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Why I'm Eager to Leave Mexico

7/13/2020

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Contemplating my fate during the few pre-lockdown days I had in Merida in early March, touring the city's fascinating Cementerio General. I'm on the left!
This taken from today's online Mexico News Daily:
"Despite government reports claiming the situation is improving, Mexico has the fourth highest death toll of any country, with more than 40,000 new cases last week, and nearly 300,000 confirmed cases as of Sunday. Government health officials repeatedly warn that the numbers may actually be higher, and some states are considering shutting down again. Yet Mexico has opened for tourism and is promoting heavily."
Mexico's President Lopez Obrador is giving his friend Trump a good run for the title of World's Worst Covid-19 Manager.
Meanwhile, I've been hunkered down in Merida watching this unfold since March, and now that Americans are being held up as travel pariahs around the globe, there are few, if any, good places left where an American can go.
Ay yi yi!
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Kathie
7/14/2020 07:41:16 am

Dave we need to dump trump before he gets us all killed! Be safe my friend! What about Ireland🍀☘️

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    I'm a retired journalist from Hawaii who tired quickly of retirement and hit the road as a slow, solo world traveler in August 2016. I've spent time in 20 countries on four continents. Currently I'm in sunny Merida, Mexico, waiting out developments in the coronavirus crisis before moving on. Meanwhile, learn more about me and my travels at Nomadic Matt, and  Expat Focus,  and in a great story by veteran Borneo newsman and prolific author James Ritchie,  about our memorable  meeting in Malaysia,  A  Confluence of Adventure Writers .
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