January 27th, 2009 Share this: Twitter | StumbleUpon | Facebook | eMail | LinkedIn
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 [...]
January 5th, 2009 Share this: Twitter | StumbleUpon | Facebook | eMail | LinkedIn
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 [...]
December 15th, 2008 Share this: Twitter | StumbleUpon | Facebook | eMail | LinkedIn
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 [...]
December 2nd, 2008 Share this: Twitter | StumbleUpon | Facebook | eMail | LinkedIn
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 [...]
October 28th, 2008 Share this: Twitter | StumbleUpon | Facebook | eMail | LinkedIn
The Day of the Dead celebrations will be upon us in a few days, with flower-festooned altars (traditionally with the orange marigold, or Cempasuchitl, the flower of the dead, as well as the convoluted but beautiful blossoms of the Cockscomb or Amaranth flower).
Graveyards and [...]
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Welcome to the Zihuatanejo Journal, a site listing special events and activities for the beautiful Pacific coast area of Ixtapa Zihuatanejo, Mexico, and the nearby communities of Troncones Beach, Pantla-Buenavista and Barra de Potosi.
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