Visiting the little town of Chapala, Jalisco

Hola a TODOS!

This is the second week of the Empowering Places blog and I would like to share with you the enchanting town of Chapala Jalisco.

Chapala is visited primarily on the weekends by those who live in the city of Guadalajara (which is 30 minutes away from this lake town). Nonetheless, Chapala has a large expat community of American and Canadian retirees. Many have built beautiful colonial houses close to the lake and have created a community atmosphere within this small lake town as well as the neighboring town of Ajijic, Jalisco .

Fun Facts
Chapala has a population of close to 70,000 people.
The famous American writer Tennessee Williams settled in Chapala for a while to work on the play A Streetcar Named Desire.

View from the small pier

Fisherman fountain looking towards main street

"Chapala Corner of Love

Town Hall for the municipality of Chapala

Little shop in the center of Chapala with beautiful and colorful Mexican handmade art.

Handmade tortilla holders and wind chimes

Handmade artisan hammocks

The Launch of Empowering Places travel blog!

Hi Everyone and Welcome to Empowering Places!

This new project is a little something I have been planning for the last couple of months and I am excited to finally launch it and introduce to you the Empowering Places travel blog.  Given that I will be embarking on some exciting adventures within the next year, what better way to inspire and motivate others than by sharing my own travel experiences, thoughts and photography.

I am incredibly excited to be sharing this first blog post from my beautiful city of Guadalajara, Mexico.  I consider this a great beginning to this so-called blog and I hope you enjoy and share it with others.

So I leave you with this...

"The world is a book and those who do not travel read only one page" - St. Augustine

Welcome to Downtown Guadalajara, Mexico!

Facts: Located in the center of Mexico
          Guadalajara is the capital of the state of Jalisco
          Population: 4.3 million with its adjacent municipalities
          Tequila and Mariachi both come from the state of Jalisco
       
This architecture is located in downtown Guadalajara Plaza de Armas (Plaza of Arms) and dates back to the XIX century.


Guadalajara Cathedral

Guadalajara City Hall

 Children playing with the pigeons. A very common sight on an average afternoon.