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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, September 20, 2017

Town in Oaxaca Feels Tremors of Earthquake Just 12 Days After Magnitude 8.2 Quake Leaves Almost 100 Dead, Many Homeless


http://ktla.com/2017/09/19/town-in-oaxaca-feels-tremors-of-earthquake-just-12-days-after-magnitude-8-2-quake-leaves-almost-100-dead-many-homeless/



Town in Oaxaca Feels Tremors of Earthquake Just 12 Days After Magnitude 8.2 Quake Leaves Almost 100 Dead, Many Homeless



When the tremor struck on Tuesday, the people of this earthquake-battered city feared the worst: A repeat of the Sept. 7 earthquake that tumbled buildings and left thousands homeless here.
View of a collapsed hotel in Juchitan de Zaragoza, state of Oaxaca on Sept. 10, 2017, following the 8.2 magnitude earthquake that hit Mexico's Pacific Coast. (Credit: Ronaldo Schemidt/AFP/Getty Images)
View of a collapsed hotel in the state of Oaxaca on Sept. 10, 2017, following the 8.2 magnitude earthquake that hit Mexico’s Pacific Coast. (Credit: Ronaldo Schemidt/AFP/Getty Images)
“We were afraid it was happening all over again,” said Yasmin Talavera, 57, who was sitting in a chair Tuesday in an outdoor shelter here, one of the multitudes who have been without homes since a powerful initial quake struck 12 days earlier. “But then it stopped. It wasn’t nearly as bad as what happened here before.”
Tuesday’s quake that killed scores in Mexico City, and in the states of Morelos, Puebla and Mexico, was also felt here in Oaxaca state, which was among the areas hardest hit by the Sept. 7 temblor that left almost 100 dead, mostly in Oaxaca and the neighboring state of Chiapas. Experts said Tuesday’s quake appeared to be unconnected to the earlier one.
No major new damage was reported here from Tuesday’s quake, in stark contrast to the scenes of devastation from Mexico City. The official death toll from the latest earthquake was surpassing 100 as the evening approached, officials reported.
Read the full story on LATimes.com.

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