I got my bags packed on a roll heading out there and I'm ready to go looking real good

in my passport photo

amateur traveler episode 747. Today the amateur traveler talks about markets and

muralists, tortaes and tequila, plazas and plaz as we go to the Mexican city of Guadalajara.

Welcome to the amateur traveler. I'm your host Chris Christensen. Let's talk about Guadalajara.

I'd like to welcome to the show Paul Hudson from Plias I Plazas.com who's come to talk to us about

Guadalajara Mexico. Paul welcome to the show.

Hi Chris it's a pleasure to be here.

Thank you for having me.

I am very excited to spend a little bit of time talking about a place that I absolutely love.

And you say you love it, you have a deeper relationship with it than you were just there for a weekend.

I've been in Guadalajara for about 10 years.

I originally came to study and I met a girl and it kind of changed my plans and I've been here

ever since.

Which is the way the story always goes.

Excellent.

And why should someone come? Well, actually, before we do that, let's put it on a map. Where are we when we're in Guadalajara Mexico?

So Guadalajara is in the highlands of the state of Halisco, and Holisko is in the highlands of the state of Halisco.

And Halisco is in Western Mexico.

If you're familiar with Port of Ayarta,

we're probably about 100, maybe 150 miles

directly east of Porto Vaya and then we're also probably I'd say 300

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