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Too bad you couldn't stay in Chapala longer. Lots more to see and experience. Cristiania Park is a treat. We find Chapala to be more walkable than Ajijic, but happy when newcomers go to Ajijic instead of Chapala, to not spoil the more authentic Mexican experience of Chapala. Cheers!

@ForTheRoadTravels

Жыл бұрын

Hola Mark 👋 Yes, we wish we had more time to spend in Chapala. That's right Chapala is more walkable than Ajijic, we think is because of the cobblestones make it a bit harder walking the streets. Thank you so much for watching and commenting in our video, we really appreciate it Mark. Saludos from PDC 🏝 🇲🇽

@Mexicobeanpole

Жыл бұрын

Yes Mark. We lived in Ajijic for 2 years. We headed back to the US to take care of aging parents. Now, in 2023 we’re headed back to the lake. This time we’re choosing Chapala or even Chapala Haciendas.

@ForTheRoadTravels

Жыл бұрын

Is it Chapala haciendas a different area? Thanks for sharing 🙏🏼🤩

@markdoore2325

Жыл бұрын

Chapala Haciendas is gated community 2-3 miles North (up the hill) of downtown Chapala. A more rural setting. @@ForTheRoadTravels

@ForTheRoadTravels

Жыл бұрын

Awesome we will check it out next time we are around the area thank you Mark 🙏🏼

Hilarious the drunk Mexican adds character to the bus ride. Got to love it! You're a trooper.

@ForTheRoadTravels

Жыл бұрын

He made us laugh, he tried to lip sync but he was having difficulties, was very entertaining. Thank you for watching Marry 🙏🤩

This looks like such a beautiful area! Such a relaxing place to walk around and soak up the local culture. Oh my gosh! The bus singer was so fun!! Lol 😂

@ForTheRoadTravels

Жыл бұрын

Hola amigas 🤗 Yes it really is a stunning area 🤩. This area is what probably foreigners think about Mexico is. When editing the video we could not stop replying the singer over and over again 🤭, he was truly passionate about his song . Thank you for watching R&S 🙏🤩

What a beautiful area around the lake. Loving these last two vids.

@ForTheRoadTravels

Жыл бұрын

Hola Nicolene 🤗 Awww thank you so much for watching our latest videos, we also fell in love with those areas of Mexico that we've never visited before, so far this would be the area we'd move if we want to be in another place in Mexico 🇲🇽🥰

What a trip. So much fun. Love everything on your channel. Always looking forward to the next one! Thanks!!!

@ForTheRoadTravels

Жыл бұрын

Hola Roman and Fizah 🤗 Thank you so much guys, we had a great time during our time in Lake Chapala region. Thank you so much for watching amigos 🥰❤️

If the lake is polluted so bad why are they fishing in it?

@ForTheRoadTravels

Жыл бұрын

Hola @mockiii 👋 Thank you so much for watching our video, we really appreciate it 🙏. After our trip and hearing different opinions, we researched a bit on the topic there are some articles and blogs that say the lake is highly polluted but we found an interesting article (see the link in the next comment) that explains the recent conditions of Lake Chapala based on a study. Thank you again for your comment and for watching our content we really appreciate it 🙌🙏

@ForTheRoadTravels

Жыл бұрын

This is the article: choosechapala.com/the-state-of-lake-chapala-2020/

The train station/gallery has a free concert every Sunday at noon. Some are amazing! Next door is a beautiful garden centre and with a cool restaurant/bar. I stayed in an Air bnb for a month right down by the Malecon. Really loved it but I can see how Ajijic has a lot to offer. Thanks again!

@ForTheRoadTravels

Жыл бұрын

Hola amiga 👋 Really? We didn't know about it. Are there local bands playing? We definitely preferred Ajijic than Chapala, beautiful though. 🤩

@SpiritHawk

Жыл бұрын

@@ForTheRoadTravels a lot of Mexican classical music, some jazz and some more popular stuff from time to time from what I heard. I mostly saw some really gifted classically trained musicians. Ajijic is definitely growing on me and there is never any lack of fun things to do here!

@ForTheRoadTravels

Жыл бұрын

Awesome thanks for sharing amiga 🤩🫶

I’m only 1:30 into your video and I’m hooked. KZread analytics pays off👍🏻

@ForTheRoadTravels

8 ай бұрын

Aw, thank you so much amigo, we are *happy* to read you have enjoyed this video. Saludos 🥰🤗

You need to do a video on Jocotepec

@ForTheRoadTravels

Жыл бұрын

Yeah, we missed Jocotepec, We did not have enough time but next time, for sure we will visit this spot 🤩🥰

Glad to see the Hotel put in a/c. I stayed there 12 yrs ago in May (hottest month) and it was sweltering. Another great video!

@ForTheRoadTravels

Жыл бұрын

Hola Marisol 🤗 Yes, we actually saw that it was something new they're doing as renovations, which we agree with you in summer at least here in the caribbean sleeping without A/C is impossible. We love our suite there was so beautiful. Thank you amiga again for watching, we truly appreciate it 🙏🥰

I love your video n the insights of the regions you took me on

@ForTheRoadTravels

Жыл бұрын

Thank you so much Daniel, we're flattered you're enjoying our content 🫶

That ice cream looks amazing! Great drone flight over the colorful letters. The boy had such a powerful voice! Smooth train driving Mrs. Conductor. He was drunk as a skunk! Great video.

@ForTheRoadTravels

Жыл бұрын

Hola Amigos Yes, the ice cream was very good, and Simone never misses the chance to get one of them when we travel 🤭. The place is so beautiful than is easy to get the shots 😍. Wow his so talented, we had such a fun trip back to Ajijic with the onboard entertainment, there was also a clown but we did not include it in the video 🤭. Thank you for watching amigos 🙏🥰

@WITYTRAVELS

Жыл бұрын

@@ForTheRoadTravels ❤❤

Ajijic is boutique-y, unwalkable & swarming with Americans,. Chapala is working-class with not so many foreigners. Looks like you were in La Floresta which is a beautiful area.

@ForTheRoadTravels

Жыл бұрын

*Hola Jeaniel* 🙌 Thank you for watching and commenting 🙏. We found it very un-walkable, and actually very hard on your ankles, as the pavements are very narrow or un-existing. We love both places, but we could not choose between them as we did not explore much Chapala, but we love the area of Chapala Lake, so far it's one of the places where we would move if we could right now. 🫢🤩

The lake is not as polluted as some of these people claim.

@ForTheRoadTravels

Жыл бұрын

Hola Slackerman 👋 We heard about that and we read some articles and we wanted to share the info, anyway we ended up eating fish from there, I think is not as polluted as it's said 🤭. Saludos and thank you for watching 🙏🤩

❤❤❤chapala!!! Felicidades por este gran vídeo.!! Saludos desde Anaheim California.!!!!!

@ForTheRoadTravels

Жыл бұрын

Hola Nicholas 👋👋 Muchas gracias por ver nuestro video, esperamos te haya gustado, Chapala y Ajijic estuvieron increíbles. Te mandamos un fuerte abrazo desde PDC Mexico 🫶🇲🇽

I do agree, based on what you guys showed in the Ajijic video, I do like Ajijic more thant Chapala 👍

@ForTheRoadTravels

Жыл бұрын

Thank you Malcolm we cannot agree enough with you. There's still another place in Jalisco that we loved so much as well, stay tuned that we will be releasing that video soon. Thank you again for watching and commenting amigo 🙏🤩

Good video! Is anything being done to restore the lake? Is the fish safe to eat out of Chapala? Thank you!

@ForTheRoadTravels

Жыл бұрын

*Hola Jack* 🙌 Thank you so much, we are so happy you enjoyed our video. As far as we have done a little research, very minimal. We found out after eating there a few days later that the fish that is served at the restaurants comes from the Pacific, and the only fish that is eaten from the lake are little fish that are sold in the main boulevard as a snack (Charales) still we do not know if they are safe to eat. Thank you for watching amigo

@jackbaldwin3649

Жыл бұрын

@@ForTheRoadTravels Gracias! :-)

What is the best way to go from Guadalajara to Chapala? I want to visit a friend for the day and return.

@ForTheRoadTravels

3 ай бұрын

It’s about 1.5 hours. And the best way is taking an Uber, nevertheless is not the most affordable unless you go in a group of 4. Otherwise taking the bus from the central camionera (bus station) is the best option. This will take longer to get there.

@ForTheRoadTravels

3 ай бұрын

Thanks for watching and commenting Cyndy. 🙏🏼🫶

Enjoy your unique observations of this area. If you could consider speaking slower, that would be appreciated. Safe journeys!

@ForTheRoadTravels

6 ай бұрын

Hola *Bazia* , thank you for watching and your feedback 🙏🫶

I doesn't seem to be very humid based on all the clothes people are wearing How is the mosquito situation ? ❤Thx

@ForTheRoadTravels

10 ай бұрын

No, it's not, we actually visited the region of *Lake Chapa* in October last year, and the weather was incredible, compared with the hot and humid almost all year round in the Mexican Caribbean 🫢🇲🇽🌴 We do not recall having mosquitos being an issue, we did a hike on Ajijic and there were no mosquitos. Hope you have the chance to visit this beautiful region of Mexico Peter 🫶🙏

Is that fish safe from the lake?

@ForTheRoadTravels

9 ай бұрын

Hola Virginia, after that day we research and we found out, that the fish we ate did not come from the lake! 🤭🤭

How can you eat fish from the lake if the lake is polluted??? Many videos say people don't eat fish from the lake.

@ForTheRoadTravels

Жыл бұрын

As far as we know, that fish they served in the restaurant doesn't come from the lake 😊

@dovygoodguy1296

Жыл бұрын

@@ForTheRoadTravels I wonder how much people enjoy being at a lake that is so polluted they can't swim there or eat the fish! It doesn't seem to bother anybody. On the other hand, all those older people navigating cobblestone streets and broken sidewalks doesn't bother them either?

@sharonstavroff4256

10 ай бұрын

The locals do.

@dovygoodguy1296

10 ай бұрын

@@sharonstavroff4256 Do they get sick?

I see you talk about fish and fishing a couple times in your video, a shame you neglected to mention all the pollution and heavy metals in the lake and the fish... Tested fish have been found to have Lead, Cadmium and Mercury with levels from .17 to .7 PPM... The lake also contains Tungsten, Phosphorus detergents, Agrochemicals, Industrial discharge from 2500 factories along the Rio Lerma's path to Lake Chapala and discharging of human wastewater... P.S. wonder why you saw no swimmers...LOL

@ForTheRoadTravels

Жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching Rick ☺️☺️ wow, that’s all super interesting - great job on the google search 👍🏼

You can't swim in the lake but you can eat the fish from it?

@ForTheRoadTravels

Жыл бұрын

Hola Natalie 👋 That's what we thought afterwards 🤭. Luckily we did not get sick. 🤔. Thanks for watching 🙏

@natalieroy4849

Жыл бұрын

@@ForTheRoadTravels have fun on your adventures.

@ForTheRoadTravels

Жыл бұрын

Thank you so much Natalie 🤩🙏🏼

beautiful areas...what is the temperature there? Viv

@ForTheRoadTravels

Жыл бұрын

Hola Viv & Darrell 🤗 We loved the Lake Chapala area, we did not take note on the temperature but we assumed was about 10-15ºC degrees, we actually enjoyed la temperature 😍, we highly recommend this area.

@ForTheRoadTravels

Жыл бұрын

Thank you again for watching and commenting 🙏🥰🤩

@SpiritHawk

Жыл бұрын

It's known as the second best weather in the world. During the day for most of the year it's in the 70's to low 80's F (more like 22-28 C during the day depending on the season)- cooler in the mornings and evenings in the "winter" and no humidity. The rainy season happens at night and the days are still sunny without much humidity. April and May can be a little hot I'm told - I've only been here since September.

Can’t get much more gringo than that.

@ForTheRoadTravels

6 ай бұрын

Lol, considering neither of us are actually gringos 🥲🫣

well done

@ForTheRoadTravels

Жыл бұрын

Awwww thank you again ❤️🙏

If you wouldn't swim in the lake, why would you eat from it? 😮

@ForTheRoadTravels

5 ай бұрын

🤷 we didn’t get sick. Jk. Actually after making this vid. We researched that the fish served in the restaurants here comes from the Baja area. Saludos 🖖

Te casaste con una gringa buena onda Yo me casé con una rusa

@ForTheRoadTravels

Жыл бұрын

Hola José, gracias 🤭. Estamos seguros que las Rusas también son buena onda 🫶💯

Haha! Fish from Lake Chapala? I don’t think so😂

@ForTheRoadTravels

Жыл бұрын

Lol, we both came out unscathed 🤷🏻‍♀️😅 We both grew up in countries that aren't quite as particular about food safety, so we weren't too bothered about eat fish from the lake 😊

@ronaldschroder1643

Жыл бұрын

No, you didn’t eat fish from the lake and definitely not the shrimp. The fish you get in restaurants here comes from the pacific coast. The only lake fish are the little dried ones you see in the small market stands. Love your video..just discovered you and will now subscribe. Both of you are well spoken and interesting to listen to. Good pacing and editing 👍

@ForTheRoadTravels

Жыл бұрын

@@ronaldschroder1643 Yeah, that's what we figured it out after our trip 🤭. We actually missed those little fish 😢. Thank you so much fro watching, and for such a nice words Ronal, we really appreciate it🤩🙏. Thank you for subscribing too 🤗

@ronaldschroder1643

Жыл бұрын

@@ForTheRoadTravels Hope you do end up moving here someday..we need more young people with good energy and spirit. Until then, happy travels.

@SpiritHawk

Жыл бұрын

the fish they serve the tourists is coming from the ocean a few hours away. They bring it in fresh pretty much every day.

You dont pronounce the c in ajijic..its "uh-he-he".just an fyi

@ForTheRoadTravels

Жыл бұрын

*Hola amig@,* We didn't know! but thank you for the insight, we actually did not pay attention to the pronunciation of the name of the place. Thank you for watching and commenting 🙌 🙏

@lettersnumbersonly

10 ай бұрын

Wrong

so you cant swim in the lake but you can eat the fish from the lake,,,,hmmmm?????

@ForTheRoadTravels

Жыл бұрын

Hola Leslie 👋 A further research after our trip and from locals how kindly replied in our video, told us the fish comes from the west side of Mexico and the only fish taken from the lake are the little one known as Charales 🤭. Thank you very much for watching and for your concern. Sending you great vibes 🥰

@lesliedefries2152

Жыл бұрын

This has been something I've wondered about for a while now,,,we've never visited Ajijic but really want to,,,,im not a fish eater but my husband is so I've been quite skeptical about this,,,,nice video guys,,,thanks for sharing!

@ForTheRoadTravels

Жыл бұрын

Yeah fish is very good, and made us feel better when we knew that fish comes from other areas 🤭. The Chapala lake area is amazing (Chapala & Ajijic) thank you very much for watch amiga 🫶🤩

I live here and will be honest. Don't shop at Elektra. Don't come here. Beware!

@ForTheRoadTravels

4 ай бұрын

🤷‍♂️

@user-yr6mc4ng6n

4 ай бұрын

Been there so I know it is the filthiest, toxic, corrupt and dangerous place I have been. If you are so tough then I'll be at the plaza all day tomorrow. Have a backbone! Been ripped off by Elektra and anyone I have had to do business with in Chapala has always tried to do the same. You aren't a tough guy. Your soft and likely running a scam yourself.

Thanks! Have a good day!! Don't get left behind > "Promo sm" !!!

@ForTheRoadTravels

Жыл бұрын

Hola Andrew 👋 Thank you very much for watching and commenting 🙏🙏. What promo is that about? 🤭 Have a great day as well.🤩