Jocotepec Jalisco
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- Опубліковано 18 січ 2022
- Some people are thinking about living in Chapala Mexico. Other people are thinking about living in Ajijic Mexico. Or, some people are just thinking about living in Lake Chapala Mexico. Of course, Lake Chapala Mexico is a lake, the biggest lake in the country of Mexico. Ajiji is a very popular place. There are many Americans and Canadians that live there and many speak zero Spanish. Chapala Mexico is only ten miles from Ajijic but it is very expensive and the prices are going up very high and very rapidly. Some people call Ajijic the San Francisco of the Lake Chapala Area.
If you are thinking about living in Lake Chapala Mexico, you may really want to take a look a Jocotepec Jalisco. Like living in Chapala Mexico or living in Ajijic Mexico, Jocotepec has the best climate in Mexico and is only about thirty miles from Ajijic and Chapala.
Jocotepec is the name of the town and Jalisco is the state. Jalisco is a very big state. Puerto Vallarta is in the state of Jalisco as well as Guadalajara, Ajijic and Chapala.
The thing about Jocotepec is it is much cheaper than Ajijic and Chapala. It is the sleeper town like maybe Ajijic was sixty years. Ago. In this video, I talk about living in Lake Chapala Mexico, but more specifically about living in Jocotepec Jalisco. I will show you on a map where Jocotepec is located. We will visit Jocotepec for a beg festival, and I will tell you what some Americans that live there said about living in Lake Chapala Mexico in Jocotepec. These are four Americans that have lived there for about seventeen years each. We will take you on a very small tour and you will see a sunny day in a town with the best climate in Mexico.
This has really helped in my decision process. Thank you!
Hi C,
Glad to be of service. Stay tuned, more to come soon.
Best,
Bill
That cat always manages to wander around in the background while Bill is filming.
Hola El Ciclista,
That is my cat, her name is Gata. She lives outside. Whenever I get the camera and start talking she always comes around to see what is going on. She is a wonderful creature.
Best,
Bill
Great video Bill. Loved the music while on the malecon. Would also like to see some rental and housing there in Jocotepec.
Hi Skyrider,
I think I can make some rental video about Joco. Give me a little time.
thanks,
Bill
I love your videos!
Another beautiful video Bill! Thank you 🤗
Your facial expressions and enunciation are astoundingly animated
Thank you GoodBread
One of your best videos Bills.
Hi Eric,
That means a lot coming from you. Thank you very much,
Bill
I live in Atlanta Georgia. I went to jocotepec last November. I just sold my house here. I am going back down in a couple weeks to check out a rental house to move down there. I thought about jocotepec too.
I like JoCo, it is a very peaceful place and, right now it is the real Mexico. Not too many Expats there, but I did meet some.
Hey gary do you need a car to live in the town or is the bus closeby to Ajijic and Chapala. I have relatives in Ajijic wo want me to come there but as a single senior lady I cannot afford it. Thanks
@@WendDesaulniersyou don't really need a car there. The bus is pretty regular. And taxi is cheap.
Thanks Bill we hope to be there next month. Sure appreciate your kindness in sharing data on your new hometown and close by towns.
Hi Karen, glad to be of service. More to come soon.
Best,
Bill
Thanks Bill. Well done and very helpful.
Hi Crypto,
Thank you very much and glad to be of service.
Happy New Year,
Bill
Awesome place indeed. 👍🏽
That was very helpful learning about this area.. I like your enthusiasm!!!
Thank you Ed, Glad to be of service.
Well done. Very informative and well worth watching. Never heard of the place so thank you for such a good introduction.
Hi there, thank you so much. I have visited there many times, it is a great place and many people have contacted me to tell me that they have moved there and they are very happy with it. Every where in Mexico is different. So I think you want to try the place out for at least a couple of weeks, maybe a month before you make a long term decision.
Thank you for your comment.
Best,
Bill
Great show again😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊
Thank you Chris, Stay Tuned.
I would like to see the neighborhoods, rental apartments, and rental houses in Jocotepec. Thank you for sharing your incredible videos..
Hi Nannette,
Let me go back and get some more footage.
Loved the video.
Hi Love2Travel, thank you very much.
Best,
Bil
Beautiful!
It's a very nice place and it is totally Mexico. Not a US commercial place
Thx for your videos I appreciate it like your explanation and character
My pleasure!
I like the walking around video. Great channel Bill
Thank you very much Derrick
beautiful city, Thank you for showing us the beauty of Mexican cities
Hi Teresa, thank you very much for commenting. Joco is different, I liked it.
@@BillDallasLewis Thanks, Bill. Very nice; better if your camera-panning would be slower. Muchas gracias.
My wifes father looked at buying an Inn in Jacotopec. At that time,the 1950/s it was the oldest continuously operating inn in the Americas. They didnot buy it as he felt the city was too Mexican and his daughter would lose all contact with her native country there. Instead, they settled in Guadalajara. Evidently there was an EX pat US community there. They often went to AJIJIC and Chapala. Both of those had a considerable number of EX pats. My wife loved Mexico and wants to return there soon.
Hi Kenn, I lived in Guadalajara for 3 or 4 years, I really enjoyed it and yest they do have actually a big expat community there and that was great. I also lived in Chapala and Ajijic. Both have strong expat communities and what was very helpful because expats helped me get many things done and told me where many thing were at. I have visited Jocotapec many a time. It is a cute little place and they do have quite a few Expats living there, and from what I hear, that group is getting bigger and bigger.
Anyway, thank you so much for your input.
Best,
Bill
@@BillDallasLewis She lived in the Americana district.The end of her street Ignacio Vallarta was the edge of town.They usedto ride horses from there to the Barankas. Now it is midtown.
@@kennkid9912 Wow, what a life. How the city has changed so fast.
@@BillDallasLewis the population of GUAd. greater area doubled every decade from 1940 on. The greater Guad. area includes Zapopan, Tlaquepaque and others that were separate villages in the 1950s. Villages. She was there when medical missionaries from the US started a tiny American Hospital and now it is huge. Is the beer garden still there on Lake Chapala? I think it was in AJijic but it might have been in Chapala the town.The kids played on the lakeside lawn and the adults drank and chatted there. It was right on the lake.
@@kennkid9912 Hi Ken, yes, the Beer Garden in Chapala is still there, right in front of the lake with a great view and great beer. My ex wife of 8 years is From Guadalajara. I forget where they are but there are some very big arches in the city that say, Welcome to Guadalajara. That used to be the entrance to the city, now the arches are in the center of the city with the growth all around them.
Very nice👍🏽👍🏽👍🏽
Thank you Rochelle
Great, guitar strumming at the end . What other towns around the lake that maybe good to live. Thanks for including us on your journey. You are my go to person in Mexico.
Hi Ken,
Lake Chapala is the biggest lake in Mexico. Those are the towns that I have lived in and visited. There is a place called Mazamitla, it is not right on the lake but near. Definately worth a visit. It is an international small down.
Thanks for watching, thank you for your support.
Best,
Bill
My travel time was much different-
I stayed in Ajijic and my travel was much longer both ways. Traffic has increased says the local cab drivers. Yes the rent was much higher West Ajijic compared to central Ajijic.
Hi Mildred, yes I was talking about optimal travel time. Realistically, it should only take anyone five miinutes to through Ajijic, but there have been times when this 5 minute trip has take 2 hours.
It should only take you 45 minutes to drive to Guadalajara, but I have been in situations, where that 45 minutes ends up being 8 hours.
It can be good, or it can really be bad.
Best,
Bill
Thanks Bill
Hi Gerry,
You are very welcome.
Best,
Bill
Very pretty!
I think so too!
Good evening Bill. I watched the video you posted and was wondering if Jocotepec is walkable. I will be coming down with no vehicle and would like to live in a place that I can walk to everything; restaurants, grocery stores, the plaza and the malecón. Thanks for all of your videos, they are very informative.
Hi Olga,
I found Joco extremely walkable. They have all kinds of places in el centro for you to buy whatever you want. I could live there. I don´t think that you would need a car, but I find that from time to time a car comes in handy.
Best, and great to hear from you,
Bill
Hidalgo Norte .. i’s where I Stay en Jocotepec … 💯 thank you for your video
Thanks for watching!
Hey Bill
Happy to see this video didn’t know much about this place…it looks like a very walkable town and peaceful even with the celebration getting started…do you have to know a lot of Spanish to get around?Thanks for sharing this lovely video…hope you are well.
Hi Queen,
The more Spanish you know, the better off you are. But, I know some people that speak no Spanish and they do fine. The Spanish people will work with you. Between your limited Spanish and their limited English, you will work things out.
Best,
Bill
Yeap
Loved this video, Bill. Interested in rentals, walkability, social possibilities for English speaker with limited Spanish. Is organic produce available at reasonable prices?
Hi John,
More to come soon. Walkability is super. Yes, you can find organics at great prices. Give me some time to get to the rentals videos.
Best,
Bill
Costs are Going Out there too. Not cheap, no more.
So Sad
@@BillDallasLewis That's true but everything's going out we have to go to other Small towns
Nice Bill....
Thank you David
were the little wooden huts along the malecon small shops?
Yes, they have lots of small shops there
Hola Bill! ‘Siempre me gusta tus videos! Any chance of revisiting this ciudade? ( in 2023-24) wondering how densely populated with US citizens & rental / life expenses are now. Yup, I’m a USA’er looking to branch out too.
Thanks for turning out great videos every week🙌🏽
Hola,
Ok, give me a little time on that. I cannot see things being much different than the time I made this video. But, I am sure, more Expats are moving to this place. Give me a little time, and I will return there. Thanks for asking, thanks for watching.
Best,
Bill
Not many wearing masks for Covid? What’s it like there for that. Yes also interested in residential area. Thanks
I would like to learn about fishing in that lake.
Hi Phish,
That is a very interesting learning curve. If you go to Chapala, all over the city, people are selling fresh fish right out of the lake everyday. You can see fisherman fishing and catching fish, each and everyday. But for the whole time I lived on the lake, I never ate the fish. Many locals eat the fish, I don´t know any Canadians or Americans that eat the fish. The lake is very poluted. What you can do is go to any Gringo group on Facebook, there are many in Chapala and Ajijic, and ask the Gringos, ¨Do you eat the fish out of the lake?¨ I will say that 99.9% will say no. Never, ever ever. Most of the resturants don´t serve fish from the lake, they serve ocean fish brought in from the coast. I think you can go there and catch lots of fish. But then, what will you do with it. People don´t swim in the lake either. So go to some Facebook groups and ask around. Lots of fish to be caught, but then, what do you do with them.
Best,
Bill
@@BillDallasLewis I'm a catch and release fisherman.
Chapels and aj just look to fake and expensive. This place looks nice. Any other good small towns on lake? Have u been to huatulco mx? Cost of living is Mexico is much higher than Thailand and phillipines!. Great video
Howdy BigTime,
I haven't been to Huatulco, I'll put that on my list and yes, Ajijic and Chapala are getting up there in pricing. There are lots of small towns on the lake much more affordable. I have never been to Thailand or the Phiipines so I wouldn't know.
Thanks for commenting.
Best,
Bill
Oh no no no stay away far far away!!!!! Build The Wall Build The Wall Build The Wall 🧱🧱🧱🧱🧱🧱🧱🧱🧱
That is funny
I thought you had moved to Mazatlan??
Hi Susan, I am moving, but I am moving officially to a small town, a country town. I will be there by next Friday. Stay tunred.
Best,
Bill
30 minuets from the airport? 1 1/2 hours from Guadalajara? Incredibly wrong on both counts. 45 minutes from the airport at 2:00 AM with no traffic. 1/2 hour to Guadalajara city limit’s with standard traffic.
Well, I lived in Chapala for 4 years. One time people came to visit me from GDL and it tood them 8 hours because of an accident. One time I took a taxi, Uber at 7am on a Sunday and it took me 45 minutes. You never know.
Why don’t people hang out in boats on the lake? Is the lake clean ‘ safe?
Howdy WRMCHPhee,
Many times I have seen a large group of small sail boats on the lake. Once in a while I have seen somewhat large boats on the lake. But usually, the only boats on the lake are the people that are fishing. I know 2 guys that fish on the lake every weekend, early Saturday morning, but they do it for sport and throw the fish back in. They say the would never eat the fish. The lake is totally safe to look at, but to eat the fish or to swim in it, do that at your own risk.
Best,
Bill
Hi! I really enjoyed your tour video.
But I am confused. Because after this video from 7 mos ago? I looked at a lady visiting there a year ago? And as she drove in, there were all of these peopke trying to wave her down to eat at their place. She showed the touristy aspect.
It seems as if the folks there understandably wish to get in on tourism. Her version seemed very touristy. Yours seems very low keyed.
But I have enjoyed your coverage.
Joco is very laid back and not at all touristy, In my opinion. Great quiet place and very affordable.
@@BillDallasLewis Well, I really appreciate your video, sharing what it is like there. It does look peaceful and a nice place for folks of all ages.
If it was on a Saturday there might be people waving in customers/families coming in from Guadalajara.
Tell me how is the medical insurance for people over 50? I read this book and it states that most ex-pats of age return to the U.S. because of medical.
Hi Brenda, I am 66. I pay about 1,200 a year for insurance. I ha e a high deductable, but regular health stuff is very cheap down here. Once my insurance cost more than medicare, then I will get on medicare. They have programs now that you can use Medicare down here in Mexico
I had a meat goat as a pet. He did not look tasty. We did not eat him. His name was Meaty the meat goat.
What a name.
This is a fact
at 4:26 i saw a Mexican cat.....i did...
Yeap
As of now days the Pueblo pays as charity for their church needs
Thank you Adriana
I have family that had lived there for decades.. I spent some of my childhood there.. things to keep in mind... Medical is not good at all.. it's not as safe, things have happened there... they also have problems with the water.. traffic rea sucks..
Hi Lourdes,
Thanks for your comment. Mexico is very big. If you don´t like one place, there are a thousand other wonderful places to check out. Right?
Best,
Bill
the medical in the US is mostly all poison
Did you really just video people at prayer in their church?
Yes I did.
A boy in the US went in a church with 9 men and women. They prayed with him. That same boy opened fire on each of them in their church. That white boy was driven to a fast food chain and given a happy meal while nine black people were brutally unalived...in prayer. Keep your hypocrisy.
Disgusts me
Why?