Shameful

I arrived with a friend to Zihua in 1974. We stayed five months in a casita/palapa a staircase up from La Ropa beach.
And a great many adventures were had. Walking to the market as the sun rose...cacophony of roosters crowing, burros braying, and laughter and murmur of conversation.
The memories of our time there although 50 plus years ago remains as vivid as if this morning.
I kept returning to Zihua and la Ropa over the decades...first Ixtapa came. We thought this would be ok as the touristy tourists would go there (never underestimate the hubris of youth! we were adventurers not tourists) and spare Zihua from high-rises and McDonald's franchises.
But time races ever onward, changes were made of course, happy to see improvements in schools, hospital, jobs etc.
But for a time the charm and magic of the place remained...mostly due to the landscape and of course the delightful and welcoming citizens of Zihua.
Now I am an oldster...I return and feel like a forensic anthropologist following hints and clues to memories of what was and it is getting more difficult with each passing year, as the relentless erosion of the natural landscape continues.
It is puzzling why the powers that be in Zihua don't understand the importance of maintaining history. I've travelled to a great many places in the western world and each place has an "old part" of city or town. Brimming with new neighbourhoods, and changes of the new century yet housed in historical buildings, and environs. Not a museum like environment but thriving, vibrant, working communities.
At least the fishermen on the principal playa, and Elvira's remain bright beacons in the ubiquitous rampage of cement pouring, lighting and vulgarity.
Zihua has provided a healing and soul comforting respite from this angst ridden, chaotic world. Truly heart breaking to see what was a thriving, joyous and energetic earthy power buried under this dark, non energy of greed and carelessness.
I take heart and much hope from the endless ebb and flow of the surf and the return of the sea turtles to lay their eggs as they've done for millennia.
Please understand I am not looking for comments, simply wanted to vent a bit. My apologies for rattling on.
M.