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

Sunday, January 17, 2021

Mexico News 2 Days Ago, Friday, January 15, 2021

FRIDAY, JANUARY 15, 2021

Ex-defense minister cleared of drug charges; AMLO claims the US fabricated evidence

The Attorney General's Office has exonerated Salvador Cienfuegos of trafficking and money laundering accusations. FULL STORY

Thursday’s Covid tally: a record 16,468 new cases, 40% of which are in Mexico City

The number of coronavirus cases rose to just under 1.59 million on Thursday while the official death toll reached 137,916 with 999 additional deaths. FULL STORY
RELATED: Mexico City restaurants to reopen Monday with restrictions. FULL STORY

Of 324 Covid-free ‘municipalities of hope’, just 80 remain untouched

Mexico's list of places that have never seen the coronavirus has dwindled over eight months. FULL STORY

Fuel theft has supposedly declined, but the violence in Guanajuato has not

An apparent paradox has emerged in the state: petroleum pipeline theft has gone down, but not the high levels of violent crime. FULL STORY

Ambassador says Mexico rejected offers of help to control arms trafficking

The federal government declined to accept equipment to assist in limiting illegal weapons trafficking, the U.S. ambassador to Mexico said. FULL STORY

Pemex workers file charges against union officials

A group of current and former workers in Campeche have registered a corruption complaint against their local union leader and a former secretary-general. FULL STORY

Costly Pemex: former cash cow ate up US $15 billion

Propping up the state oil company is siphoning at least 1.4 points of GDP a year from Mexico's cash-strapped government, Jude Webber writes. FULL STORY

Facebookóatl? AMLO moves to create social media network for Mexicans

A week after Donald Trump was kicked off Facebook and Twitter, the president floated the idea of creating a national social media network. FULL STORY

‘Searching Mothers’ turn up 19 secret graves in Sonora

The remains of at least 10 people were found in one of the burial sites, located in Ortiz, Guaymas. FULL STORY

Elections authority wants to stipulate what AMLO cannot say during campaign

The National Electoral Institute is considering putting strict limits on what the president is allowed to say in the lead-up to the elections in June. FULL STORY

MEXICO LIFE

From mammoth bones to ziplines, this trail has something for everyone

A river that in the 1800s used to host steamboats, El Río de la Pasión forms part of the border between the states of Jalisco and Michoacán, John Pint writes. FULL STORY

OPINION

With the housebound blues, you take the cure wherever you can get it

Cockroach races? Mice safaris? When the virus has kept you locked down in your home for months, boredom starts forcing you to get creative, Bodie Kellogg writes. FULL STORY