Budget,
Backpackers,
Surfers,
Beach Lovers,
Naturalist,
Hippie,
Sun and Sand worshipers,
Off the Beaten Path Paradise! Everyone is welcome at Zipolite!
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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.
Además de los cocteles y bebidas de primera calidad y el ambiente único que se vive en ChiZme BAR, también puedes encontrar una gran colección de arte que combina el Folklore Oaxaqueño con piezas modernas y atrevidas que seguramente te sorprenderán en cada uno de sus espacios ¡Ven, disfruta de una tarde deliciosa y déjate sorprender!!!
The Canadian border has been closed for American tourists since March 2020. But after nearly 17 months, it will reopen again next week.
Here’s what you need to know about traveling to Canada:
Who can go
Starting August 9, American tourists who have been fully vaccinated for at least 14 days will be welcome in Canada without quarantine. (Fully vaccinated travelers from other countries will be permitted beginning September 7.) A negative test won’t be required, though randomly selected travelers may be asked to take a test upon arrival.
Children under 12 years of age are exempted from the vaccination requirement. Whole family can go!
How to get there
Before arriving, visitors to Canada must upload their proof of vaccination—your CDC card works fine!—and their travel information using the ArriveCAN app (web or mobile).
If you’re flying, you have to arrive in one of these 9 airports: Toronto (YYZ), Vancouver (YVR), Montréal (YUL), Calgary (YYC), Winnipeg (YWG), Halifax (YHZ), Québec (YQB), Ottawa (YOW), or Edmonton (YEG).
Though cheap flights to Canada had been relatively sparse, many airlines are adding flights in anticipation of increased tourism interest now that Americans are welcome back. Expect a wave of cheap flights over the upcoming weeks and months, and when they pop up, we’re gonna find them.
Remember that, as with all international flights, you’ll need a negative test taken within 3 days of your return flight to the US. This applies to all air travelers, including vaccinated Americans.
The one exception? If you drive to Canada.
Road trip loophole
On January 26, 2021, the US began requiring all travelers to show a negative Covid test within 3 days of their flight. But the CDC order explicitly exempted drivers from this requirement.
I love flights but road trips are fun too, especially in the summer/fall. If you’re eager to visit Canada but worried about the logistics of getting a Covid test before your return, driving is a workaround.
Passport delays
Remember that for Canadian travel you’ll need a passport—and passport processing times right now are pushing five months or longer. (Yikes!) What you need to know and tips on speeding things up here.
Utah officials are now publicly warning people to stay off of power lines after seeing an increase in the number of people hanging hammocks in them, reported ABC 4.
The sheriff's office posted the warning on Facebook after seeing people hanging from the power lines between North Ogden and Pleasant View. Weber County Sheriff's Office wrote:
"EXTREME HIGH VOLTAGE
Over the past few years we have noticed an increase in people hammocking from the power lines on the bench of North Ogden and Pleasant View. As you can see in the picture below the hammockers are climbing up the tower and sometimes between power lines. These lines carry 75,000 kilovolts and that power can jump from the lines. This activity is extremely risky. Rocky Mountain Power and the Sheriff's Office will be conducting extra patrols of the area and anyone caught on the towers will be cited for trespassing. We would really hate to see someone injured from either a fall or electrocution. Parents, please pass this along to your children."
How to Avoid Mexico’s Tourism Tax for Short Visits
When flying from the U.S. to Mexico, your airfare will include a Tourism Tax, which is approximately $30 USD per ticket. For those who live near the southern border, there is a way to avoid this tax when visiting Mexico for a week or less, even when flying to beach resorts in southern Mexico.
Cross the Border by Land and Fly from Mexico’s Border Airports
While you may not have considered it before, flying from one of Mexico’s airports near the U.S. border to destinations throughout Mexico is an excellent way to save money on airfare since domestic flights within Mexico tend to be much cheaper than flights departing from the U.S. where hefty international taxes are imposed.
Plus, if you’re visiting Mexico for seven days or less, U.S. citizens don’t need to pay Mexico’s Tourist Tax when entering via a land border crossing.
Which Major Airports in Mexico Are Near the U.S. Border?
Tijuana International Airport (near San Diego, CA)
Mexicali International Airport (near El Centro / Calexico, CA)
Ciudad Juárez International Airport (near El Paso, TX)
There are a few other commercial airports near the border, but these are the largest border airports that offer several more nonstop flight options around Mexico compared to nearby airports in the U.S. You’ll save both time and money when flying from these airports to destinations throughout Mexico.
Tijuana’s International Airport is so close to the U.S. border, you can literally walk across a bridge (over the wall) directly from the U.S. into the terminal. By far, the easiest way to get to the airport in Tijuana from the U.S. is to use the Cross Border Xpress (CBX) bridge, which is about 20 miles southeast of downtown San Diego.
You’ll need a boarding pass to use this crossing, which you’ll be able to get from airline agents on the U.S. side of the crossing and you may only use the bridge within 24 hours of your flight’s departure. Tickets to use the CBX pedestrian bridge start from $16.
You’ll also need to fill out an immigration form or tourist card called a Forma Migratoria Multiple (FMM) when crossing at the CBX. You’ll need to present this form to the officials once you cross into Mexico. They will ask how long you are staying in Mexico. If it is seven days or less, you won’t have to pay the tourism tax. If you’re staying longer than seven days, you’ll be directed to a window where you can pay this tax, which is approximately $30 USD and allows you to stay in Mexico up to 180 days.
San Ysidro Crossing
Another way to get to Tijuana’s airport, which may be easier for those utilizing public transportation, is to cross at San Ysidro. You can take San Diego’s trolley all the way to the border and then walk across, where an Uber to the airport is only around $5 USD (taxis will try to charge $20). If you cross at San Ysidro and intend to go to the airport, it is important to remember to ask the immigration officials for the FMM tourist card form.
The only way to avoid paying the tourism tax for short visits of seven days or less is if you get your FMM tourist card when you actually cross the border. Since there is a “free zone” within about 12 miles of the border where this document generally isn’t required, it is not standard practice to receive this form when crossing any other land border other than the CBX. You can also fill it out online ahead of time, but you will still need to have it stamped by an official at your point of entry.
If you cross at San Ysidro and show up at the airport without this document, you’ve technically left the “free zone” and you’ll need to get the form from an official at the airport where they will charge you the tourism tax regardless of how long you plan to visit.
How to Get to Mexicali or Ciudad Juárez Airports from the U.S.
Mexicali’s airport is about 10 miles from the East Calexico border crossing and 20 miles from the West Calexico crossing. The airport in Ciudad Juárez is about 13 miles south of downtown El Paso, where there are multiple bridges to cross by land.
While these airports aren’t directly on the other side of the border, as is the case in Tijuana, you’ll usually be able to reach these airports from the border in 30-40 minutes or less by Uber, taxi, or Didi.
I haven’t personally flown from either of these airports, but the same rule of a free tourist card for stays of seven days or less should still apply. Just make sure to get a form from an immigration official immediately when you cross the border into Mexico.
When crossing by land from the U.S. to Mexico, there are no longer any restrictions. Depending on where you cross, you may be required to fill out a health questionnaire, but Mexico is allowing U.S. citizens to enter by land for tourism.
As far as crossing the border from Mexico back to the U.S., the land border is still closed for non-essential travel through at least July 21, 2021. However, essential travel is allowed and U.S. citizens or lawful permanent residents returning to the United States is defined as an “essential crossing”. Therefore, if you have a U.S. passport or are a permanent resident, you’ll be able to cross the U.S.-Mexico land border in both directions without any issues.
Is A Negative COVID-19 Test Required When Returning to the U.S. from Mexico by Land?
No. Although the U.S. currently requires all international arrivals by air to submit a negative Covid-19 test before boarding their U.S.-bound flight, if you fly into a Mexican airport near the border and then cross the border by land, you will NOT be required to take a test. This includes the Cross Border Xpress (CBX) crossing at the Tijuana Airport as well.
y el ambiente único que se vive en ChiZme BAR, también puedes encontrar una gran colección de arte que combina el Folklore Oaxaqueño con piezas modernas y atrevidas que seguramente te sorprenderán en cada uno de sus espacios
¡Ven, disfruta de una tarde deliciosa y déjate sorprender!!!
Who can go
How to get there
Road trip loophole
Passport delays