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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, June 22, 2012

Hurricane Carlotta Heads Towards Mexico’s Pacific Coast [Video]


Hurricane Carlotta Heads Towards Mexico’s Pacific Coast [Video]

Posted: June 15, 2012
hurricane-carlotta-projected-path-2012-mexicoTropical Storm Carlotta strengthened into a hurricane this Friday morning as it inched closer toward southern Mexico’s Pacific coast.
Carlotta, which first formed as a tropical depression late Wednesday night about 515 miles, south-southeast of Puerto Angel, Mexico, is currently about 120 miles off the country’s coast and is moving to the northwest with maximum sustained winds of 80 mph.
According to the U.S. National Hurricane Center, the center of the storm should move near or over the coast late tonight or early tomorrow and Carlotta may become a Category 2 storm as it nears land.
“Carlotta appears to be undergoing rapid intensification and is likely to continue until the center (of the storm) moves near or over the Mexican coast in 18 hours or so,” the NHC posted at 11am EST.
The agency forecasts a dangerous storm surge and as much as 12 inches of rain that may cause flash-floods and mudslides in the Mexican states of Guerrero, Oaxaca and Chiapas.
As a result, the Mexican government has issued hurricane watches and warnings (which means that hurricane conditions are expected) from Punta Maldonado to Acapulco, and a watch (which means that hurricane conditions are possible) is in effect from Acapulco to Tecpan De Galeana.
Carlotta is the first hurricane and the third named storm of the 2012 Pacific hurricane season.
The Weather Channel has more on Hurricane Carlotta and its projected path in the video below:


Read more at http://www.inquisitr.com/256052/hurricane-carlotta-projected-path-2012-mexico/#OgTZjpR0zsiGcz6q.99
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