At times the lake of Catemaco shimmers with more colors than the famous Laguna Bacalar in Quintanta Roo.
At other time, when the strong winds of summer churn strong, beautiful storm waves, the lakes`s waters glitter bright blue between brillant white froth.
The rest of the time, the lake vacillates among shades of light brown and weird green.
I guess green is what the current mayor of Catemaco saw, when he began painting the municipal infrastructure a bright shade of green.
The mayor before him saw red, and painted anything available to slap paint over, a nice obnoxious red, incluiding the street curbs.
The mayor before him, obviously a whimp, painted all of the Catemaco Malecón in white.
That is after his predecessor painted the same structures black.
That is after his predecessor painted the same structures black.
Curiously, except for the red mayor, all others, including the current one, paint the curbs of their new streets bright yellow, which only last as long as about a third of their term in office.
A gallon of paint costs about the equivalent of 4 daily minimal salaries.
Of course everybody loves the colors of Mexico!
