HaZIHa La Nueva Normalidad

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Zihuatanejo registered its 16th confirmed contagion. There is a suspected death but the hospital is awaiting lab test results.

On June 15th locally we are planning to begin opening back up. Hotels and other businesses will begin a process of implementing health safety measures. Some hotels have already reopened, and I heard voices speaking English as I passed by a beachfront hotel the other day. With all this peace and quiet downtown my hearing seems to be getting much better.

Amazingly the tropical depression that formed up in front of El Salvador and caused major flooding and landslides in parts of El Salvador, Guatemala and Chiapas jumped over Guatemala and is now over Yucatán heading for the Golfo de México. The winds continue blowing in the wrong direction, and evenings and mornings remain cooler than normal for this time of year. Haven't had much smoke for several days either, but it can be seen on the horizon just to the south of us.

Folks here are looking forward to getting back to a semblance of normalcy. We know we've been lucky so far and that this virus will still probably sweep through here, but perhaps we can mitigate its effects using the same practices so many of us have become accustomed to over these past several months. We don't have much choice but to learn how to make tourists feel comfortable here, and that is our biggest challenge to achieving the "new normal".