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, March 6, 2013

Cocina y hamaca en paraíso (A kitchen and a hammock in paradise)

Posted on April 29, 2011by marybethsf

It wasn’t easy to get there: an overnight bus ride from Chiapas to Oaxaca City, a van ride to the Oaxacan coast that included a 1 km walk in the desert through a protest that blocked through-transportation, and finally a ride in the back of a pickup truck along the coast to arrive in the tiny beach town of Zipolite.

And it wasn’t easy to leave: I fell right into the lifestyle of the beach, spending too many hours swinging in hammocks, swimming in the ocean when the tides were calm, whale-watching, sunset chasing, drinking cerveza at any time of the day to get a little break from the heat.

Meanwhile, I spent a few days in a sweet cabana in the middle of a tropical garden. I had a little bed with a mosquito net, a shower with water heated by the sun, a kitchen with a gas stove on the patio, and a hammock to create my own breeze.

The best view of the garden:

Made me this happy (check out the kitchen in the background): Where I could find these ingredients fresh from the garden: (New food, Day 32. Nopales. Cactus leaves. Sure I’ve eaten nopales before, but this is the first time I ever cooked with them. The tiny ones are good to eat raw, they’re super tender. The bigger ones, I sliced up and made… yup, quesadillas.)

Three types of mangos, bananas and oranges: (New food, Day 33. Mango verde. Green mango. This was a new type for me, firmer and less sweet than yellow or red mangos.) My favorite secret ingredient that took me 2 days to find in the crazy market maze of San Cristobal, and here I found some while hiking between beaches, straight off the tree: (New food, Day 34. Guash. No English translation that I know of, in fact I’m not even sure of the name in Spanish because it seems to have a few different names depending on who you ask. Anyway, it’s a type of bean, super small, soft, with a hint of garlic flavor.) Fresh coconut, comes with its own spoon:
Tropical snack on the beach that blew my mind: (New food, Day 35. Raputan. Not sure of the English translation here either, but it’s similar to a lychee fruit, only with the red, spiky shell I’d never seen before. They came into season, and all of a sudden there were vendors on nearly every corner.) True living in la tierra del amor (the land of love) in Zipolite! I’m already making plans to go back…

Sunset at Zipolite Beach Oaxaca Mexico

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Exhaust guide 2011 San Agustinillo, Oaxaca

Tue, Apr 19, 2011

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Exhaust guide 2011

San Agustinillo, Oaxaca

(Chilango Magazine.).

When we believed to have lived fully the beaches of Oaxaca, we realized that we had missed a special place located between Mazunte and Zipolite. San Agustinillo is a beach near mile with warm water and open water areas.

The townspeople decided to keep it, so that will not fit here fieston night or other motorized vehicles and the different activities that damage ecosystems. This mentality has led to important programs such as the protection of the turtle. The current does not preclude environmental activities such as diving, surfing or fishing, but the real gem of San Agustinillo is tranquility, without overcrowding or a consumer culture.

The recommendation is to stay by the beach.

Do not miss

Traditionally watch the sunset from Punta Cometa, a sacred hill located in Mazunte, about 15 minutes. The geographical point farther south.

Insider Tip

In case you want to party, go down the road to Zipolite collective, every 10 minutes, they charge $ 5.

Where to Stay: A Dream, Pacific huts on the beach.

Room : From $ 750 per night double occupancy.

Web unsueno.com

Tickets: Huatulco Airport, plus 40 minutes by taxi to Puerto Escondido. $ 3000 approx., Interjet roundtrip.

Car: Pinotepa Sun Highway to National Highway 200. $ 1.056, round trip, more gasoline.

Bus: South Terminal to terminal Pochutla, 15 km ride to San Agustinillo. $ 1.408; ADO roundtrip plus taxi.

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Mexican Turtle Center, Mazunte

http://www.puertoangel.net/mazunte/tortuga_es.html

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Part of the address is a conference slides

Two reasons for opening the Mexican Turtle Center in 1994 were, one to promote eco-tourism in this region, as experienced by the prohibition of hunting of sea turtles, and the other to form a protection awareness environment.

What visitors can find in the Mexican Turtle Center ?

	Seven of the eight species of sea turtles in the world in its various stages of development, as well as six species of freshwater and two ground.
	Guided tours in differents languages that provide relevant information on the characteristics and biology of sea.
	The Botanical Garden of cacti Dr. Helia Bravo Hollis where semidesert flora is more representative of Mexico, especially in the coastal region of Oaxaca.
	Temporary and permanent exhibitions on conservation issues.
	Find a cafe where you can buy crafts and souvenirs, benefiting the community of Mazunte, which is the concessionaire of this space.

Hours:
Wednesday to Saturday 10:00 to 16:30
Sunday 10:00 to 14:30 hrs
Entrance: 20 pesos per person

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The Mexican Turtle Center conducts research to increase knowledge about the biology of turtles. Research highlights include:

	Assessing the number of nesting and hatching success of sea turtles on the coast of Oaxaca, on the beaches of the brush , Barra de la Cruz and Morro Ayutla.
	Study of the reproductive biology of sea turtles.
	Disease incidence in nesting populations.
	Major diseases and treatments for turtles in captivity.
	Design of diets with specific nutritional requirements of turtles.
	Conduct of turtles in captivity.

Address:

Mexican Turtle Center

Km 10, Puerto Angel Road - San Antonio
Mazunte, St. Mary Tonameca, Oaxaca
PO Box # 16
70902 Puerto Angel, Oaxaca.

On the coast of Oaxaca there are four species of sea turtles.

In the table below you will find their names in English, Spanish and its scientific name.
To learn more about these animals, click at the name in Spanish.

Olive Ridley	Ridley	Lepidochelys olivacea
Hawksbill	Hawksbill	Eretmochelys imbricata
Black Sea Turtle	Tortuga Prieta	Chelonia agassizi
Leatherback	Leatherback	Dermochelys coriacea

Freshwater turtles in the Mexican Turtle Center

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Red-eared turtle - Trachemys Scripta Elegans

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Alligator Turtle or Chiquiguao

Chelydra Serpentina

The Crocodile Turtle is a species by its characteristic is very important, it has a very flattened carapace with dorsal shields rough and finished in a raised apex. The marginal scutes have a serrated edge. The plastron is small cross-shaped and very narrow bridge. The head is covered by different voluminous warts that appear spines, the first three, that are in the chin are long. The muzzle has a beak or hook. His limbs are very robust semipalmeadas, with strong claws, useful for digging in the mud and protected. The extremely long tail with a series of peaks, with forms of spines or plates as those with crocodiles, hence gets its common name. The coloration is generally uniform dark brown. Sometimes alcazan considerable size and a weight of 15 kg.That turtle is a very abundant species under protection.
La Tortuga crocodile is a freshwater species, which by its ferocity carcteriza posing on earth that can go from defense to attack. Is carnivorous, feeding on fish, frogs, ducklings, small reptiles or mammals. The female digs a nest on the banks of rivers or ponds to lay their eggs. The setting is in the months of April to June, deposited approximately 20-30 eggs so esfé.rica with a diameter of 15-33 mm.The incubation time is 55 to 125 days. Newborns have a size of 24-31 mm long and 24-29 mm wide.
These animals are found in the rivers deep in muddy ponds and sometimes found in streams with little current and muddy or thick mud.

A look at Mazunte, San Agustinillo and the window, Oaxaca

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Thursday, February 10, 2011

A look at Mazunte, San Agustinillo and the window, Oaxaca

On this route along the beaches of Oaxaca there is a place called Mazunte, a magical place of night and day, men and women, mostly tourists, like sunbathing, diving, walking, reading, talking, etc.. Despite being a small town and have few facilities, those who are here are very entertaining and allow the tourist delight the eye with a view to the sea.

Also, here is the Mexican Turtle Center, where you can see turtles of all kinds and where scientists conduct research to increase knowledge about the biology of turtles. http://www.puertoangel.net/mazunte / tortuga_es.html

Walking through this place, the manager of a crafts store told me about a bar, which could not miss and where I observed that is much visited by tourists, especially those who like reggae, as a group of musicians playing This genre of music made their debut, delighting all present with this type of music and where a young American origin sings in English and Spanish, so after a few good songs all present are encouraged to dance and sing.Finally, the band said goodbye and left behind all started dancing cumbias and music they played at the site, which is run by two people, who by his speech, seemed a Chilean or Argentine. 've also counting, that this place is smoked much marijuana, and as a young man from Italy, I met here told me that everyone here and also consume all the selling.Besides that, this place was very good to meet all kinds of people here are mixed different cultures and travel talk and hear stories of all kinds.

The next day, my companion and I visited San Agustinillo beach, located 10 minutes from Mazunte, which can be reached by a community pickup that charges 5 pesos. This beautiful beach can be done very comfortably a photoshoot both personal and landscape, has magnificent rocks and excellent light cubes for multiple shots, also the color of the sea is very clean and crystalline blue, and you can see some small fish species.

In this site, we met a Chilean-born tourist, she was traveling alone and had around 35 years, told us that she practiced diving in this place and he could see a variety of marine species such as turtles, puffer fish and other fish. He said he loves Mexico and have visited a variety of places, such as Baja California, where he could see close to whales also invited us to visit his country said there tourists can swim with whales. On the other hand, this foreign visitor made some recommendations to visit a place called 'The Window' which is a mangrove area, where you can see alligators, turtles and birds in their natural habitat, which we went to earlier in the day following. Like San Agustinillo Mazunte, is 15 minutes after taking the van collective charges 5 pesos, then you have to walk for about 10 minutes.

'The Window' is run by a cooperative of fishermen engaged in boat tourist walks around the place, however, it is necessary to walk along the beach, which is an extremely hot climate, which use sea turtles to lay their eggs and where the fishermen rescue these eggs so that later they can release the turtles. Under bright sunshine and after walking on that lonely beach, the boats arrived to watch a couple of crocodiles and various species of birds and turtles. At last, we came to a small room where workers have a small stock of animals that have been rescued in this place, like foxes, monkeys and others. Following this visit, the tour was completed by the beaches of this state and we address Pochutla to purchase some products or souvenirs, but what we found was food like grilled fish, then went to a church, which had a bell that had a perfect view to take more pictures. So this trip is over Oaxaca, with wonderful places, accessible accommodation, economical and practical transportation, and a myriad of people to meet.