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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

Friday, December 16, 2011

$55 Stay at 'Oaxaca Coast beach cabins - Mazunte' by the night, week or month (Mazunte)




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Modern, secure cabins with kitchens and private baths 5 minutes from ocean. Maid service.EACH of these cabins are listed separately so you can verify availability. Beach town Cabana - Mazunte, Oaxaca [www.airbnb.com/rooms/204214] Beachtown retreat - Mazunte, Oaxaca [www.airbnb.com/rooms/205042] Mazunte, Oaxaca, Palapa Mar cabana [www.airbnb.com/rooms/203586]DO NOT BOOK USING THIS LISTING - USE THOSE LISTED IMMEDIATELY ABOVE FOR CORRECT AIRBNB CALENDAR INFORMATION. (Sorry about the all caps.)NOTE: Pricing does fluctuate slightly in sync with season. At Las Mazuntinas, we offer a secure, relaxed atmosphere in a Mexican beach town 40 minutes from HUX inte... Read full description.

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Modern, secure cabins with kitchens and private baths 5 minutes from ocean. Maid service.

EACH of these cabins are listed separately so you can verify availability.

Beach town Cabana - Mazunte, Oaxaca [www.airbnb.com/rooms/204214]

Beachtown retreat - Mazunte, Oaxaca [www.airbnb.com/rooms/205042]

Mazunte, Oaxaca, Palapa Mar cabana [www.airbnb.com/rooms/203586]

DO NOT BOOK USING THIS LISTING - USE THOSE LISTED IMMEDIATELY ABOVE FOR CORRECT AIRBNB CALENDAR INFORMATION. (Sorry about the all caps.)

NOTE: Pricing does fluctuate slightly in sync with season.

At Las Mazuntinas, we offer a secure, relaxed atmosphere in a Mexican beach town 40 minutes from HUX international airport. Hosts Tiki & David have made a special place for their guests. Guest testimonials (email hidden)/mazuntinastestimonials.html

Services available onsite;

WiFi, massages, Reiki, BodyTalk, document safe and concierge services

Locally available;

Many restaurants (some fine dining), beaches, surfing, yoga, laundry, Mexican Center for the Sea Turtle, "swim with the turtles" and mangrove lagoon boat trips (whale watching in season), white water rafting, water hikes and bird watching trips along the Copalito and San Francisco rivers, ample night life, Nov. jazz festival (write for dates), renouned Natural Cosmetics Cooperative. Beach attire and souvenirs. Mazunte is family friendly.

Hospital in nearby Pochutla and a clinic very close by in Mazunte.



REMINDER: THIS listing's calendar is NOT CORRECT. Please see the 3 individual listings above for correct availability.



-------------------------------- GUEST TESTIMONIALS ----------------------------------------

January/enero: "We loved our little paradise 'palapa' on your beautiful property, but it's your kindness and considerate attention to detail that has us looking forward to our return" PL Canada



February/febrero: "Staying in (las Mazuntinas) made a big difference in Mazunte . . . the house we stayed in was like a palace for us!!" D & F Argentina



February/febrero: "We liked every little detail. We would recommend Posada las Mazuntinas to everybody and we only hope to be lucky to stay here again." JK Canada



March/marzo: "You have a wonderful posada in a spectacular corner of the world." DH NY, USA



March/marzo: "Posada las Mazuntinas is a cool place to feel the 'Pacific vibe' of the area. David & Tiki make it even more memorable (especially) the hospitality which isn't the Mexican strongest virtue. Carry on." AK Slovenia, Europe



April/abril: "Mazunte special and Pasada las Mazuntinas best. Very quiet. Enjoyed a lot. Please keep posada forever." OG Mexico



May/mayo: "What a pleasure it has been staying in a mini paradise. The room is very comfortable and very private, perfect for that ultimate escape . . . We will never forget this place and will definitely recommend this sanctuary to everyone." S & L Ireland



June/junio: "Your posada is amazing! We have had an unforgettable honeymoon with you both in Mazunte." ML USA



July/julio: " Muchisimas gracias por una malavillosa estancia en las Mazuntinas y gracias por una nueva perspectiva de la salud." V & J Mexico



July/julio: "Thank you so much for the wonderful hospitality and all the personal attention that really makes the difference." NW VA, USA



August/agusto: "Gracias portado, la estancia en las Mazuntinas fue muy agradable, es un sitio en verdad hermoso y comodo." M. Mexico, D.F.



August/agusto: "The (Palapa Mar) cabaña is one of the best places we have ever been (and we have traveled a lot!)" S. S-B España



September/septiembre: "Thanks for all your hospitality and help. We had a great time!" MT Israel



November/noviembre: " . . . all the sweet homey touches, the beauty of the lush vegetation, the privacy and the sensitive responsiveness to our needs." RP CA, USA

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Rancho Gordo Partners Up with Diana Kennedy to Import Rare Oaxacan Chiles

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Rancho Gordo Partners Up with Diana Kennedy to Import Rare Oaxacan ChilesBy Jonathan Kauffman Mon., Dec. 12 2011 at 10:00 AM Categories: Food Find, Local Flavor

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​Steve Sando, Rancho Gordo founder and author of Heirloom Beans, just returned from a two-week road trip around Mexico with legendary cookbook author Diana Kennedy and Gael Garcia Bernal's mother, a telenovela star. They were hunting for rare Oaxacan chiles -- and more specifically, farmers who would be willing to grow them for export.


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"Bernal and her husband are filmmakers who are working on a documentary about Kennedy's life," Sando explains. "If you're wanting to do business with farmers in rural Oaxaca, though, it's probably not the best way to come into the town with a gringo, Diana Kennedy, and a couple of TV stars. It was really kind of wild."



Rancho Gordo is famous in its own right, of course, for growing photogenic and flavorful heirloom beans in northern California. Over the course of the past several years, Sando has taken on the role of helping Mexican farmers preserve their heirloom beans as well. Working with a Mexican company called Xoxoc, he contracts out with Mexican farmers to grow beans, corn, and herbs for him, which is how he met up with the cookbook author.



Kennedy, author of Oaxaca al Gusto and a gastronomic preservationist, is helping Sando identify and find rare chiles -- hard to find in Oaxaca City, almost impossible to locate in North America -- that make Oaxacan dishes possible to cook in the United States. Not only that, Sando needs the chiles, which are susceptible to white fly larva, to be grown without tons of fertilizers and pesticides.


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Yellow chilhuacles.

​Most of the road trip was a bust. "But the good news is that we now have great farmers in the Cañada Valley who are growing black, yellow, and red chilhuacles," Sando says. "They're incredible, nutty and fruity at the same time." The yellow chilhuacle in particular is required for mole amarillo; most Mexicans now make an ersatz version with turmeric, which is nowhere near as good. Sando and Kennedy are also finding sources for costeno chiles and pasillas de Oaxaca, a fruity smoked chile that is kind of like -- but better than -- chipotles. (When SFoodie traveled to Oaxaca a few years ago, we brought back a huge sack of the pasillas and rationed them tightly.)



With Xoxoc serving as exporters, a first, small batch of the "Diana Kennedy Collection" chiles should arrive in California this spring, and when the new farmers ramp up production, there will be even more coming in the fall. Sando won't be able to sell the chiles at his Ferry Plaza farmers market stand -- they're imported, after all -- but they will be available at the website and his Napa retail store.



What is coming to the Ferry Plaza market this Saturday is Rancho Gordo's heirloom-corn tortillas, made by La Palma with heirloom blue, red, or white corn grown in Oaxaca. If you want some of the tortillas, you can pre-order by emailing customerservice@ranchogordo.com.





As for stories of Diana Kennedy's legendary temper? You'll have to ask Gordo yourself, because he's not telling tales out of school. But after spending two weeks with Kennedy, he's still a fan. "She goes out of her way to find these moles," he says. "She'll go in to an obscure diner in some tiny town that looks downtrodden, and find a woman cooking some dish. No one appreciates her, but she knows how to make this dish just her way. And when Diana talks to the woman, she makes her feel like queen for a day. It's amazing."





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