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The Mexico They Never Left

by Roger Toll, former Editor of Mexico City News (Delta Sky Magazine, February 2006)

Near Guadalajara, the lakeside town of Ajijic has proven irresistible to many Americans. Here's why.

If the cherished ideals of human unity and harmony between cultures remain hard to achieve, maybe we'd best look to a basic biological concept for a solution. Symbiosis, the dictionary says, is the life association of two dissimilar organisms for mutual benefit. I thought of this on a recent visit to Ajijic (pronounced "ah-HEE-heek"), the prettiest of several towns laced together by a two-lane highway running along the northwest shore of Mexico's largest lake, Chapala, 45 minutes south of Guadalajara. It is midsummer, the rainy season, where the air is soft and the surrounding mountains turn an exuberant tropical green. The setting is bucolic, Old World, with a rustic church and peaceful plaza, and a gazebo waiting for a band to arrive. Cobblestone streets slow traffic to a genteel crawl, and people come and go, murmuring a polite "buenos dias" as they amble by. more ...

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Charming Central Mexico

June 14, 2008 - Article and photos courtesy of Brian Kahler

For many of us gringos pronouncing the village's name Ajijic (A-HEE-HEEK) is almost as difficult as getting there. Nestled on the northern shore of Lake Chapala, Mexico's largest body of fresh water, the historic Mexican village of Ajijic is experiencing an unprecedented surge of los touristas. They're coming for the weather, the affordability, the culture and the warm hospitality of the residents of this 400+ year old village.  more...