Playa Zipolite. Welcome To The Beach Of The Dead!: 10/07/25

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

Tuesday, October 7, 2025

Announcing the new MND Family Plan (MND + MND KIDS)

Our team believes that it has never been more important to share what is going on in Mexico with other family members, including children. As you know, we have expanded the scope of our mission with the recent launch of MND Kids. Up until now, MND has only offered individual accounts to our subscribers. This meant one email address linked to each paid account. We now will have an easy way to keep everyone informed and reading together—across different households, time zones, and generations.

We are happy to announce that, starting now, we are offering a new MND Family Plan. This plan allows for up to 3 separate email addresses (3 separate people) linked to one paid account + unlimited family access to MND Kids - so everyone can stay informed and learn together.

How it works:
- Choose the MND Family Plan.
- Add up to 3 separate email addresses (for 3 people) to your account.
- Each adult gets full MND access and can personalize their own newsletters.
- Kids get unlimited access to MND Kids in English and Spanish: MNDkids.com.
- Manage members and preferences anytime—simple, flexible, and designed for families.

Why families will love it:
- Learn together across borders and generations.
- Each reader gets a customized MND experience.
- Kids explore modern Mexico with age-appropriate, bilingual, non-fiction content.
- Perfect for grandparents who want to share MND as a meaningful gift.

In an increasingly AI deepfake world, you can trust MND. Our newsroom relies on verified sources, on the ground reporting, and human editors who fact-check every story before it’s published.

More on MND Kids:
The team at MND believes it is critically important for the next generation to learn about modern Mexico beyond stereotypes. There is no time like the present for them to learn about the importance of the US/Mexico/Canada relationship. That's precisely why we created MND Kids in close collaboration with teachers, administrators, and kids. We select specific MND articles and rewrite them for kids in Spanish and English for elementary, middle, and high school readers.

Mexico continues to gain importance globally and is an increasingly strategic player in ensuring a safe and prosperous US/Canada/Mexico region. It's more important than ever for young kids to learn that early on to open their eyes to the opportunities that Mexico provides - both personally and professionally. MND Kids is a great way for grandparents, parents, and kids to all learn together.

Some examples to help illustrate how the MND Family Plan works:

Example 1: Grandma buys the MND Family Plan. She invites her husband and one of her daughters who lives in the US to her MND Family Plan. All three of them now have unlimited access to MND and her daughter gives all three of her kids unlimited access to MND Kids. It’s an easy way for the whole family to stay connected to Mexico - no matter where they live.

Example 2: Grandpa lives in Mexico and buys an MND Family Plan. He invites his two sons who live in the US to his MND Family Plan. Now he and both of his sons have unlimited access to MND and both sons can provide unlimited access to MND Kids to their children.

Example 3: A spouse lives in Mexico and buys an MND Family Plan. S/he invites family members in Canada and is considering moving to Mexico, to the MND Family Plan. All three of them now have unlimited access to MND. If there are kids in the family, they also have unlimited access to MND Kids.

CUSTOMIZATION of your MND Newsletters: An Example

- Primary subscriber selects both the daily morning and evening newsletters as well as the weekly Local newsletter for the Bajio area where she lives.

- The spouse of the primary subscriber doesn't want any emails and just wants to go to the website directly every morning to read – selecting to receive no newsletters.

- Brother of primary subscriber selects both the daily morning and evening newsletters and is considering moving to either Playa del Carmen or Los Cabos and so selects each of those Local weekly newsletters as well.

Remember, you can change your newsletter preferences anytime.

Of course, if you have an existing MND plan and wish to upgrade to a family plan, any remaining balance you have will be automatically applied as a credit towards your family plan.

Please click here to sign up for your MND FAMILY PLAN subscription today!

Email us here if you have any questions...

Thank you, and regards,

The MND Team

If you’re here, it’s because you love Mexico as much as we do.

October 2025

Hello ivan,

Thank you for opening this email — I know your inbox is probably overflowing. If you’re here, it’s because you love Mexico as much as we do.

We started The Eye almost 15 years ago to celebrate the culture, history, and arts of this incredible country. If that resonates with you and you’d like to get involved, I’d love to hear from you.

Be sure to follow The Eye Mexico on Facebook and Instagram to stay connected. And if you know someone who would love our content, please forward this email to them.

Cheers,

Jane Bauer, Editor

TheEyeMexico@gmail.com

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