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Where to Live in The Lake Chapala Mexico Area

• Justin Keltner

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Looking for the perfect lakeside town in Mexico. In this video, we're gonna explore the charming cities and towns around the lake Chip Mexico area, where Amanda and I currently live each with its own vibe, lifestyle, and appeal to expats. Welcome to Entrepreneur Expat. I'm Amanda. This is Justin. And on this channel we talk all about living internationally as American expats. We talk about how to make money online so you can go anywhere in the world visas, how to get them, immigration bank accounts, investments, and everything in between. So if that's something that you're interested in, make sure to subscribe and hit the notification bell so you don't me say single video that we have coming out on this channel. Also, make sure to give it a like. Because it helps us get it in front of more people. And we have a mission of reaching 1 million entrepreneur expats and aspiring expats. And if you are interested in moving to Mexico specifically, then we have a free guide to help you out. It's our Moving to Mexico guide. Hundreds of people have downloaded this. We get requests for this guide every day on Instagram and YouTube. So you will find the link for that below because it'll give you a good kind of starting place. And if you're at the point in your life where you're like, you know what? I am ready to get the heck out of the US or Canada, and you like our help actually making the process possible, whether that's the immigration, the paperwork, actually relocating, figuring out how to bring your children and your pets and your cars and everything else. Then we have fully white glove done for you services to support with that, so you can learn more about those services by requesting a free consult with our team@entrepreneurexpat.com slash consult. Now Chapala is Mexico's largest lake and it's actually quite big. Uh, when you fly out of Guadalajara, you're gonna, you're gonna go over Chip Paulo actually for several minutes. It's so big that it's, uh, actually borders. Both Jalisco and Michan. Uh, we're looking at our window here'cause we have a view of chip and you can see way, way, way off in the distance all the way, uh, to Michan from here where we are near Kopec. And uh, yeah, it's, it's a very big hot spot for expats, retirees in digital nomads. And in fact. Some of the original people living here were kind of Mexican hippies and writers and people that just wanted to get away from the city for a while perhaps to do all of their, their creative endeavors. Uh, so it's a, it's a really cool just vibe here overall. And, uh, we love that it's not too far from the city either. Like you can, wherever you are in the chip area, you can get into it like a small city like Ahah or Chapala itself, or you can be in Guadalajara in about an hour. So that makes it really. Cool to live, uh, Lakeside. Yeah. And we also love that we're totally surrounded by nature. So although we liked living in Guadalajara, we were like, Hey, you know, how about we try something different for a while? Let's get out into nature a little bit more. And it is been. Absolutely worth it. We are now living on a mountain literally with a spectacular view of the lake that we get to wake up to every day. No sunset is ever the same. Um, and there's so much nature just around the area. Like for example, you can go hiking, there's waterfalls, there's just so much to do and each little town around the lake kind of has its own specialty in terms of what there is to do there. So that's part of what we're going to be covering today. So we're gonna go town by town and tell you just a little bit about the pros and cons of each and some of the things that are, that are the most popular. We're going to start with Ahhee because the lake chip area, but specifically Ahhee has the largest community of expats. In the world outside of Yeah. In the entire world. So the largest population, for example, of Americans living outside of the US for sure. Uh, anywhere else in the world. It's right here. Right here in a backyard. Yeah. And also Canadians. Absolutely. Yeah. So it's very popular. Aah. Especially it's very popular with those North American expats. You can't really walk a block in without hearing a person or a family speaking English to someone. Uh, all the menus are in, uh, both Spanish and English most of the time. It, you know, you kind of said, well, is it really the most authentic experience in the world? Maybe, maybe not, because they're definitely toning down the spicy level to cater towards gringos. And, uh, they're also, uh, putting everything in English. We personally both speak Spanish fluently. Amanda's family is actually, uh, Latin and so, so she comes from a, a Latino family. Uh, I am not, I'm completely, you know, I'm American and Ukrainian, no, no Latin in my blood at all that I'm aware of. Um, but I learned Spanish over the last few years and also speak it. Fairly, uh, fluently Sometimes my, my Mexican, uh, slang is even better than yours'cause I've spent more time in Mexico. Um, but anyway, I digress. Uh, is cool. Uh, you definitely can find a community of expats there. There's also a very vibrant art scene with cafes and yoga studios everywhere. It's very walkable too. Yeah. I mean, you can, you can drive to Ahi Park pretty much anywhere. Uh, especially outside of the, like Right, you know, right near the main center if you wanna find parking and just walk the entire town from the, which is the boardwalk, uh, to a bunch of different restaurants. And, um, yeah, it's also very, very colorful. So there's a lot of like, uh, different colored paint. It's a problem Mexico, so you're gonna find a lot of colors. It's also mm-hmm. Some of the downsides are, like I mentioned, you know, maybe it's not the most authentic, you know, local Mexican experience. And there's also definitely a higher. Cost of living, but what do you expect when you can find your favorite American brands of food and everything else? Uh, they even have a Popeye's next to the Walmart, so if you're looking for a very soft landing, it's cool, but definitely expect higher prices. Uh, expect that maybe you won't get the exact same experience in terms. You know, if you, if you really like, uh, understanding Mexico and its local traditions and cultures and things, it definitely has them, but it's not the same type of experience. Maybe you would get somewhere like out here, uh, close to Hako. I will also say that one of the things I enjoy about AAH is the properties. The properties in AHI are stunning, especially like the, the more NDA type properties. Or there's an area in Ahi called La Floreta, which we were driving around the other day. Yeah. Where the horses were, right. Where the horses were. Spectacular. Properties. So if you're like me and you like to enjoy real estate tours and a lot of our clients do, it's actually one of the things we help you organize is real estate tours. For those of you who are interested in purchasing in Mexico is a lot of fun in terms of the properties that they have because they have that old school Mexican NDA with the traditional kitchens. The Vera. Mm-hmm. Sinks. I saw a property. Amanda, uh, Amanda Turner is one of their favorite real estate agents to work with here. She had a property the other day that underground, it had like, almost like a Game of Thrones seller. Oh, that's cool. Kind of thing. So I'll do my, I'll put my bunker there. I'll set, I'll set up my bunker under underground. So you can find some sp like really interesting fun properties in Ahhee. I personally like to, I enjoy those things. So if you enjoy those things and you might also like, uh, ahhee and generally it's a be it's a beautiful town. It's, it's a really, really beautiful town. You can also find a lot more international cuisine. That's true in Ahhee. Then you might be able to in some other parts of the link. We're not counting Popeye's International. No, I'm saying like there's a Mongolian restaurant for example. Uh, that you can go to, or we had, you know, Argentinian steak the other day. Um, so you'll find more, you know, food variety in terms of international cuisine. Over in. Now another less talked about area is the town of San Antonio. La Kaan, which, uh, even I have a hard time pronouncing even though my Spanish is half decent. Um, but yeah, San Antonio is what, it's, what it's called, typically colloquially here, uh, especially by the expats and it's between Aki and Al. That's where you can find cool, uh, grocery stores like Super Lake, which literally is like walking into. Uh, literally that is like walking into a, a Safeway or Vaughn's or, or Ralph's. In, in the US you can find half the store is Kirkland products. Yeah. You can find all the, like Costco brand stuff. You can find, um, Progresso soup if you really want to pay like seven or$8 for a can of soup, which I don't understand why you would want to do that when you can get soup freshly cooked for less. Locally, but hey, you want to get your comfort food? We bought crescent rolls there. We just, we just went in like as a fun little trip and we somehow ended up spending$350 on groceries, which is probably normal for like the us. Um, for, you know, a little grocery trip with, uh, you know, to buy some snacks and some foods and things. But in Mexico it's about three or four times what we would normally spend for, for a couple weeks of groceries. But, you know, we got like our, some of our organic products that were in the US we bought those crescent rolls, um, which, you know, are, you can find some mac and cheese. My guilty pleasure. Yeah, you can get mac and cheese like the, the American brands and things like that. So it's kind of. It's kind of cool, uh, get your, get your little dose of glyphosate for the month. Um, but yeah, super, like, uh, it was, it was a vibe. It was, it was a nice little, little, uh, just, uh, what do you call it when you side Quest side. Yeah. But when you're like, uh, you know, your, your, your nostalgic nostalgia. Yeah. We had a little bit of the nostalgia from, oh, here's all this stuff we got. Before in the us. Um, yeah, so San Antonio is a, is a little bit more quiet, more residential. Uh, I kinda like it in a sense because it's, it reminds us a little bit of where we live, although we we're more in the boonies, like we're a little bit more, you know, in a very local Mexican area, but almost El Campo not quite. Um, but San Antonio is a nice balance because it's sort of like suburbs versus is already turning into a small city with a really, you know. Active, but also loud downtown area. So if you like a little more peace and quiet and you don't want to necessarily be right in the middle of the action than San Antonio might be a good place for you. And there's shopping centers and more hospitals and things like that. Um, because Ahah, he was sort of developed, you know, around this expat community. Um, but there's more established hospitals and doctors and shopping centers in San Antonio because they just have more space, uh, to do it there. Ahah he is more, um, like restaurants and residential areas and, and they're starting to build more, more residential buildings there. But San Antonio's a little more spread out, uh, and definitely great for families and long-term expats, especially if you speak Spanish, uh, it's a nice kind of compromise between somewhere like where we're at. Uh, and somewhere like Ahi, if you want to sort of be in a, in a middle ground kind of area where you're like, you want to practice your Spanish, you wanna integrate into the local community, um, but maybe you, you know, you don't want to be like more out there right. And on your own. So, um, next we have Chip. So Chapala is also very popular with expats, just like Ahhee. It's, you know, also typical pueblo maco kind of a thing. You'll find a lot of foreigners in Chapala. You know, Malcon, every town here has a Malcon, which is like a pier and every, A boardwalk. Yeah. At the boardwalk. And every town has its own. Uh, I thought the Giallo one was very nice, but you know, similar vibe as. Ahi, uh, you can find a little bit more cuisine. I would say it's probably more of a straight shot to Guadalajara and the airport from Chapala than it would be anywhere else on the lake. So that's something to consider. If you need, if you need a lot of lights yeah, to the airport, that might be something to consider. But other than that, it's not that different, uh, from Akhi, I would say. I don't know if you have a different opinion. Yeah, I, I think I kind of actually, like in terms of comparing the, you know, al to Ahhe, I kind of like the. Uh, I kind of like the Chapala boardwalk a little better. Oh yeah, I already heard that. That chip, there's like more things to eat. You can also, um, find more boats and things like that. There's a little boat that'll, a little lunch that'll take you to Isla, which is the scorpion island, which I haven't actually seen any scorpions there in person fortunately. But there's, you know, you can kind of go, go to this little tiny island and in the middle of the lake and, um, it's kind of cool. I've, I've gone there, uh, once with some friends and with, with Daisy. She liked it. She met, she, uh, met this pet monkey that they have there on the island, and she, she tried to make friends with the monkey. It was really adorable. Um, maybe we have some videos of that somewhere. Uh, but yeah, so Chappal is definitely a vibe and it's, I would say, a little more local of a feel, um, because there're fewer expats than I, I kind of like the vibe in Chapala overall more. Uh, personally, and it's more affordable for real estate and rentals. There's a little bit, um, bigger of a market for rentals as well because aahh is, is smaller relative to chip. So there's, there's more availability and definitely lower prices. Ahah. He's just sort of where all the expats really want to congregate. So yes, that's part of what's happening. So we did an interview with Amanda Turner. She was saying, yeah, with the short term rentals, there's an issue in Ahhee because I guess, uh, people will come like for very immediate, short term or they're, it's like the rental market is kind of tough. Mm-hmm. Uh, in ahah. So that's a very good point. Yeah. And next up we have one of our favorites, and this is. Where we don't actually live right in the middle of this town. Uh, but we do live close by to it, so it's closer to us than other towns. And that is Hoko Debe. Um, obviously we love Hoku, we love it. We're a little biased. Uh, it's at the west end of the lake. Uh, there's actually a separate road here. So you would probably take, if you're going from Guadalajara, you take the HoCo bypass, which goes, uh, down Lopez Mateos, uh, south of Guadalajara. And then you take that bypass road. On the mountain and you would get to hako. It's faster to do that than to take the chip highway. Um, but yeah, it's definitely more local than touristy. There's a lot of, uh, agriculture here. It's where actually Driscoll's has their berry farms, so there's a lot of fresh berries. Um, you can get meat very fresh, close by from the, the local farms. There's natural hot springs very close by, not actually in Hako tope. We'll talk about where, where those are exactly. But it's more of a laid back lifestyle. More of a local vibe. Uh, a little bit harder to find contractors out here and get them to do their job, but hey, there's, there's pros and cons, um, to everything. And, uh, what we think is that there's definitely a better value here on the homes and the land. It's a little more gritty. In the sense that it's not, I wouldn't call it dangerous. We've never really felt unsafe here in any of the towns. Um, but it's more gritty. Like it's not quite as developed out. You know, you, you, you can come here and just, just spend a day in al, spend a day in Ahi, spend a day in Hoku, and you'll kind of see the difference. Uh, you definitely wanna have some Spanish, I mean, I'm sure you can get by with English and Google Translate. Yeah. You'll definitely need more Spanish and Hoko Yeah. Than you would, or nah. That, that's probably one of the downsides is if you don't speak Spanish, I mean, you'll learn just being here eventually. Right. Uh, but you want to, uh, you want to definitely speak Spanish if you want to make friends locally and things like that, because there are not as many expats. We met a few, we actually had, um, people recognize us on the street just from the YouTube channel, which was kind of cool. In HoCo. Um, but yeah, it's cool and there's, there's a lot of land, uh, available here in, in and around HoCo. Uh, so I, I like it. It's, it's a vibe. Downsides are downsides that it is, uh, very geologically active in the sense that there's, there's like faults and things, so we haven't really heard of too many earthquakes, but sometimes buildings and things do shift. It's happened a lot in the city and definitely something to be aware of, uh, that there's, there's some like, you know. Plate activity here that causes buildings to, to shift and whatnot. So what you wanna, yeah, like Chip Paul is actually like a giant volcanic crater, which, uh, we'll talk more about when we get to the next town'cause it's actually kind of cool. But, you know, if you're near, like, we literally see a dormant volcano out our window right now if you're near a volcano crater, than obviously there's going to be more of that kind of activity. So that's just something to, to keep in mind as well. Um, I'd say the only real d downsides of HoCo is maybe it's not as active as Ahah. Maybe for those of you who really want to be active and have a lot of stuff to do and all that stuff, HoCo is a little bit more of a sleepy town mm-hmm. In comparison, uh, to Ahah. And then of course if you don't know Spanish, you'll have a little bit more of a difficult time in Hoko. But I think Hoko has a pretty promising future because as AHI gets more saturated, and this is what we were talking about with some of our real estate experts that we work with for our relocation clients, it's starting to expand. Outward. So there's a lot of potential in Hoku for those of you who are investors. And I would also say Hoku has the best views of the lake of any of these towns mm-hmm. That we're talking to because it's all the way at the west end. So when you're on an, um, it just looks like a ocean, it looks like a bay and an ocean that just goes out. Yeah. And I'll also also that another thing that I really love about Hoko is, is the male. Uh, it's a very wide boardwalk, like the area there, so it's, it's really wide. There's like parks and everything there, which you don't really see in Chapala or Ahi too much. It's in Ahi, like it's just a very small boardwalk. But here it's massive. It's like an entire area, like a green area with parks, and there's little, it's not as developed. Like there's only sort of small restaurants and for the most part, they're only open, uh, like on the weekends other than maybe ice cream or simple things like that. But in terms of like getting, uh. Seafood, you know, mariscos or shrimp or whatever. There, there are a couple small spots like that, but they're, they're not quite as developed, but it's, in terms of the spaciousness though, there's just a lot of room. You can kind of take your dog and play ball and run around. We met a baby goat the other day. We met a baby goat and Daisy was making friends with a baby goat. You attempted to name. Said baby goat. I did, we were giving the owner feedback on baby goat names, which was adorable. Yeah. Um, and yeah, we, we personally, we really like Coco. Um, and then the next town is actually probably one of our favorites. We, we've, which we've mentioned several times on this channel. It's actually one of the reasons why we moved out here when the opportunity showed up, which is San Juan. Uh, now San Juan is quite well known for, its. Thermal spas, it's full of spas where you can go into its hotels and spas and, uh, boutique areas where you can actually go enjoy natural thermal waters.'cause remember how I said that, you know, this is basically a volcanic crater. Well, for some reason, and maybe somebody can explain them the comments. Um, San Juan Sala, all the water that goes through there is thermal. A lot of the houses in San Juan Sala actually need cooling systems because the water comes out so hot rather than mm-hmm. Heaters, but it's full of little boutique. Spas and hotels where you can go enjoy the thermal waters In jacuzzis, they're said to have healing properties. We go at least like once or twice a month. We were just there last weekend with another real estate partner. Yeah. Uh, that we work with in Mexico. She covers more like the LAN area. There's some interesting stuff going on. Is there, there as well? We did an interesting video about that last year, but she came over, uh, to hang out with us here on the lake and we took her to the thermal spots and she's like, this is so cool. So they have, um. You know, there's different boutique spas, right? There's some that are more family friendly, where people like, um, Rio, where like people take the ADA and the six pack of beers and they take the whole family and it's full of pools. And then they have a separate section, uh, that's more like the, uh, the, which is, how do you say ri in English? Now I'm forgetting English words. Like a tour. Tour maybe? Yeah. Like, um. Yeah, like a tour, like a sprint or something. Um, and then in those jacuzzis, in the spa, then they have like, oh, this jacuzzi has apple cider vinegar. This jacuzzi has hibiscus, this jacuzzi. Uh, and in the, in Rio, it's like an actual like process that they take you to. There's other ones, like the one that we like to go to instead of sala. Um, and they just have like the permanent installments, lavender, rosemary, hibiscus, uh, red wine, um, uh, Veena, which is a oatmeal. Oatmeal. Oatmeal. Yeah. Uh, and they just opened a nut mascal in that one because, um, Rio had like a much bigger te mascal. And then now in Tam mescal is a traditional sweat lodge. Mm-hmm. Uh, for those of you who do not know, um, yeah, it's like a steam room, but very hot. Very hot steam room. Very good. I really, I really like it. It helps with the sinuses and everything. So in, they had a tinier one that looked like a little cave, and now, uh, they just opened a massive one that we got to enjoy, uh, over the weekend. And it's heated up by those thermal waters. Like that's how freaking. The water is, it's like sweat lodge, like it's the water heating up the sweat lodge. And the other hotel too, they had like trickles of water. Mm-hmm. Uh, heating up the sweat lodges. There's also like a hotel up on the mountain that I always forget how to pronounce it, but it basically, it looks like a big. Statue, like I think Easter Island head and there's a, um, thermal waters in there. There's other little boutique hotels around as well. So San Juan, we really enjoy it. We're there once or twice a month, literally. That might be a place where, where we'll buy some land and build because. Uh, I would love to be able to just fill up our jacuzzi right there with fresh thermal water and you, you know, I'm big on the systems and yeah, solar and water pumps and I'll build us a whole, like, we'll have to, we'll have to build our own spa there where people can, can come and visit us. Um, yeah, it's also more laid back than Ahah, right? So it's not far. Literally all these towns are right next to each other. So we might be like, we're like in between HoCo and San Juan Sala in a town called el, which is like 3000 inhabitants, but they're all literally like this. So we're like 10 minutes from the thermal waters or 10 minutes from HoCo, or we're mm-hmm. 20 to 30 minutes to Ahi. That's a good deal. It's a good deal. Yeah. Now you're probably wondering, Hey, what is the best town for me? Obviously, we can't tell you without knowing you and one of the first places to go. If you're like, Hey, I'm really thinking about moving there. Tell me about the best place to go and how to get the visa paperwork situated and all that. Uh, if you want personalized information and consultation to actually help you make that decision, definitely apply for a call with our team@entrepreneurexpat.com slash consult. But in a nutshell, we can kind of tell you that. The best place for retirees most likely is gonna be AHI or San Antonio Digital Nomads Ahi, or possibly San Juan Sala. Uh, because you still have like that XVA community, if you're budget conscious. Poco HoCo is a really good place to to live. Now. Where we are up on the mountain, we're paying a lot more than actually being in town just because we like the view. Let's be honest. It makes some really good content. Um, but we're still saving money even over what we were paying in Guadalajara. We're paying half and we've got like a two bedroom, uh, house here. That's a condo, gated communities 24 7 security. We've got fiber optic internet. We've got a view of the lake you can run up and down the mountain. We can get anything we need delivered. So like, it's not that I wouldn't, I wouldn't say that just because HoCo overall is a little bit cheaper that it's, that it's necessarily bad, although most. Expats tend to prefer the expat communities, you know, of Ahhee. Um, but yeah, family friendly San Antonio or Al for sure, but both are definitely good places. I mean, if, if your, if, if your family speaks Spanish though, I would still encourage you to check out Hoku and check out some of the surrounding areas here. And Hoko, Debe definitely better for people who really like being off the beaten path. Maybe real estate investors that are looking at taking advantage of the opportunity. Uh, that's here as well because prices definitely are gonna go up. So if you're thinking about maybe buying a house, or even buying some land and building, obviously book a call with our team because sometimes people will try to sell you land that's not really theirs. That's a very common thing in Mexico. So we can help you navigate that entire process of real estate investing and purchasing and things like that. Um, but yeah, tons of great opportunity to invest here in in HoCo. Well, that's what we have for you guys today. There are also, there's also little areas like or. You know, there's like a whole stretch of restaurants between like San Juan that are really cool. So we couldn't cover everything in this video because honestly, we're kind of shocked at how much there is to do around the lake. One of the things that you were concerned about when we moved out, here's who thought you were gonna be bored. There was gonna be nothing to do. It's like, what am I gonna do all day? And you're like, honey, we don't do anything. We work from home, we hang out by the pool. You know, we go to the thermal spas, we, we get our massages, we record videos. So I'm pretty happy. Yeah, and I was saying we've actually been more out here than we were in Guadalajara, because in Guadalajara we were having this conversation with our friends over the weekend. It's like in Guadalajara you have to like. Psych yourself up to go. Like drive. Yeah. To get on Lopez Mateo and be merging in and out of traffic and doing all the crazy If you're trying to get like from one side of the city to the other. Yeah. But here it's just way more chill. Um, and you know, Martha was telling us like, wow, it's so peaceful out here. Like we were out at the spas and she goes, it's such a peaceful, chill vibe. And this is coming from a woman who lives in an even smaller town out in tequila country, which is very peaceful in and of itself. And she was like, this is amazing. This was like a great move, uh, for you guys. And yeah, overall, like we've been actually very impressed with everything that there is to do out here. Obviously, we already knew that there was stuff out here. We'd come out here on weekends, uh, when we needed a break from the city, but living here is a totally different. Situation a totally different vibe and we freaking love it. And for those of you who've been asking, like, isn't it just like retired people out there? Yes, for the most part. Especially in however, uh, in Hoku you'll find a lot more younger people and. They're Mexicans, right? So a lot more younger people. Same in San Juan Sala. Um, and we're starting to see more younger people move out here. And I think another important note, and we'll end it here, the infrastructure out here for like internet and stuff like that is actually quite good. So if you're, I was very surprised. I mean, so if you're a digital nomad, this area could, it really depends. But, but for the most part, like you'll, you'll actually have multiple internet providers to choose from depending on where you are. Like you can get, at least in town, you can get total play, you can get mega cab play, both of which. I think Mega Coley does have fiber here as well, but total play is all fiber. We have fiber optic internet. Uh, we can get up to, I think a gig or maybe even faster here, like a gigabit up and down, which is very fast. Uh, it's, you know, just like the, the Google fiber in Austin. Yeah. And when you else, when you run businesses online and you need access to the internet or you work remotely. That's kind of a really important thing to consider. Yeah. And I'm a stickler for, for good internet, and the Internet's solid that's her breakdown of the Lake Chipotle area and the multiple towns. Like I said, there's a lot to do here, and each town has its own thing. Each town even has its own food. That it's known for. We didn't even get into that. Mm-hmm. So if you want us to do another video on that, leave a comment below and do like a Lakeside food tour. Yes. Yeah. Let us know in the comments. If you wanna see a Lakeside food tour, we will absolutely do that. If there's enough people in the comments, uh, who would be interested in that, because each, each town kind of has its own. Food that you can go find. Um, so we'll definitely do a video on that. Thank you so much for giving us your time today. Uh, don't forget to download our Moving to Mexico Guide. For those of you who are thinking about it and kind of need the first steps in order to get started. It will also add you to our email list. 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