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Wow, we’ve been having a few overcast days lately – high clouds partially obscuring the direct sun which nevertheless does not cease to warm us up more than comfortably, toast our skin while on the beach (caution: you can burn just as easily under these skies!) and make us sweat walking around town. This is [...] Ah, the holiday crowds have come and now almost gone… there were bus and carloads of people (but not a tremendously unruly amount), there were crowds of happy sun and sea bathers on the beaches (but not unbearable hoards) and for us there was a nice, calm holiday break that almost left us feeling relaxed [...] The Virgin of Guadalupe Even though we’re in our standard just-before-Christmas lull and in general tourism is on the low side, there has been movement and many fun happenings in town lately, and over the next while there is a lot more planned, so here’s a quick run-down of the parts that I know of [...] December 12th is the date on which all Mexicans and countless worshipers from abroad honor Our Lady of Guadalupe, the Blessed brown-skinned Mother and Queen, patron saint of Mexico. Her miraculous appearance to young Juan Diego on the hill of Tepeyac near Mexico City in 1531, with her request passed on in Nahuatl to build [...] The Municipality of Zihuatanejo de Azueta invites the public to join in the Independence Day celebrations that will take place starting at 6 p.m. on Monday, September 15th on the esplanade of the Palacio Municipal or town hall, just off Plaza del Sol. These activities will lead up to and continue after “El Grito” [...] Wherever you travel in Mexico during September, the tendency can be to feel besieged by myriads of little flags and banners. You’ll see them tied onto car antennas or stuck onto windshields with little plastic suction cups. They will be attached, in large format, to the facades of government buildings, or smaller versions will be [...] |
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