El Lago Chapala
Mexico 2008: Jalisco Journey
CHAPTERS:
1. Arrival
2. Tequila
4. Guadalajara
5. Guadalajara II
6. Colima
7. Volcano
8. Volcano II
9. Volcano III
10. Volcano - Lakeside Meditation
11. Volcano - Departure
12. Dinner
13. No Smiling
14. Mayahuaral
15. Probably Her Mother
16. A Perfect Island
17. Ceviche in Vallarta
18. This is a Road I Travel Only Once
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From Tequila, I go south, to Mexico's largest natural lake, el Lago Chapala. There, in the lakeside village of Ajijic, god visits me again. She gives me another day on earth. It was the 10th and I needed to hurry to my rendezvous with my family, but I sat meditating by the lake for a long time, and when I returned to town, it had become the 9th. I don't know how. And then it was the 8th. I reset the calendar on my watch, which perhaps I had inadvertently affected when I adjusted for the timezone change. I ask others about it, but everyone seems quite undisturbed by the fact that, to my gringo mind, the date has changed. Twice.