The swimming pool of the Real de Chapala Hotel we stayed at in Ajijic on the north shore of Lake Chapala.

A shot of the front side of the Real de Chapala Hotel.  The rooms were very large and the daily charge was about 750 peso or about $125 CDN. 

The Centro Quirurgico San Rafael Hospital in Tepic where Josef was hospitalized after his motorcycle crash on the autopisto north of Tepic when he broke 5 ribs in his back..


Josef in bed at the Centro Quirurgico San Rafael Hospital in Tepic.

After disembarking at Mazatlan, we motorcycled down to Ajijic and stayed at the Real de Chapala Hotel for several days while Josef attended to his purchase.  On the Tuesday morning of December 5th, we mounted our bikes for the long return journey to Canada.  Unfortunately, Josef crashed his bike after crossing over a speed bump in the middle of a sharp curve in the autopisto north of the city of Tepic.  We had to cut short our motorcycle trip and return to Canada by airline after Josef spent 5 days in the hospital shown above in Tepic.  Josef recuperated from his injuries at his home in South Surrey and we returned to Mexico in late April of 2001 to retrieve our motorcycles and continue the return journey to Canada.