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Saturday evening saw passing storms off the coast of Zihuatanejo and a brief shower that sent folks seeking shelter, though they all came back out and continued celebrating and carrying on after it passed. Unfortunately they also left a lot of garbage behind in spite of the numerous trash containers handy.

I try to pick up garbage on the beach each morning, especially those damn plastic bottle tops. Sometimes I add them to my dog's poop bag. Other times I make neat little piles up and down the beach for the beach cleaners. But the beach cleaners do such a poor job cleaning Playa Principal that they often simply leave the little trash mounds, and days later I'll see the same trash in the same place on the beach. I suspect the municipal government allows these incompetent workers to remain doing such a poor job by design to contrast with the Blue Flag "certified" beaches where they send over a dozen workers to clean up.

I did see some sea turtle tracks on the beach this Sunday morning, but unfortunately, as with most I've seen since late spring, they only went a few meters up the beach from the water then turned back and went into the water without laying eggs, probably bothered either by the drunks on the beach or the extremely bright lights or both. Both this and the garbage problem could easily be managed by the presence of police making rounds up and down the waterfront, but after 9PM downtown is on its own and there is zero police presence beyond driving quickly by in pickup trucks a few times for show, oblivious to anyone actually screaming for help (something I've witnessed). One of the local community's oldest complaints that every mayor promises to fix and then does nothing about. Even when there are police or military present, I see drunks urinate right in front of them and the police do nothing, so there's that.

The fishermen continue bringing in decent catches, and local restaurants continue serving up delicious fresh fish that we've been enjoying as part of our daily comida quite a lot lately. How fortunate we are to live where we still have an abundance of delicious fresh seafood!

Villas Los Arcos at Playa La Ropa is a wonderful lodging I truly enjoy being able to recommend. As if La Ropa isn't beautiful enough, this exquisitely designed and decorated lodging is a place one feels instantly at home in. I wish folks would simply spend more time in lodgings like this instead of cutting down more of our trees and clearing more land to build more vacation and retirement homes.
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Una nube cúmulo explota alto en el cielo azul hacia el sur de la bahía de Zihuatanejo durante el mediodía.