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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

Wednesday, June 13, 2012

North America » Mexico » Oaxaca » Puerto Escondido


Pochutla, San Angel, and Mazunte!

North America » Mexico » Oaxaca » Puerto Escondido


Mexicos flagPublished: June 12th 2012North America » Mexico » Oaxaca » Puerto Escondido
June 12th 2012 

Sunset!Sunset!
Sunset!

Sunset from homebase a few nights ago.
Got up insanely early today and headed to the bus stop (pemex gas station on the highway). And lo and behold 30 pesos and 1.5 hours later I'm in Pochutla! Nothing really to see there though,so a taxi to San Angel for breakfast on the sea! 

The days leading up to today are kinda fuzzy at best! Had a send off for 2 of the 3 Aussies left here so now theres a whopping 5 of us including the owner...which makes for quiiet afternoons on a floatie in the pool with a 6-pack. 

7 of us went to a rib dinner Sunday night that would've made Fred Flintstone cringe! It was huge. (pics to follow) All in all I never really understood the mindset here until about noon today! (Again pic to follow) Was mellow....showed up to Mazunte after numerous hair-raising collectivo rides to the turtle reserve being closed sadly. But all is not lost Chris the owner found a hammock at a bar that was closed and i scored some beers from a tienda up the street. I enjoyed the downtime just staring at the sea while Chris napped. And after a disappointing yet fun day am now 
Cute hotel.Cute hotel.
Cute hotel.

Funky little hotel on Zicatela!
back home staring at the pool floatie and thinking...damn that and a few beers sound good right now! So will annotate the pics I took the last few days and publish this so the relatives know I'm alive and go get some sun! 

Hasta pronto a todos.




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