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La Barra de Potosi

What’ s the worst sound you want to hear when you’re on vacation in a beach town?  Rain on the roof!  I woke up on our last day in Zihau to pounding rain along with thunder and lightning.  The lights flickered, went out for a few minutes and came back on.  Rain is basically unheard of in Zihua at this time of year but like everywhere else on the planet the weather is weird.  I went out onto the patio; it was heavily overcast and showering with no sign of a sunrise. Continue reading “La Barra de Potosi”

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Downtown Zihau

There’s nothing like a Mercado (market).  It’s the heartbeat of a city.  In Zihau the market takes up blocks.  Inside the market, stall after stall, packed tight selling anything you can imagine, from flowers to kitchen utensils and everything in between.  People shop and stop to eat at their favorite food stall.  Everyone has their favorite vendors.  Everything is fresh.  There are no chickens in plastic styrofoam cartons.  No shrink wrapped cheese.  You can smell the tomatoes and squeeze the melons.  Outside on the streets surrounding the Mercado there are more vendors selling everything from cheeses to chickens.   Continue reading “Downtown Zihau”