....every day I wonder if we have made the right decision to stay in place when just about every Canadian we know here in San Miguel Allende has headed north.
As I write this on Tuesday March 24th, Mexico has just announced that we have entered stage 2 - and our President (known as AMLO) still encourages social gathering and says he is protected by his amulets.
Lucky for us, the Governor of our state and the mayor of our city have taken stronger measures and as of last weekend (March 22nd) we are in a semi-lockdown. No street vendors (which are a norm here), no sitting in restaurants but they can do takeout, everything is cancelled/closed and people in this small city are adhering to that.
We are lucky in that we live on a golf course and what few people are left here are still getting out golfing. Easy to keep the six foot distance on a golf course. Every morning at 7 my neighbour and I walk around the golf course - almost 5 km and that’s what is keeping me sane.
April and May are the hottest months here but that’s also when the mosquitoes come out. Soon we will get the late afternoon rain and that will last until August.
We are mentally prepared to wait this pandemic out inside our walled compound for as long as it takes but I just read that they are expecting the virus peak to hit Mexico in August. I hope I am back in Canada by then.
San Miguel de Allende, Mexico
Self-isolation in San Miguel de Allende, Mx
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