Just a quick update on what’s been going on in town… first, it’s slow. The economy is depressed everywhere, and here is no exception. Not too many people around right now although we’re expecting that next weekend, with the Revolution Day long weekend, town and beaches will become somewhat more of writhing mass of humanity than it is at the moment.
The rains seem to have stopped (late) this year although we still have banks of clouds rolling by sometimes, and the humidity is still a bit high. Fortunately during these past few days the evening/early morning temperature has dropped and it’s getting to the point where we who live here are thinking that we really have to remember to grab that shawl or longer-sleeved top when we go out at night. People who don’t live here may not understand that need and think we’re totally crazy for feeling anywhere near “cool” in this climate, but that’s the way it is when your body gets used to the tropics.
Restaurants that were closed over much of the summer are re-opening for the season. Coconuts Restaurant opened again recently, as did Joey’s La Marina along Fisherman’s Walk. We had a fabulous meal there just a couple of days ago and we’re so glad he’s open again – the best salads and pastas ever, not to mention meatloaf!
Last Saturday we stopped by the town plaza/basketball court in our wanders around town and watched the Arabic Dancing exhibition presented by international dance groups attending the Fifth National Congress of Arabic Dance. There was quite a crowd and the public obviously enjoyed the dances that ranged from what seemed to be cultural representations from different regions of the Arabic world (the woman with the water jug; the shepherd or camel driver with his crook) as well as the more typical bellydance type movements where everything on the bodies of the dancers seemed to be made of gelatin…
Arabic Dance Exhibition in Zihuatanejo
On Monday/Tuesday we took a quick trip to Acapulco. The drive itself was fine, with the landscape still green and lush all along the coast. There were a couple of spots between the new Tecpan bypass and the town of Coyuca where roadwork was being done with a few, short delays, and of course the part of the road leading into Acapulco from Pie de la Cuesta is the eternal mess that it always has seems to be, especially at the tail end of the rains when so much of that hillside seems to wash away that repairs are always being done. Downtown Acapulco you want to steer clear of as there are also many roads being torn up and new drainage being put in, making for horrendous backups of traffic amidst the countless buses and taxis all trying to cut eachtother off so they themselves can get through. As for the rest of town, though, along the Costera Miguel Aleman and the beaches, it felt semi-deserted, with only a fraction of the tourist activity that is normal this time of year.
