Early Morning in Zihuatanejo

Weekends fill up with bus loads of Mexican tourists looking for warmer weather and a fun time at the beach. They come in large family groups, pay little attention to social distancing and frequently don’t wear masks or wear them improperly. It’s a good time for me to stick close to home and stay away from heavily frequented areas.

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So very early Saturday morning, before most people are up I took a walk at first daylight. I wanted to see the Christmas display at the Kyoto Circle. At night when it is all lit up it is full of people, but very beautiful as I have seen it from a cab. I decided to take a back street rather than the busy street by the canal. This gave me a glimpse into early morning, every day life. The colorful shops were already opening, and I watched fish being delivered to a local fishmonger. A young man was setting up his display of sausages, and the “fruitarias” were busily getting their wares displayed just so. No shoppers were out yet and few vehicles on the street made navigation easy.

The huge Christmas tree at Kyoto Circle is beautiful and of course Santa is there with his reindeer. An almost life size crèche is on display waiting for baby Jesus to arrive. My favorite part was the large letters ZIHUA completely covered in poinsettias. Nothing says Christmas like the beautiful red flowers.

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I crossed the street to the “field” of poinsettias, noting how they came in many colors, shades and mixtures. But I still prefer the true red.

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My return trip was to be on the new pathway that now begins at the bridge to La Madera and continues way past Mega Soriana and I know not where it ends. It’s a beautiful pathway, but I couldn’t help but think it would have been fun to have had it in yellow bricks as that is what came to mind as it stretched out before me.

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It’s a popular pathway for joggers, cyclist and strollers like me. A lady and her son were bringing water to some of the new plantings along the path. At the La Madera bridge a crew was finishing up more plantings. I do hope there is a plan in place to keep them watered while they take root.

You can tap on any of the pictures to enlarge them. Signing off KO