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GUADALAJARA — A winter’s morning at the outdoor
breakfast buffet at. the Camino Real hotel here, and -
businesspeople sit with their briefcases and cellular phones.

At is crisp and bright, and the
morning sun draws steam from
the nearby pool.

. Daytime. winter temperatures
_here rarely fall below .60°F, and
hit highs of 75 in- January and 80
‘in February.

. .. Mexicans find this a ‘little cool
in the mornings, and you’ can,
recognize them in their three-piece

_, Suits and leather Jackets, some

"with scarves.

'- Not so visiting Canadians, who

stand in’ -the omelette lineup: in

“.shorts: and cotton shirts, bleary

from, modest doses: of jetlag and-

waking . at the 5,000-foot eleva-
tion.

“This elegant hotel is the first .

stop for many'who have done the.
beach resorts and want to discover,
another Mexico.’

Here there is no. strip ‘oF beach .
hotels where the only Mexican you

“-will meet will be your waiter. This

is: an‘old’ city full ‘of fascination, .
yet ‘one. that is enjoying a business
boom: Lae
» Population has : shot up. ‘from
“two million: to six: million -in five
‘years,’ partly” because .of . foreign
‘investment by.‘companies such as °
_Kodak, IBM,: “Honda, Motorola,~
AT&T ‘and, Siemens. . ;
Mexicans ‘don’t, understand’ Ca-".
nadian ‘union’ leaders ‘complaining.’
-about: jobs. being “lost”? to low-,
“wage, countries like Mexico cea

“only” yesterday :. that.; union
‘Jeaders:in Canada ‘were ‘going ‘on’.

‘David —

Wishart |

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“Maybe” your, wages are too
igh, or your factories unproduc- ,
“tive, but perhaps - it’s. our: turn
“now. One’ day,’ somewhere | else,

~.maybe in Africa, it will be cheaper

to manufacture,” he said. :
Some..Canadians who: are
benefiting are: retirees... There are
about 27,600 Canadians living in
‘ Guadalajara, and: 19 times as
many Americans, making this one
of the biggest foreign colonies in
Mexico... .
.. They love | the winter ‘climate, a
clean’ city., spared the awful smog

“of! Mexico’ City, ‘and an‘ inexpen- -

sive :cost of"-living: that. allows a

bout workers: of. the ‘world. unite, -« modest pension to goa long way.

nd ‘all: that, “but as soon as ‘Mex- |.

cans get, a ‘break, union ‘leaders i in.

vv Here: are..some- costs, ‘in US.

dollats: Gas is $1.50'a gallon, an--
nval . car insurance $225,"

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bedroom “apartment rents - for
about $400 a month, -utilities (in-
cluding phone) .about -$50 a
month,” golf $30 a round, a
four-hour house-clean. by a maid
$8, dinner out $14, and a six-pack
of beer $2. ;

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It is a city of flowers, where the
jacarandas-. blossom: from March

to.May and the African tulip trees

are in. color all the year round,
Roses are everywhere.

At a plaza beside the cathedral
there is a bandstand, which ‘came

‘from France in 1909. where today

you can see a ritudl-of women

walking around it .one way, and.

men the other. .

If a’ man’. wants to meet a

woman he gives her-a flower, and
if it is accepted they will meet.

The cathedral,

and completed in. 1618, is. a

‘bewildering combination Of:

Byzantine, Corinthian, ° Doric;

Baroque, and ‘Tuscan “styles, and
while the outside. has .’a- heavy. .

Gothic hand, the’ inside’ is. ma-
jestic.
Nobody should ‘miss the ‘18th

century Palacio de Gobierno. with

its huge: mural by Jose ‘Clemente:

Orozco. ;
Guadalajara is famous for its
artists and its crafts...
Visitors can browse: for days,
often on streets for’ walking , only,

“and -find ‘galleries by names: such

-. as Bustamante or simple stalls ‘sell-"

‘ling fine shoes and ceramics. :
‘Squares, often surrounded _by

splendid colonial spires, ‘are’ found
everywhere, ! anda good : place to

» take a rest is with a shoe-shiner, re
“The-cost is 5,000: pesos ‘(about ~
$2). You'll get the’ glitter of a life-"
time’ and a’ fine. view ‘from-a seat.
on high, but don’t waste time try-..
the cost never.”

ing to: ‘negotiate; :

begun in’ 1568

drops, even at the risk of losing

business.
Honda, Siemens and the rest

“may be big on high tech, but out

there in the city squares it’s still
solidarity forever.

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