Ruido, ruido, y más ruido

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The thumping noise commenced somewhere a bit later than yesterday morning. They were kind enough to wait until 6:45am today. It is going on now who knows where and, without any noise bylaws in Zihua and probably all over Mexico, what can we do? Nada. Dominique has an assortment of work to do today for the RKK condo association.

The string of overcast days has ended but the humdidity has not. There is a smattering of cooler days during the cloud covered ones, but we all have noticed the humdidity in past years had dissipated close to completely by the third week in December.

The excitement builds for the arrival of Patsy and Bernie in early January. They will be in Z for three weeks. They wanted to stay longer but the cost of the fourth week was ridiculously higher than they wanted to fork out. We will have the pleasure of Michael, Gail, David, and Javier sometime in February ... the former duo for a week and the latter for three days. David/Javier had planned on coming here some time in February and were glad that when Gail/Michael announced their dates, they they had not yet made flight arrangements. That would have been a disaster since the cost of changing their flights probably would have been prohibitive.

We may have Wanda and John stay with us for a bit in February too. They went back to Kamloops on December 12, with plans to return in late February. There is a week or so after their retun here thaht their condo is rented so they need alternate accommodations. The loud music/noise from the main beach in the eveming is expected to continue well into the week after next. A lot of these events are related to the pending arrival of Xmas. Last Monday was especially celebrated as per ...

Public celebrations, or fiestas, are held in honour of Mary, the Virgin of Guadalupe, on December 12. Catholics from across Mexico and other countries pay pilgrimage to see an image of Mary (Virgen Morena), believed to be authentic, in the Basilica of Guadalupe in Mexico City. Children are dressed in traditional costumes and are blessed in churches. Thousands of people come to church to pray.

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