The here and now... and what and why

Complacency is a trap. At least that’s what I was thinking when I up and left the comfort of a Yankee prep school gig, where I taught music, amongst other things, for 28 years. There was also that life long career as a composer, musician and artist.

First, it was a year in St. Thomas, USVI, working as a reporter and shooting photography and then, a year in San Agustin Etla, Oaxaca, Mexico.
Time passed.
More time passed and a year back in the Athens of America followed by a hasty return to Oaxaca where it is all happening.
A couple of years in San Sebastian Etla and now, just down the road in San Pablo Etla. Life is good.

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Santo Domingo

Santo Domingo
The view from Corazon del Pueblo

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Oaxaca, Oaxaca, Mexico
Musician, photographer, videographer, reporter, ex-officio teacher, now attempting to be a world traveler

Thursday, December 23, 2010

The hits just keep comin'


This is normally one of the peak seasons for tourism here in Oaxaca.  Tourist's dollars, euros, yen, you-name-it, are the mother's milk of this place.  Occupancy rates at the hotel are at 20 percent!!!!
This is not good.  But this is.

There is still time to come.  Where else are you gonna see tree ornaments like this?
 
Incidentally, the pinata in the shot above is normally a large display of lights.

Austerity in action?

1 comment:

Joan said...

I am glad you brought up the 20% occupancy report as I saw it in the paper this morning and was very surprised at the percentage. Particularly because in mid-November I called about 20 hotels, all in the Centro, for a room from December 29 through January 2 and couldn't get one, all booked.

I had two guesses to explain the low number.

1.There are many hotels with zero occupancy to average to 20%.
2.Today's article referenced this week in Oaxaca and not next week when I needed the hotel.