What a deluge we had this morning! Around 5:30 or so I thought I heard what sounded like someone counting coins, and I thought it was odd, but that it must be Lupita getting organized to go to the mercado. But when I opened my eyes and rolled over I saw she was sound asleep. I looked around for the source of the sound and realized it was our new bedroom window, the one that I didn't want. Water was pouring in, same as it was our daughter's bedroom where she and her partner were working feverishly to mop it up and cover the window with plastic. By the time I got the water soaked up, all our windows were jerry-rigged with plastic to stem the flow. Not the best way to wake up. Though it only rained around 40 minutes or so, less than an hour, much of downtowen Zihuatanejo awoke to incredible flooding.

Zihuatanejo has always flooded. But it used to take days of heavy rain to do so. Now in less than an hour we have major flooding downtown where various municipal administrations have disappeared grotesque amounts of money to allegedly deal with this problem with varying degrees of success, mostly none. Thanks to massive deforestation of our hillsides and the covering of so much soil with cement, including all the roads on our hillsides that were built with no pluvial drainage whatsoever, the flooding problem downtown is worse than ever. This is a longtime serious problem that needs attention. Instead, from our current municipal government we get a vanity project to pour even more cement where it isn't needed, tearing down more trees in the process.

The Cancha Municipal had a decent crowd this evening of folks watching the fútbol match between Ecuador and Curaçao, two American teams. Folks were getting into it, and off to one side some boys were playing fútbol with some impressive skills.

The only restaurant that was busy along the waterfront this evening was Sirena Gorda, full of mostly Gringos listening to music and ignoring the fútbol match on the large-screen TV.

If you're a fan of mouth-watering recipes, one of the best reasons for visiting Ixtapa is to go to Deborah's Restaurant. Whether for breakfast, lunch or dinner, everything we've ever eaten there has been prepared to perfection and the service has always been excellent. Deborah also makes some of the best desserts around, so save room when you go.
Restaurants in Zihuatanejo-Ixtapa and the Region

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Una garza con unos pelícanos, todos mendigando de alguien limpiando pescado durante el amanecer en la bahía de Zihuatanejo.