A Drive from Jocotepec to Chapala, Jalisco, Mexico in 1986!!

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Amazing how empty the road from Jocotepec to Ajijic was in 1986. If you jump ahead to 20-24 minutes into the video, they drive up into the Raquet Club to within two blocks of where I now live. Just two lots undeveloped along Pancho Gonzalez now but back then only a couple with houses on them. The club and courts were there, though. This video was posted on YouTube by Rick Howe. Shown here with thanks to him and to okcforgottenman who brought it to my attention.

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13 thoughts on “A Drive from Jocotepec to Chapala, Jalisco, Mexico in 1986!!”

    1. lifelessons's avatarlifelessons Post author

      This was over 30 years ago. The buildings in the towns still look just the same but the Raquet Club is completely different and it is almost fully developed between the towns. That is very different.

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  4. Marilyn Armstrong's avatarMarilyn Armstrong

    I surprised at how crowded in this area has become — and yet the population has NOT grown. If anything, it has dropped. It’s just that where every family had one car, now they have one for each member of the family — so it FEELS more crowded.

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