Beautiful Catemaco unfortunately is afflicted by mayors who are graduates of the school for the deaf, dumb and blind.
While neighboring San Andres is remodeling its downtown to impress tourists, and creating natural parks like El Parque Ecologico del Cerro de Venado and the Luis Bianchi Botanical Gardens, the Catemaco government promotes the opening of more cantinas and strip clubs.
There is a magnificent hill in Catemaco, which would put to shame the multimillion peso investment of Cerro Venado.
Cerro Pipiapan, on the dirt road to Vista Hermosa, just north of Laguna Catemaco, is already furnished with volcanic rock steps to its summit with fantastic views of the Gulf of Mexico, Laguna Catemaco and Laguna Sontecomapan. Heck, you can even see San Andres in the distance.
The property is for sale- cheap!, because parts of it have been invaded by the usual politically motivated land grabbers of Los Tuxtlas.