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

Monday, July 2, 2012

SUPPORT THE IBA AND THE PEOPLE OF PUERTO ESCONDIDO, ‘SAVE SALVEMOS’ JUNE 29, 2012

SUPPORT THE IBA AND THE PEOPLE OF PUERTO ESCONDIDO, ‘SAVE SALVEMOS’

JUNE 29, 2012 by ADMIN in FEATURED, IBA, INTERNATIONAL NEWS, NEWS with 3 COMMENTS

Puerto Escondido, commonly referred to as “The Mexico Pipeline“, is an internationally recognized surfing paradise and desperately needs the help of the global surf community.

The town of Puerto Escondido was devastated by Hurricane Carlotta on Friday 15th June, 2012. Two children died when their house was taken by a mudslide, and one 56-year-old woman passed away when the wind from the Category 2 Hurricane flipped her car. The beach side town has been severely damaged and is in need of urgent assistance to rebuild this community that thrives on tourism.

The Puerto Escondido lifeguards are in need of help due to all damage caused by the hurricane (online image gallery). They previously had 8 towers along the beach at Playa Zicatela and now there’s not a single one of them standing after the hurricane. This is just one example of what is required to help rebuild the local community; another is to promote tourism back to the area to stimulate the local economy.

The International Bodyboarding Association (IBA) has launched a global campaign to “Salvemos Puerto” (Save Puerto).

The IBA is looking to raise US$100,000 for the base funding to stage the IBA Zicatella Pro at Puerto Escondido from August 8 – August 18, 2012. The event will be used as a platform to achieve the primary objectives of:

1. Driving tourism to the town of Puerto Escondido and to promote the area as a safe tourist destination in order to drive the local economy.

2. Raise funds and mobilise resources to rebuild the 8 lifeguard towers at Playa Zicatela.

The core campaign is to sell 5000 “Salvemos Puerto” t shirts @ $30 each to raise the required funding to achieve the above objectives. All proceeds go to the Salvemos Puerto Campaign.

The Industry has also donated over $250,000 of merchandise at no cost to help raise the required funds. The following limited merchandise packs will be made available for sale with all funds raised going to the Salvemos Puerto Campaign:

·       $60 pack (only 500 units available)
·       $80 pack (only 250 units available)
·       $100 pack (only 500 units available)

Turbo Surf Designs, Reeflex Wetsuits, Invertedand Freedom Fins are donating products for each of the packs so that the retail value of each pack far exceeds the ticket price.

The campaign is to raise the first $100,000 prior to 8^th July via merchandise sales through to the conclusion of the event via a viral campaign to raise awareness and funding globally.