ZIHfras Alegres Que No Cuadran

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Twice yesterday (Wednesday) Mexico's men's fútbol teams beat Panamá 4-0. First at the Juegos Centroamericanos y del Caribe 2026 in Santo Domingo. Then later at the Concacaf sub-20 Championship in Puebla and Mexico City (yesterday evening's match was in Puebla). Both Mexico's men's and women's teams are in the finals in Santo Domingo! Mexico's women's team plays Colombia this Thursday evening for the gold medal. And Mexico's men's team plays Venezuela Friday evening.

Just as we were getting settled in bed to watch the evening news, wouldn't you know we had a small earthquake! A 4.4 close by just offshore. We felt it pretty good and did our best to get outside quickly in case there was a larger follow-up. A slightly smaller one, a 4.0, occurred just off the coast of Lázaro Cárdenas a couple of hours later, but we were too busy blowing Z's by then to notice.

Beginning this Friday for about a week we are expecting a mar de fondo event with swells from 5 to 7 feet that may produce strong currents along the coast. We had an extremely high tide event this morning that was washing over much of the walkway at Playa La Madera, and it looks likely to continue for the next 3 or 4 days and could cause some severe beach erosion.

There's a chance of rain this Thursday evening as well as this Friday afternoon. We've been extremely fortunate not to have any major storms so far this year. But the heat has been extremely hard on us this summer, even for the Canícula.

Though Sectur of Guerrero's cifras alegres say Zihuatanejo has an occupancy of 66% and Ixtapa in the 70's, local sales don't reflect any corresponding economical benefit. The restaurants on the downtown waterfront were mostly empty this evening, except for La Porteña where mostly locals go. Local shops are barely seeing any sales except for inexpensive trinkets and cheap souvenirs. I expect many businesses will close after this season and not be able to reopen in the coming winter season. A damn shame. Frankly, I don't see how many of them who pay rents and employees are able to stay open. So many nice shops and restaurants, but way too few customers with the purchasing power they need to stay in business.

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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Pescadores venden el producto de sus labores nocturnos incluyendo unos pargos en la playa Principal en Zihuatanejo.