Playa Zipolite. Welcome To The Beach Of The Dead!

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, January 25, 2022

Today I share a Gentle Chakra YOGA Flow.

Linda ten Veen

Hola beautiful loved ones 

Today it's Chakra Flow time again! 

In the evening I will share a Chakra Flow for your Throat Chakra at 6pm Mitotecali  but before we rising up the Spiritual ladder its time for the Heart Chakra  

"Lets elevate the mind and open up your Heart Chakra" 

Lets open our heart together and let's  create some more LOVE on this planet 

If you can activate your Heart Chakra you are able to experience unconditional LOVE. 

Are you ready to transform grief into Selflove? Do you feel like helping filling this planet with more Unconditional Love? Are you ready to accept yourself completely? 

Today I share a Gentle Chakra YOGA Flow. It's a combination of Breathwork, Yoga and Meditation. The last years I dove deep into Chakra Healing combining with movement and breath. I am so excited to share all the knowledge with you for a deep healing Chakra Journey. 

A Chakra is an Energy center in your body. Every Chakra has her topic and is connected to an age. If you have Childhood trauma, you can heal this with working on your Chakras. 

If you can activate all your Chakras you will experience Ultimate Bliss and feel wide Awake. It really changed my life, I had to deal with a lot of childhood issues, but now I feel Free, Loved, Energetic and I'm so grateful for every day!

Today the focus will be on the Heart Chakra. This Chakra is located in your Heart area, there will be a lot of Heart Openers to balance, cleanse and activate your heart.

Do you notice difficulties in letting go? Do you have blocks around loving yourself and others? Do you know it's time to forgive yourself?

Or do you want to experience working with your Chakras by doing Yoga, Meditation and Breathwork? 

Come today at 12:00 till 13:30 to Casa Om and let me guide you through the Chakras. Let’s have a Healing Journey together and let’s raise the Energy, create more Awareness, Joy and Love on this planet.

If you have wear something green, the color this Chakra. 

Price for this journey is 100 MXN

If you have any questions, don’t hesitate and message me WA/TG +31619284952

Also if you want to book a private session, retraite or workshop 

Come & join us for a beautiful yoga class at sunset time @ Noga Hotel.

Noga Zipol

December 22, 2021

Come & join us for a beautiful yoga class at sunset time @ Noga Hotel.

Mondays: Dynamic flow 5 pm

Wednesday: Flow 5 pm

Thursday: YIN YOGA 6 pm

Friday: Flow 6 pm

Saturdays: Dynamic flow 9.30 am

$ 100 MXN per class, English & Spanish spoken 

Disfruta de una bonita clase de Yoga al atardecer al Hotel Noga.

Lunes: Flow dinamico 5 pm

Miércoles: Flow 5 pm

Jueves: YIN YOGA 6 pm

Friday: Flow 6 pm

Sábado: Flow dinamico 9.30 am

$ 100 MXN por clase, impartidas en inglés y español 

Mexico Update: 50,000 new cases & CDMX Regresses to Yellow

Hi Mexico-loving friends!

Cases and hospitalizations continue to increase across Mexico. This week several states have changed colors in the country's traffic light system.

For the first time in several months, there is now a state in the "Red" on the coronavirus risk map.

Another state has announced it will begin requiring covid passes to enter certain establishments.

While this email isn't packed with great news, it is packed with information that I hope will help you make decisions about your travels around Mexico and helps you stay informed about what is happening around the country at the moment.

Traffic Light Changes

For those that are new around here, last year Mexico's federal government created a traffic light system to help businesses and people understand the risks of Covid-19 in each state around Mexico. It was then up to the state governments to decide how to interpret these traffic light colors.

Currently, red means the highest risk of covid and that hospitals are near capacity. It means that capacity at restaurants and hotels is lowered. In some places, it will mean that you will not be able to sit inside a restaurant at all, but only place an order for take-out (unless they have outdoor seating available). For the next two weeks, Aguascalientes will be in the red.

Orange is a level below red status and means that there is still a high risk of covid-19 and many restrictions are still in place. The federal government has given control to the state governments to decide how they implement these colors and what restrictions should be in place. These are the states that will remain in orange with a risk of possibly moving into the red because of continued increases in severe cases and hospitals becoming overrun. The states that are currently orange are Baja California Sur, Chihuahua, Sonora, Coahuila, Nuevo Leon, Baja California, Durango, Zacatecas, and Quintana Roo (home to Cancun, Playa del Carmen and Tulum).

Baja California Sur (home to Los Cabos, La Paz, and Todos Santos) continues to have the highest number of cases per capita with over 1,000 cases for every 100,000 people.

Yellow means lower risk level and most places are allowed to have up to 50% capacity. States in yellow are allowed to have fans at sporting events and bars are allowed to be open (in some states clubs are also open in Yellow). Museums and other tourist attractions can be back open with restrictions. The states currently in yellow are Mexico City, Mexico State, Guanajuato, Querétaro, Jalisco, Morelos, San Luis Potosí, Sinaloa, Tamaulipas, and Yucatán.

Green means that there is a very low risk of Covid, that many places can have more than 75% capacity and almost all services can resume. Precautions like masks and temperature checks are still being taken, especially when going indoors. There are now four states currently in the green. The states that remain green are Oaxaca, Chiapas, Campeche, Colima, Nayarit, Michoacan, Guerrero, Puebla, Tlaxcala, Hidalgo, Tabasco, and Veracruz.

You can view the full map on the government website here.

Having said all of this, the day-to-day living in many of these states hasn't changed much between green and yellow or yellow and orange. As a tourist, you likely wouldn't even notice many changes except for those places that are now take-out only. That is why I ALWAYS suggest speaking to someone who is one the ground in the location you are planning to visit so that you can get a really clear picture of what "yellow" looks like in CDMX and what "orange" looks like in Los Cabos. I've listed contacts below for many of the most popular places in Mexico.

Other Covid-Related Mexico News

The Mazatlan government continues to monitor the situation before making any cancellations on this year's Carnival, which is set to take place February 24-March 1.

The government has said that if the state is in the "green" on the traffic light system, they will go ahead with it. You can keep up with any announcements about carnival here.

If you are a resident of Mexico and you are over the age of 40 and interested in receiving a booster shot, you can register for that here.

After Baja California (home to Tijuana and Ensenada) announced that they will be requiring vaccine certificates or negative covid tests in order for patrons to visit bars, nightclubs, and some other venues, Jalisco followed suit.

As of the 14th of January, patrons must show proof of vaccination or a negative covid test taken within the last 48 hours in order to enter bars, nightclubs, casinos, stadiums, and convention centers in the state of Jalisco.

Expats & Locals Around Mexico

As always with Mexico, I highly recommend seeking out people who are currently living in the places that you want to visit. With Covid rules changing constantly and safety issues cropping up every now and again, only people who are on the ground there living it every day can share with you what's really happening.

For updates about Mexico City, as always I recommend following Ubish Yaren on Instagram. You can also follow Anais of The Curious Mexican for updates on the restaurant and food scene in Mexico City and what is back open.

For information about what's going on in and around Puerto Vallarta, be sure to follow along with the Kinetic Kennons on YouTube.

For updates about what's going on in Oaxaca, Susan of Brooklyn Tropicali has been sharing her updates of what's going on around the city and state of Oaxaca.

Trisha of PS I'm On My Way currently lives in Cabo San Lucas and can share some insights into what is happening there with you. Check out her website here.

For regular updates about life in Merida and around the Yucatan, check out Mexico Cassie who has also recently written a fantastic guide about Traveling Yucatan with Kids.

Shelley of Travel Mexico Solo also shares her experiences in Merida and around the Yucatan. Her Instagram is a particularly good resource for what she's seeing at the moment.

The Yucatan Times is the local English newspaper in Merida that shares local updates and news reports.

To keep up with what's going on in and around Querétaro, follow Alex of the Backpacking Brunette.

Vallarta Daily is the local English news there where you can learn about any changes in the situation in Puerto Vallarta and the surrounding Nayarit beach towns as well.

Janine Around the World is traveling around the Riviera Maya at the moment sharing her experiences on her blog and Instagram.

Riviera Maya News is the local English newspaper there where you can keep up with changes. I believe this is the region that is changing the most in regards to safety at the minute and if you plan to independently travel here (renting a car and exploring without tours or away from resorts), then I highly recommend speaking to someone who is there right now.

The Mexican government's Coronavirus website is a huge resource for those that are currently living in Mexico and want to know more about what's happening in their state.

As always, a great place to keep up to date with news about what's happening all over Mexico in English is Mexico News Daily.

Visiting Mexico Soon?

If you are planning a trip to Mexico soon, I hope you'll have a browse of the different Mexico guides on my blog or have a search through my YouTube videos to help you plan your trip!

I also have FOUR extensive guidebooks available for Baja California Sur (brand new and published in July 2021!), Mexico City (updated this year with tons of new content!), Merida, and Guanajuato!

If you have any other questions, please don't hesitate to email me by simply hitting reply on this email.

I hope you all had a happy and healthy start to 2022.

Speak soon and safe travels,

Laura

Eternal Expat

Principal 20
CDMX
Mexico