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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, August 10, 2017

The storm's forecast track as of 10:00am CDT. Franklin forecast to become a hurricane Thirteen states were forecast to feel the effects of tropical storm Franklin, which was predicted to become a hurricane. FULL STORY

The storm's forecast track as of 10:00am CDT.

Franklin forecast to become a hurricane

Thirteen states were forecast to feel the effects of tropical storm Franklin, which was predicted to become a hurricane. FULL STORY









Franklin forecast to become a hurricane

Warning issued for coastline between city of Veracruz and Cabo Rojo

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Thirteen states will feel the effects of tropical storm Franklin, which is forecast to become a hurricane by the time it makes landfall in Veracruz tonight or early tomorrow.
A hurricane warning is now in effect between the city of Veracruz and Cabo Rojo to the north, and a hurricane watch has been issued for the coast between Cabo Rojo and Río Pánuco. Cabo Rojo lies about 55 kilometers south of Tampico, Tamaulipas.
A tropical storm warning is in effect for the coast between the city of Veracruz and Puerto Dos Bocas in Tabasco, and from Tuxpan, Veracruz, to Barra del Tordo, Tamaulipas.
The state of Veracruz Civil Protection agency has declared an orange alert, signifying a high level of danger, for the entire state.
As of 10:00am CDT, Franklin was situated 265 kilometers east-northeast of the city of Veracruz and moving westward at 20 kilometers per hour, said the United States National Hurricane Center. Maximum sustained winds were 110 km/h.
The National Water Commission forecasts exceptionally heavy rainfall for the state of Veracruz with accumulations of as much as 250 millimeters, and torrential rain in Puebla.
Intense rain is forecast for San Luis Potosí, Hidalgo, Tabasco, Oaxaca and Chiapas, and heavy rain for Sonora, Tamaulipas, Querétaro, Tlaxcala, state of México and Guerrero.
Franklin made landfall Monday night in Quintana Roo, causing power outages and some flooding but no casualties, before crossing the Yucatán Peninsula and entering the Bay of Campeche.
Mexico News Daily

The storm's forecast track as of 10:00am CDT. Franklin forecast to become a hurricane Thirteen states were forecast to feel the effects of tropical storm Franklin, which was predicted to become a hurricane. FULL STORY

The storm's forecast track as of 10:00am CDT.

Franklin forecast to become a hurricane

Thirteen states were forecast to feel the effects of tropical storm Franklin, which was predicted to become a hurricane. FULL STORY









Franklin forecast to become a hurricane

Warning issued for coastline between city of Veracruz and Cabo Rojo

  0
Thirteen states will feel the effects of tropical storm Franklin, which is forecast to become a hurricane by the time it makes landfall in Veracruz tonight or early tomorrow.
A hurricane warning is now in effect between the city of Veracruz and Cabo Rojo to the north, and a hurricane watch has been issued for the coast between Cabo Rojo and Río Pánuco. Cabo Rojo lies about 55 kilometers south of Tampico, Tamaulipas.
A tropical storm warning is in effect for the coast between the city of Veracruz and Puerto Dos Bocas in Tabasco, and from Tuxpan, Veracruz, to Barra del Tordo, Tamaulipas.
The state of Veracruz Civil Protection agency has declared an orange alert, signifying a high level of danger, for the entire state.
As of 10:00am CDT, Franklin was situated 265 kilometers east-northeast of the city of Veracruz and moving westward at 20 kilometers per hour, said the United States National Hurricane Center. Maximum sustained winds were 110 km/h.
The National Water Commission forecasts exceptionally heavy rainfall for the state of Veracruz with accumulations of as much as 250 millimeters, and torrential rain in Puebla.
Intense rain is forecast for San Luis Potosí, Hidalgo, Tabasco, Oaxaca and Chiapas, and heavy rain for Sonora, Tamaulipas, Querétaro, Tlaxcala, state of México and Guerrero.
Franklin made landfall Monday night in Quintana Roo, causing power outages and some flooding but no casualties, before crossing the Yucatán Peninsula and entering the Bay of Campeche.
Mexico News Daily

Surfing Oaxaca agosto 2017 YouTube Autopista Oaxaca-Puerto Escondido en construcción a vuelo de Dron - Duration: 2:08. Oaxaca en Drone. Drontastic 125,587 views. 2:08.


Surfing Oaxaca agosto 2017
Autopista Oaxaca-Puerto Escondido en construcción a vuelo de Dron - Duration: 2:08. Oaxaca en Drone. Drontastic 125,587 views. 2:08.





Move Over Craft Beer, Mezcal Is LA's Favorite Drink L.A. Weekly While some of the best incarnations of the drink are often sold in recycled plastic bottles by the side of the road in Oaxaca (the production epicenter of ...


Move Over Craft Beer, Mezcal Is LA's Favorite Drink
While some of the best incarnations of the drink are often sold in recycled plastic bottles by the side of the road in Oaxaca (the production epicenter of ...




Move Over Craft Beer, Mezcal Is L.A.'s Favorite Drink

Ilegal Mezcal is made by a fourth-generation mezcalero in Oaxaca. The company also is responsible for launching a "Donald Eres un Pendejo" campaign and donating the profits to groups including Planned Parenthood.EXPAND
Ilegal Mezcal is made by a fourth-generation mezcalero in Oaxaca. The company also is responsible for launching a "Donald Eres un Pendejo" campaign and donating the profits to groups including Planned Parenthood.
Courtesy Ilegal Mezcal
Craft beer in L.A. has officially reached a saturation point. As the Arts District overflows with new breweries, brewmasters try to out-hop and out-sour one another and nearly every new restaurant boasts a “curated” beer list, bars and bottle shops are turning their attention south.
To mezcal.
The smoky sister of tequila, mezcal also is distilled from agave, and is as ancient as booze gets. While some of the best incarnations of the drink are sold in recycled plastic bottles by the side of the road in Oaxaca (the production epicenter of mezcal), small-batch versions of the heavenly elixir have made their way to the United States.
Last year, mezcal was Mexico’s third-largest alcohol export, generating more than $26 million. Within the past year it’s been praised by food magazines, written about in The New York Times and profiled in The New Yorker. But more important to you, its craft brands are showing up and showing out in L.A.
From shiny new mezcal meccas such as downtown L.A.’s Mezcalero and Frogtown’s Salazar, which both boast dozens of varieties on its menu, to the long-standing, holy mother–of-all-Oaxacan restaurants, Guelaguetza, which serves up the liquor in house-made shot glasses, L.A. is on its mezcal game. (I first noticed the trend at my husband's bar.) These are drinks to be sipped and savored, not slammed. They’re the products of generations of family operations, who rely on old-school methods and a loving attention to detail. Here’s a roundup of some of the small-batch and artisanal brands available at bottle shops and restaurants throughout L.A.
Mini bottles of mezcalEXPAND
Mini bottles of mezcal
Courtesy Gem & Bolt
Gem & Bolt: Cosmetically one of the hippest mezcals, Gem & Bolt distinguishes itself not just by its packaging — a sleek white bottle decorated with a black stenciled diamond and lightning bolt — but by its ingredients. This blend includes a mystical herb called Damiana, a flowering bush native to Mexico that has been credited with having “heart-opening" properties. Damiana claims to work as an antidepressant, an aphrodisiac and an overall mood improver (although all these mezcals seem to have that effect). The brand is the product of two Virginia-born artists whose creative capabilities shine through Gem & Bolt’s stylized design and marketing campaign, and the mezcal is produced by a fourth-generation master distiller in Oaxaca. Los Angeles was one of the first cities to have access to this specialty label, and has so far been joined only by Austin and New York.
Mezcal Unión: With an emphasis on providing economic opportunity for the families who produce it, Unión focuses on building its brand in order to create more jobs and supply mezcal on a larger scale. Unión sells two versions of its product: a young, unaged mezcal called Uno and a more alcoholic version dubbed El Viejo that’s made in part from the rarer Tobala agave plant. The story behind Unión’s creation teeters on biblical, in which the owners describe traversing Oaxaca drinking mezcal and stumbling upon an old man sitting beneath a tree. The “Viejo” shared his story (and his mezcal) with the travelers and said prophetically that the future of mezcal is in the union. Whether the story is true or not, Unión’s founders gathered a community of mezcal makers to produce and ship their product throughout Mexico as well as to New York and Los Angeles.
Ilegal Mezcal: Making this highly drinkable mezcal even better is its backstory. Born from a smuggling escapade in which the company’s owner stuffed bottles of Ilegal in duffle bags to transport it from Oaxaca to Guatemala for sale in his bar, Ilegal is truly a bootstrap business. Still produced in small batches with each bottle hand-labeled and numbered, Ilegal’s three mezcals — jovenreposado and añejo — are made from Espadín agave and double distilled by a fourth-generation mezcal maker in Mexico. The company boasts about sustainable production practices and, even more notably, has launched a “Donald Eres un Pendejo” fundraising campaign, which includes selling T-shirts of Trump’s face accompanied by the aforementioned slogan ("Donald is an asshole" — or jerk, motherfucker, etc.) According to its website, Ilegal has raised more than $25,000 for organizations including Planned Parenthood and the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe.
While Ilegal is available at many local watering holes, it's also available for purchase online.EXPAND
While Ilegal is available at many local watering holes, it's also available for purchase online.
Courtesy Ilegal Mezcal
Alipus Mezcal: This line of young mezcals is distilled at a variety of remote pueblos around Oaxaca. Self-described as a “social project that seeks to generate rural economy in Oaxaca through making and commercializing artisan mezcal,” Alipus just became available in the United States about five years ago. The products are all made through labor-intensive processes that involve roasting agave in an underground, pebblestone oven, distilling it in copper stills or clay pots, and then allowing it to naturally ferment for up to two weeks. The agave is often even ground in Chilean mills pulled by horses or mules.
Mezcal Vago: The product of a real-life love story, Vago was created when a gringo fell in love with a woman (and mezcal) in Mexico and, inspired by his new in-laws' line of the spirit, decided to create a company that exports the “finest, most undiscovered mezcals.” Founder Judah Kuper still oversees the operation with his father-in-law as the central mezcalero, but the company has expanded to include four other mezcal producers, including two that were just introduced last year. Each bottle label includes information on what pueblo the product came from, what agave it was distilled from and other details of the processing and batch size. For example, the Elote is made by a family of mezcaleros who infuse the drink with roasted corn grown on their farm. A self-described “mezcal connoisseur,” Mezcal Vago products are clear and unaged, ethically produced and now available in Los Angeles.
Mezcal Vago remains a small operation with just 12 employees and old-school systems of production that rely on a handful of Oaxacan mezcaleros.EXPAND
Mezcal Vago remains a small operation with just 12 employees and old-school systems of production that rely on a handful of Oaxacan mezcaleros.
Joanna Pinneo
La Niña del MezcalCreated by Cecilia Rios Murrieta, who was born in Mexico City but lived for a stint in SoCal's own Anaheim, La Niña was created after a trip to Oaxaca ignited Rios' love of mezcal. She scoured remote, mountainous areas of the Mexican state to find mezcal's finest producers and now sells a handful of varieties including a young, unfiltered mezcal and a triple-distilled, single-pot specialty label. La Niña also produces bacanora, a relative of mezcal that is made from agave, produced in Sonora; it was at one time outlawed in Mexico. Bacanora and many of Rios' other products are now available throughout California. 

Insider tips on Zipolite, Oaxaca, San Pedro Pochutla, Mexico Pepo A simple hut at the beach for almost nothing. The sound of the sea comes as a room amenity. - 10 Reactions - Aug 10 2017, 05.52.39 PM UTC.


Insider tips on Zipolite, Oaxaca, San Pedro Pochutla, Mexico
A simple hut at the beach for almost nothing. The sound of the sea comes as a room amenity. - 10 Reactions - Aug 10 2017, 05.52.39 PM UTC.


Insider tips on Zipolite, Oaxaca, San Pedro Pochutla, Mexico in The Way We Saw It at Pepo - Aug 10 2017, 05.52.39 PM UTC
A simple hut at the beach for almost nothing. The sound of the sea comes as a room amenity.