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, January 4, 2012

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villasolymar

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1. Re: Superbowl

Jan 02, 2012, 4:02 PM

Years ago Super Bowl was allmost impossible to see down here

Now virtually all of the bars will have the Game on

Several in the square

Tipsy Blowfish and Alabresas in Tangolunda

Senor Pucks in Chahue

Are a few others

Wayne Overby

Villa Sol y Mar

(House of the Sun & Sea)

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carubaman

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2. Re: Superbowl

Jan 02, 2012, 6:51 PM

I'm looking for a place to watch the game in Santa Cruz, we used to watch it at Prairie Dog but it's now shut down. Wouldn't be to crazy about Senor Pucks.

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vinman7

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3. Re: Superbowl

Jan 02, 2012, 7:31 PM

Don't think there is any place to watch the games in Santa Cruz anymore. Senior Pucks isn't far away and we find it quite an enjoyable place to watch games. They also have pool tables and TV's outside to shoot a few games while watching.

Vince & Karen

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JeanMN

Minneapolis

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4. Re: Superbowl

Jan 02, 2012, 7:50 PM

Thank you, I will put these on the list and do some pre-game research!

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kubes

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5. Re: Superbowl

Jan 03, 2012, 8:05 AM

Los Portales, Kabana, Dublin all had the game on last year.

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huatulcopedro

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6. Re: Superbowl

Jan 03, 2012, 8:23 AM

For superbowl Senor Pucks would be my choice. Although not a sports fan we had Christmas dinner there are were impressed totally. (did a post on that)

You can be in the bar or on the patio lounge. Play pool at intermission or during the game if it is boring. The food is great. Probably the best "sports" bar in the area. At least 4 big screen TV's with 2 being on the patio lounge wall.

Most of the other options posted are great spots to be too.

The Canadian Club in Santa Cruz will probably have the game on. Might also be on in the lobby bar of the Hotel Castillo.

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IdahoJones

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7. Re: Superbowl

Jan 03, 2012, 3:07 PM

Don't forget Hemmingways Cantina in La Crucecita

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Nightlife in Mexico's Ciudad Juarez Begins to Recover

Published January 03, 2012

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In 2010, the fight between cartels of Sinaloa and Juarez threatened with finishing the nightlife of the city, but it seems to be making a comeback. (EFE)

The restaurants and nightclubs in Ciudad Juarez are beginning to recover after seeing the number of businesses in the northern Mexican border city drop by about 40 percent amid a wave of drug-related violence.

Residents are once again lining up to eat at the few restaurants that survived the wave of murders and extortion in Juarez, located across the Rio Grande from El Paso, Texas.

Young people, who remain fearful, are again packing nightspots in the border city.

"The paranoia of the people here made me stop going out because I was scared too. I've noticed a change now, maybe since the middle of 2011," Juarez resident Hector Servin said.

Some nightclubs and restaurants remain empty because they are located in dangerous areas; however, many of these establishments have opted to reopen in the so-called "safe zone" guarded by the Federal Police 24 hours a day.

The National Border Program, or Pronaf, security ring is in the zone, where 10 bars have reopened and two new establishments are welcoming the public.

Bar owners are advertising ladies' nights and boys' nights, among other events, to bring customers into their establishments and make money.

The turf war between the Juarez and Sinaloa drug cartels put a damper on the border city's busy nightlife in 2010, scaring away the thousands of visitors, especially Americans, who frequented bars to take advantage of Mexico's drinking age of 18.

"Before, we used to go to Juarez every weekend because the nightlife was really crazy. There were lots of people in the streets and lots of places to go, but I haven't gone even once since last year because my parents prohibited it," El Paso resident Raul Sanchez said.

"It's just this year that they let me go out to Juarez again and I see that my friends are going too. I really enjoy being able to go to Mexico again, though I'm still afraid," Sanchez said.

Since 2009, Ciudad Juarez, considered Mexico's murder capital, has lost about 300 bars and 4,000 eateries that were forced to close due to attacks, kidnappings and extortion by drug traffickers or because of the fear that leaves the streets deserted at night.

Before, we used to go to Juarez every weekend because the nightlife was really crazy. There were lots of people in the streets and lots of places to go, but I haven't gone even once since last year because my parents prohibited it.

- Raul Sanchez, resident of El Paso

In 2010, it was estimated that more than 70 percent of the few businesses that remained open were paying between 400 pesos and 4,000 pesos ($33 and $330) a month in protection money to drug cartels, Restaurant and Prepared Food Industry Association, or Canirac, area president Federico Ziga told Efe.

The number of diners at food establishments has risen by about 30 percent, "in part, because of the rise in arrests and complaints about extortion and kidnappings," Ziga said.

For now, the main concern of business owners is to ensure that their establishments will continue to operate.

"Right now, the priority is to stay open and convince people that it is a safe place. Later, we'll think about earning profits," a bar owner in the safe zone told Efe on condition of anonymity.

Although residents are still struggling, the situation is not as bad as in past years, the president of the Ciudad Juarez chapter of the National Chamber of Commerce, Alejandro Seade, said.

"We are seeing more people in restaurants and driving in the streets, unlike two or three years ago. They continue battling due to the situation, but it is not like what we had been experiencing since 2009," Seade said.

As of Dec. 31, 1,974 murders had been committed in Ciudad Juarez, well below the 3,115 murders registered in 2010, the Attorney General's Office said.

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