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Exploring caves, Mexico style

I have gone hunting for caves all over the world, from Jamaica to Saudi Arabia, but I must admit that in Mexico La Exploración de Oquedades (the Exploration of Subterranean Holes) has its own special flavor.


Whale watching is better with marine biologists

Where is the best place to watch whales raising their babies? For years I had heard it was Cabo San Lucas in Baja California, but when I put my question to friends In Guadalajara, they were unanimous:

Introducing Mexico’s volcanoes

“Volcanes de México” is a beautiful book and the result 30 years of exploration and research on the part of author Jorge Alberto Neyra Jáuregui.

‘Don’t hang up’ and other scams

Below are descriptions of several scams which have been “making the rounds” in the Guadalajara area in 2022 and which came to my attention via personal reports from some of the victims. Their names have been changed.

Jalisco: a showcase for biodiversity

Geographers tell us that Mexico has five big ecosystems, which, for the sake of brevity, I will call deserts, high forests, grasslands, tropical evergreen forests and tropical deciduous forests.