Zihua Mexico Update Jan. 27

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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 [...]

Feliz 2009 !

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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 in Zihua – art, music, ruins, saints, statues, food and fireworks!

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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 [...]

In Honor of the Virgin of Guadalupe

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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 [...]

Dia de los Muertos festivities

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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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