Point South Mexico - Real Estate and Lifestyle Magazine

As we turned off the highway down into the fishing village of Mismaloya on the south shore of Lake Chapala, my heart skipped with joy in anticipation of greeting and embracing my friend, Maria Cardenas.

While basking in the grandeur of the sunrise across Lake Chapala early one morning, my reverie was broken when a woman and a young girl appeared on the tranquil scene. They began vigorously sweeping a cement platform located a few rods from the lake. I was standing on the spacious veranda of Hacienda Ana Capri, a five-acre Shangri-la on the south shore owned by Ego Pedersen who once operated a dairy there.

Tapalpa is one of the better-known day trip destinations from Lake Chapala. You may already be familiar with its fragrant pine forests, picturesque houses with wooden beams and balconies, and giant, mysterious piedrotas (rocks).

Tapalpa is one of the better-known day trip destinations from Lake Chapala. You may already be familiar with its fragrant pine forests, picturesque houses painted in white and dark red with wooden beams and balconies, and giant, mysterious piedrotas (rocks).