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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

Thursday, May 30, 2013

Hurricane leaves 5000 victims in Oaxaca and Chiapas, Mexico

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Imagen activaMexico, May 30 (Prensa Latina) Hurricane Barbara left a toll of 5,000 victims in the southern states of Oaxaca and Chiapas, authorities from both states reported today.
They also confirmed the deaths of two people, who have already been identified, and 12 missing fishermen.

The fatalities are Douglas Ketchum, a tourist from United States who was surfing in Salina Cruz municipality when the hurricane hit the territory, and Emanuel Salinas, who was swept away by a surging river in the town of Pinotepa Nacional.

Barbara hit the Pacific ocean coast of Mexico yesterday as a Category 1 hurricane on the Saffir-Simpson wind scale, but as it moved inland, it became a tropical storm.

It caused torrential rains in the states of Oaxaca, Chiapas, Guerrero and southern Veracruz, as well as heavy rains in the Yucatan Peninsula.

This is the second hurricane of the season in the Pacific after Alvin, which was recorded on May 15th and 17th. Fourteen storms have been forecast by the Mexican Meteorological Service for this season, six of which could be tropical storms, 4 moderate hurricanes and 4 more intense hurricanes.

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