Esperando la Temporada con PaZIHencia

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In their report released today from two days ago, Guerrero's health officials confirm there are currently NO cases of Covid-19 in Zihuatanejo, the rest of la Costa Grande or Acapulco, and only 4 cases in the entire state. Dengue is currently a bigger problem. New vaccines for influenza and Covid-19 (Abdalá) will be available soon for free to the public, including foreigners.

While watching the forecast for Huracán Norma, I can't help but notice the predicted formation of another huracán to the south that is predicted to impact the coast of Guerrero by next Tuesday. ¡Chin! Llueve sobre mojado.

It's been drizzling much of this Wednesday in downtown Zihuatanejo. The plants are loving it, but it's causing problems for our only industry, tourism, when we really need every visitor we can get.

Of course, reading recently about some of the negative experiences our visitors encounter from the municipal government and their stupid gestapo beach rules and Blue Flag only makes my blood boil. I'm pretty sure I mentioned here more than once over the years that I believed the downfall of Zihuatanejo would come about when the incompetent municipal government started trying to turn it into Disneyland, and that's just about where we are today. Shops like ours that used to bring in thousands of pesos a day easily during the tourist season now struggle just to bring in a few hundred. Though our lodgings have rarely been 100% full except over Christmas holidays, with the conversion to Todo-Incluido by the majority of hotels in the Zona Hotelera I in Ixtapa, now even when they're full it doesn't mean local shops and services have decent sales because the tourists being attracted have less purchasing power than ever. While I'm not unhappy to see places like Troncones, La Saladita, Playa Blanca, Barra de Potosí and Puerto Vicente Guerrero benefit by receiving many of the folks who no longer vacation in Zihuatanejo, I'm already hearing complaints from Troncones about the condo commandos and the developers ruining the laid back and low-key atmosphere for them. Of course, Playa Blanca never really had a community, so those folks aren't complaining about the overdevelopment of condo projects, but locals from other communities can't help but notice the lack of beach accesses where they used to be plentiful. The first time I walked Playa Blanca there was only one humble little home visible on the entire beach. I've seen this movie before, and if folks don't get together and get their local governments to plan altruistically in benefit of the community instead of greedily in benefit of the politicians and their compinches, there won't be a happy ending for locals whose communities will eventually become displaced, and they'll be left mostly poor and working in service roles. Not a happy prospect. They pave paradise, especially when the politicians own the cement companies.

That's my rant and I'm sticking to it.

Restaurants in Zihuatanejo-Ixtapa

¡Cuidemos nuestro patrimonio!
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#NoQueremosBlueFlagEnLasPlayas
#PreservemosPlayaManzanillo

Pescadores y compradores de los frutos de sus labores nocturnos durante la mañana en Playa Principal en Zihuatanejo.