We'll Meet Again at UMAR Huatulco

Here's a big shout to all our friends, students and colleagues from UMAR Huatulco.

It has been too long since we've seen each other and it will be a while yet before we return. You are never far my thoughts. I hope everyone is safe and healthy.

This wonderful song from Vera Lynn is a promise to survive through difficult and dangerous times. Sing along . There are subtitles.

Lyrics: We'll meet again, don't know where, don't know when
But I know we'll meet again some sunny day
Keep smiling through, just like you always do
Till the blue skies drive the dark clouds far away
So will you please say Hello, to the folks that I know
Tell them I won't be long
They'll be happy to know, that as you saw me go I was singing this song
We'll meet again, don't know where, don't know when
But I know we'll meet again some sunny day

And remember, if someone is standing close enough that you can smell their breath, step away immediately. Not everyone cares enough to be careful with other's health and safety so, remember, you have to protect yourself.

Huatulco April 2020 Quarantine Days

It's the corona virus lockdown in Huatulco.  Not too much is happening.  Basically, it's like everywhere else.  More and more people are wearing masks.  It's not universal yet but I'm on top of this trend thanks to Matt Yamigawa.

The biggest advantage we have here in Huatulco is all the open space.  The chances of coming too close to anyone are slim and easily avoided.

So much emptiness does not feel natural.

Santa Cruz

The marina where we began and ended our swordfish adventure.

When the coronavirus situation escalated, we were given a warning to take anything from our offices at UMAR Huatulco we would need before they locked the university up tight.  Not surprisingly, after more than a week of very little human traffic, animals were reclaiming the environment.
This little rabbit was trying to be invisible right outside Centro de Idiomas.
 

La Bocana closed.

Conejos closed.

Downtown Crucecita.  Deserted.

I made an early morning visit to Soriana where I was greeted with a squirt of hand sanitizer gel.  The previous visit had been a spray of Clorox and water.  So now we seem to have lots of gel in town but not enough to put on the shelves for sale.  Just about every store you visit will have a big bottle to share with customers.

That beer is going to sit there for a long while.  There is a dry law until further notice.  Hard core drinkers may be able to find homemade mezcal somewhere to satisfy their needs.  The rest of us will keep our wits about until the dangers have passed.

There is no shortage of toilet paper in this town.

When I arrived, I just walked in,  By the time I was ready to leave, they had moved barricades of flats to limit traffic for the rest of the day.  That masked woman sanitizing the shopping carts offered me the hand gel on my way in.

I'm going through a lot more dog food now.  The street dogs have lost some of their regular food sources since the street food vendors have disappeared and they are ravenous.  

Here's Hank and the newest member of the breakfast club, Voight.  Krypto waits patiently outside.  The other two won't let here enter.   

Having devoured his share of the food, Voight decided he had a new home.  I chased him away so Krypto could eat.  Poor Krypto surrounds her dish with her paws now as if afraid someone is going to steal it.

As the song goes, it's the end of the world as we know it and I feel fine...so far.  I hope you feel fine as well.  Remember to stay away from stupid people.  They have never been more dangerous.