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A little about Playa Zipolite, The Beach of the Dead . . .

Playa Zipolite, Oaxaca, Southern Mexico, on the Pacific Ocean. A little bit about my favorite little get-away on this small world of ours.

Zipolite, a sweaty 30-minute walk west from Puerto Angel, brings you to Playa Zipolite and another world. The feeling here is 1970's - Led Zep, Marley, and scruffy gringos.

A long, long time ago, Zipolite beach was usually visited by the Zapotecans...who made it a magical place. They came to visit Zipolite to meditate, or just to rest.

Recently, this beach has begun to receive day-trippers from Puerto Angel and Puerto Escondido, giving it a more TOURISTY feel than before.

Most people come here for the novelty of the nude beach, yoga, turtles, seafood, surf, meditation, vegetarians, discos, party, to get burnt by the sun, or to see how long they can stretch their skinny budget.

I post WWW Oaxaca, Mexico, Zipolite and areas nearby information. Also general budget, backpacker, surfer, off the beaten path, Mexico and beyond, information.

REMEMBER: Everyone is welcome at Zipolite.

ivan

Thursday, December 15, 2011

Invisible Victims: Migrants on the Move in Mexico

Uploaded by AmnestyInternational on Dec 15, 2011




Slideshow using stills and audio recordings taken during an AI mission to several migrants shelter in Oaxaca, Mexico and Coahuila states in July 2011.



All photos are by Mexican photographer Ricardo Ramírez Arriola. Audio recordings by AI. Individual photos and testimonies are available upon request.



The piece is part of an ongoing campaign run by AI's Mexico Team to raise awareness of abuses against Central American migrants travelling through Mexico on their way to the US border. The film was launched to mark International Migrants Day 2011 and accompanied by a press release.



All of the photographs used in this slideshow can be accessed via this URL: https://adam.amnesty.org/asset-bank/action/search?attribute_603=Migrants+Slid...



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