El Dorado y La ZIHrena Dorada

https://youtu.be/F8V3aQb-fVY

With only 12 confirmed cases of Covid-19 in Zihuatanejo, it seems rather stupid to still be preventing people who have not been able to work for over 2 months from fishing for their daily sustenance. This is one of the subjects that really bothers the heck out of locals all up and down our coast. Of course the other is that the government shut all our businesses down but then only offered us loans we'd have to repay as economic compensation. Community kitchens in every colonia would've been a better idea if they didn't want to give out money. Unfortunately tens of thousands of people are having their lights, water, phones and TV services turned off because they can't pay the bills. Thus many children can't study online or via TV even if they wanted to. So preventing people from fishing along the shore makes even less sense for the costeños of Guerrero.

Unbelievably, evenings on our azotea are accompanied by such a cool breeze out of the north (a condition unheard of at this time of year) that Lupita has to bundle up with a stocking cap and towels to keep warm while we listen to music and enjoy our evening libations. Never in her lifetime have we had weather like this at this date in May. Never. The cold is apparently dispersing itself from the poles. Which partially explains why we have a tropical storm forming up to the south of the Bahía de Tehuantepec off the coast of Central America. Usually the tropical convergence zone is well north of that area by this time of year.

The relaxing of social distancing in Guerrero has been pushed back to June 15th, mostly because of what is happening in Acapulco de Juárez, Chilpancingo de los Bravo and Chilapa de Álvarez, places where hospitals are filling up with Covid-19 patients. I don't know how this will affect the plans of local hotels, some who plan on reopening as early as June 11. It can't be unexpected by them, though. Unfortunately the communities who depend on the tourist industry in Mexico have been the hardest hit economically. One more reason never to put all one's eggs in one basket, a lesson I watched Floridians learn several decades ago when I first moved there from the Virgin Islands and the oil embargo was killing their tourism.

Delightfully delicious!

The beach cleaning continues.