skate board, chapala

Ron dropped by for a few days on his way from San Miguel to Melaque and Bill and I had to show him around. We spent a couple of hours in both Ajijic and Chapala.The first foto is of an island they are building just off the Chapala Malecon. The proces...
You won\'t see one of these in Seattle

Posted on Thursday November 12th, 2009 at 17:34 in eye, insect, praying, mantis

Seen a few before but don't think so large or so badly hidden. For some reason the cats weren't interested or thought it was an inanimate object.He's looking right at me but all I can imagine is those multi-focal eyes insects are famous for. I wonder...
Lawnmower Man

Posted on Saturday November 7th, 2009 at 16:22 in Mexico, man, gas, lawn, can, hammock, mow, lawnmower, pemex

I took my computer in about a week and a half ago, the computer that suffered badly from beach humidity and dust. They told me to come in last Wednesday and Wednesday told me to come in Friday ... so went in today and they said they need to take it t...
Guadalajara International Book Fair

Posted on Friday November 6th, 2009 at 10:42 in Spanish, book, international, fair, publish, 2009, guadalajara

The most outstanding meeting of the Spanish-language publishing world awaits you at Guadalajara, from November 28th to December 6th, 2009. Authors, literary agents, librarians, booksellers and more than 1,600 publishing houses from 40 countries visit...