Playa Zipolite. Welcome To The Beach Of The Dead!: San Agustinillo - A beautiful beach, good swimming, surfing and diving

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

Saturday, May 26, 2012

San Agustinillo - A beautiful beach, good swimming, surfing and diving

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The pretty little village of San Agustinillo just about 9 km from Puerto Angel can be reached by heading in a westward direction after passing Zipolite. (map)
For information on public transport: (see Transportation)

The village lies on a long beach parallel to an open sea with such an unpredictable surf that on some days you will find it very suitable for surfing but on others, just right for swimming and snorkeling. In both phases and where safety is concerned, its waters are far more recommendable than Zipolite as here there is no undertow.
Surf and boogie boards can be obtained at Mexico Lindo.
All along the beach you will come across many little restaurants providing deckchairs to unwind under the shelter of coconut trees and at the far end a beautiful bay invites those that discover it to drop by for at least a second time.

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Yet it remains to be mentioned that behind the beauty of this place another tale must be exposed that is all but wonderful. For many years a factory on the town's edge was responsible for the slaughtering of up to 1000 turtles a day using their skin to produce leather.
Thankfully in 1990 the factory was finally brought to a stand still and their extermination forbidden by the government.
In 1994 a museum Centro Mexicano de la Tortuga was founded and constructed just a kilometre away in Mazunte.
Today in a place once haunted through its painful past the joyful sound of children's laughter fill the air as a primary school now takes its place on the grounds of where the factory once stood.

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