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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.

REMEMBER: Everyone is welcome at Zipolite.

ivan

Sunday, January 27, 2013

Butterflies and Moths of Huatulco Mariposas y Polillas de Huatulco


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Butterflies and Moths of Huatulco
Mariposas Polillas de Huatulco
(Click on images for larger view - Haga clic en las fotos para ampliarlas)
Heliconius charithonia Zebra HeliconianOrange Sulphur - Colias curythemeMarsyas Hairstreak - Pseudolycaena marsyasSoldier - Danaus plexippusGulf Fritillary - Agraulis vanillae
Julia - Dryas iuliaZebra Swallowtail - Erytides marcellusMalachite - Siproeta stelenesCrimson-patched Longwing - Heliconius erato
Zebra Longwing - Heliconius charitoniusHermes Satyr - Hermeuptychia hermesFatima - Anartia fatimaGreat Southern White - Ascia monuste
Gulf Fritillary - Agraulis vanillae Elf - Microtia elva Elf - Microtia elva
Malachite - Siproeta stelenes Crimson-patched Longwing - Heliconius eratoWhite Peacock - Anartia jatrophaeGiant Swallowtail - Heraclides cresphontesMexican Sister - Adelpha fessonia
Pearly Eye - Enodia portlandiaFerentina Calico - Hamadryas februaGuatemalan Calico - Hamadryas guatemalena
Checkered White - Pontia protodice
Tropical Checkered Skipper - Pyrgus oilens
Polydamas Swallowtail - Battus polydamasYojoa Hairstreak - Strymon yojoaStatira - Aphrissa statira
Coyote Skipper - Achalarus toxeusLyside - Kricogonia lyside
Eighty-eight Butterfly - Diaetbria annaBanded Daggerwing - Marpesia chiron
Giant Swallowtail-Heraclidis  cresphontes


1    Zebra Helicon - Heliconius charithonia
21    Giant Swallowtail - Heraclides cresphontes 42   Coyote Skipper - Achalarus toxeus
2    Orange Sulphur - Colias curytheme 22   Mexican Sister - Adelpha fessonia 43   Lyside - Kricogonia lyside
3     Marsyas Hairstreak - Pseudolycaena marsyas 23   Pearly Eye - Enodia portlandia 44    
4a   Soldier - Danaus plexippus 24 45 
4b  Gulf Fritillary - Agraulis vanillae
5    Julia - Dryas iulia 25   Ferentina Calico - Hamadryas februa
26   Guatemalan Calico - Hamadryas guatemalena 46 
47 
6   Zebra Swallowtail - Erytides marcellus  
7   Zebra Swallowtail - Erytides marcellus 27 
28 48
49 
8   Malachite - Siproeta stelenes 29 50   Eighty-eight Butterfly - Diaetbria anna
9   Fatima - Anartia fatima 30   Checkered White - Pontia protodice 51 
10  Zebra Longwing - Heliconius charitonius 31 52   Banded Daggerwing - Marpesia chiron
11  Hermes Satyr - Hermeuptychia hermes 32 53   Giant Swallowtail-Heraclidis cresphontes
12  Fatima - Anartia fatima 33  
13  Great Southern White - Ascia monuste 34  
14   Meliconian? 35   Tropical Checkered Skipper - Pyrgus oilens  
15 36    
16   Gulf Fritillary - Agraulis vanillae 37   Polydamas Swallowtail - Battus polydamas  
17   Elf - Microtia elva 38   Yojoa Hairstreak - Strymon yojoa  
18   Malachite - Siproeta stelenes 39  
19   Crimson-patched Longwing - Heliconius erato 40
20   White Peacock - Anartia jatrophae 41   Statira - Aphrissa statira  
   
Aves/Birds of Huatulco
Los anfibios de Huatulco, Oaxaca, México - Amphibians of Huatulco

Parque de Zipolite Liked · November 29, 2012


Liked · November 29, 2012 



Saturday, January 26, 2013

97,000 Unique Visitors!

Thank you,

ivan

Yoga Retreat with/ Retiro con Sharon Abbondanza and Brigitte Longueville Public · By Solstice YogaCenter


Public · By Solstice YogaCenter



  • Brigitte Longueville and Sharon Abbondanza are offering a 5-day yoga retreat on the southern Pacific coast of Oaxaca, Mexico.

    Brigitte Longueville y Sharon Abbondanza impartirán un retiro de yoga de 5 días en la costa del Pacífico Sur, Oaxaca, México.

    Enjoy a nourishing morning of meditation, pranayama, breathwork and hatha yoga practice.
    Delight in good food, International company, and the charming rustic setting of La Loma Linda.

    Disfruta de una enriquecedora mañana de meditación, pranayama, trabajo de la respiración y práctica del hatha yoga.
    Deleítate con comida deliciosa, compañeros de todo el mundo y el encanto rústico de La Loma Linda.

    With over 40 years of combined experience, Brigitte and Sharon provide a safe learning environment to heal your body, increase your breath capacity, awaken awareness, and deeply restore your whole being. All levels are welcome.

    Con más de 40 años de experiencia combinada, Brigitte y Sharon proporcionan un ambiente de aprendizaje seguro para curar tu cuerpo, aumentar tu capacidad de respiración, despertar la conciencia y restaurar profundamente todo tu ser. Todos los níveles son bienvenidos.

    These retreats integrate the gentle practices of yoga therapy and restorative alignment supporting all participants to work at their own level.

    Estos retiros integran las prácticas suaves de la terapia del yoga y el alineamiento restaurativo apoyando a todos los participantes a trabajar a su propio nivel.

    For more information and booking please enter this link:
    http://solstice-mexico.com/retreat-workshop-itinerary.php?event_id=163&c_f=non_1

    Para más información y reservas porfavor accede a este link:
    http://solstice-mexico.com/esp/retiro-taller-itinerario.php?event_id=163&c_f=non_1



Kabbalah Restaurante Bar shared an event. about an hour ago · ‎* Hoy 22 Hrs * * 22 Hrs today * (Translated by Bing) Sabado / Noches de Salsa / Live Music ! January 26 at 10:00pm in UTC-06 Playa Kabbalah in Puerto Escondido, Oaxaca, Puerto Escondido, Oaxaca Join · 29 people are going


La Puesta Antro-Bar Zipolite 2 hours ago near Puerto �?ngel, Oaxaca · Hoy noche de complacencias.(menos corridos) chelas 15 pesos. Cokteles 25 pesos y michelada de litro 30 pesos. Abrimos 9pm. Today night of indulgence.15 beers (less corridos) pesos. Coktel 25 pesos and 30 pesos litre michelada. Open 9 pm. (Translated by Bing)


  • Hoy noche de complacencias.(menos corridos) chelas 15 pesos. Cokteles 25 pesos y michelada de litro 30 pesos. Abrimos 9pm.
    Today night of indulgence.15 beers (less corridos) pesos. Coktel 25 pesos and 30 pesos litre michelada. Open 9 pm. (Translated by Bing)

Photos of Regiduria


Photos of Regiduria





Un Nuevo Amanecer Benefit Concert


Fort Wayne...
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reviews: 2
 Un Nuevo Amanecer Benefit Concert 
Hello Everybody: Most of those who were in Huatulco last January and February and had a chance to attend the Nuevo Amanecer concerts agreed that they were the music events of the year.
Get ready to raise the roof again. Mark Monday, February 4 on your calendar for an evening of cold beer and great music, and all for a good cause. All proceeds from the concert will benefit Un Nuevo Amanecer, a nonprofit organization located in La Crucecita that assists children with developmental problems.
The organizers of the Puerto Escondido Blues Festival have made arrangements to share with us their headline act for that week. Thank you Billy! Join us at the beautiful Latitude 15 beach club on Chahue Bay at 8PM on February 4 to enjoy the hard rocking guitarist Neil Chapman; the raw, soulful voice and emotive guitar skills of Chris Caddell; and one of Canada’s best blues harp players, Paul Reddick.
Tickets will be 250 pesos in advance and 300 at the door and 150 pesos for students and teachers. Tickets will be available later this week at:
Hemingway’s
Café Juanita
Resort Real Estate Services
Palm Properties
If you are staying at one of the AI's that week, please PM me to see how you can "share the word".
Regards, Dan
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Fort Wayne...
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21. Re: Un Nuevo Amanecer Benefit Concert
Suze - Thanks for your comments. Flor is an amazing woman.
to all other readers, If you are in town on the 4th, don't miss this show. Look forward to seeing you there.

Best of just for laughs 2012 part 1

Friday, January 25, 2013

DJ SUPERNOVA Knas the night out bitch

Snowboard Paris / 24 Hours late .....




minutos de méxico: viaje zipolite-puerto escondido

Still in Zipolite



Still in Zipolite


We seem to be stuck in Zipolite, and it has nothing to do with the bus.  
We cant quite wrap our minds around this little, stuck in the 60’s free spirited hippy beach community, but we love it still the same.  Somehow life is simpler here- and given the life we’ve been living the last 6 months that’s quite a dramatic statement.
I guess the primary reason we are still here is that we have been hoping to connect with the local vw expert to see if he has any more luck with the engine than most…but that’s a pretty frail excuse.  We know his shop is only a 5minute drive away and we know where to catch him for his morning beer, yet still we somehow manage to put it off every day.  Eh, Manana.
sunrisesunset1
Here in zipolite, we usually see both sunrise and sunset.  Even though we are in a tiny sand filled lot between 2-3 story buildings the colors of sunrise seem to weave their way through all obstacles to let us know the show has begun, should we chose to make our way to the beach for better seating.  The last few mornings the community here at dos estrellas has been doing sunrise yoga on the roof, and jen has happily joined in.  The mangled concrete and rebar may not be the typical zen studio motif, but the lighting cant be beat.
yoga1yoga2yoga4
The heat keeps us in the shade during the heat of the day which gives us a good chance to try and figure out our plans from here.  We know we want to do a bit more exploring on the Oaxacan coast and see Puerto Escondido and surrounds, but after that things get a bit more difficult.  We really struggle every time the conversation comes to leaving mexico.  When we dipped into Belize and Guatemala our tourist visas renewed and it simply seems a pity to not use every day.  We have so many beaches we have yet to explore between here and Jalisco (where we headed inland for the rally), but also are excited for the countries that await us when we drive south.  Either way means that once we’ve made the drive, theres a lot of backtracking to make it the other way… Probably yet another reason we haven’t pried ourselves away from our current spot- it would mean we might actually have to make a decision.
Instead we spend our days talking about what our future might hold and trying to tap into what we really want, or are looking/searching for. Me sketching out what our perfect beach house might look like, how we would renovate the dilapidated hotel down the beach if we could afford it (or if it was for sale), or what a remodel to our property back home might look like when we return.  Have I mentioned my brain doesn’t sit still very well.  Jen meanwhile, has never had troubles calming the mind and can get lost staring at the sea for hours.  I still have so much to learn…
sketch1sketch2
After the sun starts to become a bit more manageable we head out on foot either to walk the length of the beach or to weave in amongst the nightlife on the pedestrian corridor.  Usually both.  We recall our first walk on the beach here.  Not uncomfortable with the nudity around us, but still taken aback after years of north american standards and even the conservative mexican style.  Now, our brains have fully adjusted and acclimated to what seems very natural and free.  Those who choose to wear bathing suits do while those who prefer not don’t.  We realize it’s no longer the first thing we notice when seeing a person lying on the beach, and only midway through a conversation yesterday did i glance down and realize i was talking to a naked man.
My spanish seems to have moved to the same level of comfort.  I have several times now found myself responding to someone in spanish before realizing that they asked the question in english.  It’s still probably that of a 6th grader’s and i need a lot of work, but i love being able to communicate with anyone and not feel like i’m a burden on the local i’m trying to enter a dialogue with.
stretching
sunset2
After the sunset show, our most difficult decision is which local establishment to support for dinner.  Our favorite entrepreneur and his chill bar (with the best meat and veggie skewers we’ve had in ages) or the wood fired pizza place right outside our place.  Maybe the to-die-for chicken mole overlooking the beach.  When we pulled into town we were concerned about staying on budget for the month after all the driving, but every day here puts us well under.  It’s so cheap here that we can camp, eat out three meals a day and still come in under $30.  Amazing, and no wonder the backpacking crowd has found a stronghold here.
Tomorrow we will roll up the awning, put away the bbq that hasn’t seen use in a week and leave Zipolite to make the 5 minute drive to the mechanic in Puerto Angel.
Unless of course, we don’t.






Kiss From A Rose - Seal

Diario de intercambio # Video 007 (Puerto Escondido)