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

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Ok, its time to be honest here. I have been living in Mexico for 10 months now. I started this journal a bit late didn't I? Well, that is only because I didn't know it existed! I plan to start writing a little bit of my travels across this part of the world before I go home and then will use it for future trips as well. Bear with me people!

So, what does one do when living for one year in a small beachside town in Oaxaca state Mexico? Well, my first problem was learning how to pronounce 'Huatulco' and 'Oaxaca'. Not knowing any Spanish before landing here was a big disadvantage. Thank goodness there are good people in the world and my new Mexican friends were able to help me out there.

So, 10 months down the line with only 8 weeks left until I board a plane headed for England (well, actually its a complicated journey from here so I will board a plane headed for Houston, USA then New York and then and only then ENGLAND!) what do I have to tell you? I have to say the proximity to the beach does kind of take any surprise out of the answer. I'm just a few minutes walk from Chahue (also a bit tricky to work out how to say!) and the waves there are quite large with strong undercurrents. That means good swimming if you can swim and potential death if you can't. Fortunately I can swim. Also, volleyball every Sunday at 5pm.

The town itself is so much nicer than the rest of this coast. There is a lot of work that goes into keeping it clean and despite the fact that we have seen no precipitation of any kind for a good 6 months now the trees and public areas are watered regularly so the area still looks vaguely green. Coming from an area of the world where it rains every day this has been surprisingly easy to adjust to!

The main advantage here is the cinema. I LOVE going to the cinema. Ok, so its small and has only 4 screens which tend to black out suddenly part way through a film or the sound goes a bit funny in places. I still love it. It costs only 50 pesos (about £2.50 - bargain!) and on Wednesday there is a general 2 for 1 policy to all films. Most Wednesdays evenings are spent here.

The food is good as well. I am finally beginning to adjust to Mexican food and I have 2 favourite places to eat. These are known to me by the food they serve. At lunch we go to 'the sopes place' and in the evening 'the fish tacos place'. Both incredibly cheap eats and really good food. Bonus is that they have never made me ill! Not one parasite has managed to live inside of me after eating at these places!

Hopefully I will fill in the details on my travels to Guatemala, Acapulco, Tuxtla, San Cristobal and Queretaro. A story for each place I guess.

Olympic spots at stake for Duffy and Butterfield By Derek Dechabert Published May 5, 2012 at 7:08 am

Olympic spots at stake for Duffy and Butterfield

By Derek Dechabert

Published May 5, 2012 at 7:08 am (Updated May 5, 2012 at 7:08 am)

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Flora Duffy and Tyler Butterfield will be looking to consolidate their places in the Olympic rankings as they head into a triathlon in Mexico this weekend.

With three races remaining, Duffy is on course to secure her ticket to the London Games this summer.

But Butterfield’s position is more precarious as he currently holds down the final spot among those who will qualify.

The world’s top 55, when all points for the season are totalled, will be eligible to compete in London and at present Duffy sits in 47th position.

“I am currently qualified for the Olympics but there are three more races which count so as long as I maintain my Olympic ranking I should be fine,” said Duffy yesterday.

“Olympic qualification points are gained through racing in World Cups and World Cup series races, and the top 55 women in the world go and I am currently number 47 on the list.

“I am racing this weekend in Huatulco, Mexico along with Tyler and after this race there are two more races that are in the Olympic qualification period.

“We both will be racing next weekend in San Diego as well.

“The following weekend is a World Cup series race in Madrid, Spain which I am not racing in but that is the last race which counts for Olympic qualification.”

Duffy competed at the last Games in Beijing in 2008 but didn’t enjoy the best of performances and will be looking to make amends this time around.

While she’s is safe for the time being, like Butterfield she’ll be hoping to perform well in Mexico after which she can concentrate on preparing for the Games.

“Once I officially find out I am going to the Olympics, which will be mid-May, my coach and I will figure out a racing and training schedule for the lead-up to the Games.

“I assume I’ll race a few more World Cups with, of course, the main focus being on performing well in London.

“I am based in Boulder because I’m a student at the University of Colorado which is in Boulder, although I did take this semester out of school to train, race and focus on the Olympics.

“Training full-time keeps me really busy and training three times a day plus getting treatment for a recurring injury I have is a full-time job.”