When I went to the beach early this morning to walk my dog, I saw a humbling and somewhat heart-wrenching scene of an elder tourist lady in her bathing suit collecting trash, mostly plastic bottles, bottlecaps, plastic utensils, plastic bags and styrofoam plates, from the overnight rain on Playa Principal and putting it in mounds for the city workers. I always try to pick up a few things, but she had cleaned a large portion of the beach herself. The worst part is all the tiny bits of plastic that no one seems to pay attention to. It just keeps getting worse instead of better each year. All this because our city government refuses to fine people who litter or to otherwise deal adequately with our garbage problem. A problem I tried to bring to the attention of the current mayor's grandfather 35 years ago when he was wasting city money "remodeling" the waterfront and cutting down trees instead of dealing with the growing trash and wastewater treatment problems back then when it would've made a huge difference getting ahead of the problem instead of trying to play catch-up as now.

Another heart-wrenching scene was watching all the tourists remaining at the beach and playing in the water while it was raining. Apparently our visitors don't know they shouldn't enter the water during or after a heavy rain because the water is at its dirtiest then. But of course there are no warning signs posted. The city government will boast about the "clean" water samples taken on a good day weeks ago and claim the water is fine for swimming when they know it isn't. I strongly detest government officials who only simulate their jobs. And we seem to have more than our share of those here.

Like many locals, we have family members who come to visit us during the vacation period. Yesterday we were unable to attend the memorial for our friend Isabel because of having family arrive at the same time as the memorial while also having a business matter to attend to. But we love our family and they will always come first. We're thankful to have a place where they can come to visit us. It's part of living in a tropical beach destination. It was the same for me in the Virgin Islands and in Florida. Vacation season especially always meant there would be family and friends coming to visit.

Wow, the rain today from the tropical disturbance off our coast really brought the temperature down! What a difference. Gonna sleep wonderfully tonight!

A lovely little hotel in Troncones is Hotel Los Sueños. This enchanting oceanfront inn offers 6 one-bedroom suites, a two-bedroom family suite with kitchen, and a "cozy" surfers' room also with kitchen, queen-size bed and bunk bed. All rooms have A/C, fridge, hammock, wireless internet, and there is a pool on the property. Located on Playa Troncones within easy walking distance of the village, restaurants and convenience stores.
Hotels & Inns in Troncones

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Unos pescadores salen de la orilla de la playa para ir a trabajar fuera de la bahía durante el amanecer en Zihuatanejo.