VeZIHnos Queridos en Paraíso

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As of today, since April 18, 2020 Zihuatanejo has registered a cumulative total of 1,956 confirmed cases of Covid-19 (10 more than yesterday), 150 that have resulted in fatalities, 68 that are currently active, and approximately 1,611 that have recovered. Hopefully we're seeing the backside of the holiday spike like most of the rest of Mexico. Our neighboring municipio to the north, La Unión, currently has no active cases while our neighbor to the south, Petatlán, has 5.

Didn't see any busloads of tourists arriving this morning. Zihuatanejo is way too quiet, and too many people are hurting. I know this isn't of any interest to folks who just want a vacation somewhere warm by the ocean, but then those really aren't the folks whom we seek to attract to Zihuatanejo anyway. We prefer folks who prefer to be aware of their surroundings instead of oblivious to them, even on vacation. And we are thankful for you because many of you make a big difference here just by caring about us.

Even in this pandemia I find myself falling in love with my wife all over again each day, sometimes several times a day. While out walking the other morning we ran into one of the two friends who introduced Lupita and me to each other 47 years ago, Carmelita Sotelo. It's amazing how quickly the years can fade away when old friends from a special time reunite. We hadn't seen Carmelita for several years since she moved to Canada. Since she was one of Lupita's closest friends when we met, she saw the spark ignite between us and played both chaperone to Lupita while also playing a bit of Cupid at the same time, so she also accompanied us on our first date. A lifetime ago that still remains fresh in our memories.

La Zapoteca store at Casa Marina. Amigos tan queridos como si fueran familia.