In the 1960s a group of cave explorers from Austin, Texas got the idea that the state of Oaxaca was the right place to search for that really deep cave they had long dreamed of finding.

José Ramón Jardón is an avid outdoorsman who has lived in the city of Santiago de Queretaro for more than 30 years.

A few years ago if you had searched any encyclopedia (remember those?) it would have told you that the longest cave in the world was the Mammoth Cave System in the United States, with the length of the combined passages dependent on the year the reference book was published.

I am on the campus of Guadalajara’s Marist University and the place is buzzing with activity. In just about every classroom, corridor and auditorium, teams of girls ranging in age from 8 to 18 who have spent the last few months developing their own smartphone applications are talking to animatedly to visitors—myself included.

Fourteen Mexican establishments appear on the 2023 list of North America’s 50 Best Bars. Number 21 on the list—for the second year running—is Guadalajara’s El Gallo Altanero, located in the heart of the city’s Colonia Americana, celebrated as the “Coolest Neighborhood in the World” by Time Out Magazine in 2022.

Lake Cajititlán, located 25 kilometers due south of Guadalajara and just 13 north of San Juan Cosalá, enjoys a fine reputation for its artesanías, or hand-made crafts.