Efrén Gonzalez at work on one of his paintings in 2010.

Efrén Gonzalez

Inside El Árbol Mágico at Colón #8-A in Ajijic.

El Árbol Mágico

Carpets from Teotitlán del Valle, Oaxaca

Tapetes de Teotitlán del Valle, Oaxaca

Inside the newly renovated Zen Seed shop on Colón Street in Ajijic.

Zen Seed

Natalia lights incense that infuses the air before the ceremony.

Go to a Temazcal Sweat Lodge

Ir a un Temazcal

Wilde’s Dildoria

Wilde's Dildoria

Outside Lakeside Optometry with Salvador Borrayo Martínez.

Lakeside Optometry

Arte Estudio Velazquez

Cathy Chalvignac

José Duran

...views of agave fields in all directions.

Day Trip to Tequila

Excursión de un Día a Tequila

Inside the all-brick Iglesia de Nuestra Señora de Guadalupe which sits next to Tapalpa's main plaza.

Trip to Tapalpa

Viaje a Tapalpa

Trip to Morelia & Pátzcuaro in Michoacán

Viaje a Morelia y Pátzcuaro en Michoacán

Casa Flores

Hotel Danza del Sol

Hotel La Nueva Posada

Hotel Casa Blanca

Escaramuzas Minnie Klein and her daughter, Talea, ride their horses on the atrium of San Andrés Church on el Día del Charro.

Day of the Charro

Dia del Charro

The idea for this wall of terracotta skulls, seen here illuminated by hundreds of candles on the Day of the Dead, was planned and executed by Efrén Gonzalez.

Day of the Dead

Dia de Muertos

Victor Rochin launches a rocket during the inaugural procession of the Fiestas de San Andrés on November 21, 2018.

Fiestas de San Andrés

Aztec dancers perform in front an altar for San Sebastián before the procession for San Sebastián on January 20 in Ajijic, Jalisco, Mexico.

Fiesta de San Sebastián

Salvador Ortiz Frame Shop

Memo’s Veterinarian Clinic

Memo's Veterinarian Clinic

The reproductions hanging on the walls are for sale.

The Art House

Lago Travel Services travel agency in Ajijic

LaGo Travel Services

Servicios de Viajes de Lago

One of the grand palapas at La Iguana de Piedra keeps off the sun and rain.

La Iguana de Piedra

Lots of herbs, spices and cooking ingredients for sale at El Granero.

El Granero

Chopsticks

The back garden is quiet and filled with dozens of plants.

Café en Acallí

Visitors stroll the main street in Ajijic mid-afternoon on the Day of the Dead.

The central kiosk in the plaza decorated for the Day of the Dead.

Día de Muertos

Fiesta of the Virgin of the Rosary

A conchera, or Aztec dancer, wears an elaborate headdress made of pheasant feathers during the 2013 Fiesta of the Virgin of the Rosary in Ajijic, Jalisco, Mexico. The dancers take part in many of Mexico's Roman Catholic holidays, which to this day continue to incorporate many customs with pre-hispanic, non-Catholic origins.

Fiesta for the Virgin of the Rosary

Fiesta Para la Virgen del Rosario

Feria Maestros del Arte

Feria de Maestros

Girls march through the streets of Ajijic, Jalisco, Mexico, during the 2014 Revolution Day parade. Carrying baby dolls on their backs the old-fashioned way with rebozos, they represent the famous adelitas, women of the Mexican Revolution.

Revolution Day in Mexico

Mexican Revolution Day

A girl dressed as an Adelita during the Revolution Day parade in San Antonio Tlayacapan, which usually celebrates Revolution Day the Sunday after November 20 (which in 2019 is November 24). Their parade starts a few blocks west of the plaza in San Antonio at 9 a.m.

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