Change of Z Season

The summer vacation season officially ends this weekend, and already our streets are empty and many businesses are closed. Of course for the established businesses the artisans' market on Cinco de Mayo street represents extremely unfair competition and has been one of the main reasons for the failing of businesses. Everything sold by the established businesses is essentially copied and sold much cheaper by the so-called crafts market where most of the "crafts" are cheap copies (many made in China nowadays) of articles sold in the established businesses, from silver to ceramics to clothing. As owners of one of the established businesses, my wife and I urge folks to only purchase genuine handcrafted items at the artisans' market. The summer tourists we got this year were collectively the worst we've ever had regarding purchasing power. Businesses that usually make their living selling inexpensive items such as t-shirts, beachwear, towels and beach toys couldn't even compete. Practically the only sales were at the artisans' market but for the inexpensive beach items and t-shirts that they shouldn't be allowed to sell.

During our morning walk we couldn't help but be shocked by all the closed and failed businesses as well as by the complete abandon of our town by the municipal government. We haven't even had city water for over 2 weeks now. #PobrePueblo

Here's a link to a full 360° hi-def panorama I made on the beach this morning (Dermandar finally fixed a glitch in their software that caused full panoramas to cut off before reaching 360°).
http://pnr.ma/brnwQb

Some other photos of today's morning stroll. Looks almost like a ghost town.