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Another cloudless morning greeted the people in Zihuatanejo and the region this Sunday. The overnight coolness quickly disappeared, and vendors selling hand fans were doing a good business along the beaches and the waterfront well into the evening. The water was calm and inviting in Zihuatanejo. And families from many inland cities and towns were here enjoying it today.

But it's unforgivable that the municipal government recently dug open a known source of raw sewage and is allowing it to enter Zihuatanejo Bay in front of the museum: an old sewage drain that runs underground to the market. It had been blocked up. And in the canal La Boquita about 50 meters or so west of the footbridge between the museum and Plaza Kioto known as Puente Blanco, for over 20 years now, raw sewage has been bubbling up like a fountain from a sewage drain that apparently runs underneath the canal. The irresponsibility of municipal government for not attending to this and for not placing warning signs on the beaches nearby is unconscionable and unforgivable. Of course, after what they've done to the southern end of La Ropa recently, there appears to be a pattern of willful neglect of our environment by our current municipal government, which was frequently denounced by the environmental reporter Alex Serna before he was found tortured and murdered last summer. Hopefully, we'll find a better replacement in next year's local elections.

While Ixtapa's tourist numbers are reportedly high, we still aren't seeing many of those people in Zihuatanejo. But thanks to the influx of visitors from north of the border, local stores and restaurants are seeing a notable increase in their business. A shame none of our so-called tourism authorities seem to be able to attract new and affordable flights from traditional and new regions of the USA and Canada. It's as if they don't really know what they're doing. And apparently they've totally washed their hands of attracting cruise ships. The mayor pawned that off to interests from Acapulco whom I guarantee you are NOT going to put the interests of Zihuatanejo first. At best they may throw us a few crumbs. We really need new political leadership locally, especially one that doesn't own a cement business!

There was a big wing-ding this Sunday evening at the Cancha Municipal with folkloric music and dancers. An architectural college was celebrating an anniversary.

Make your reservations now for Thanksgiving dinner at Deborah's Restaurant in Ixtapa! She always has a wonderfully delicious turkey dinner with all the trimmings and a belly-busting dessert of homemade pumpkin pie. The best!

Our longtime friend (over 30 years) José Manuel Guzmán of Guzmán's Tours is a federally licensed tour guide. He offers a variety of local tours in Zihuatanejo-Ixtapa and the region including to archaeological sites, outlying beaches, countryside communities, trips to Pátzcuaro, and the monarch butterfly sanctuary. He can arrange fishing and horseback riding tours as well as tours to other parts of Mexico. (click to enlarge image)
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