Mexico City - Pacific Coast, Veracruz May 26 - June 9, 2000

Mexico City - Pacific Coast, Veracruz

May 26 - June 9, 2000 
Version Spanish Mexico < Sidirico >http://po.lelouarn.free.fr/esp/mexesp.html



INTRODUCTION

May 27 - ZipolitePochutla taxi to Zipolite ...  We arrived at 'Shambala' without walls in Zipolite Hotel.  A sandwich, installation of the hammocks, and search for marijuana (found a rather good ...) found some tourists and a French very cool. Night to fresh air (not as cool as it gets too hot until three of amadrugada ...) <== MEXICO CITY - Pochutla MEXICO MAP ZIPOLITE ==>

An old Favorite Zipolite page on the WWW Thank you, Sharon and Andrew! :) ivan

http://wild-net.com.au/mexico/html/zipolite.phtml

Zipolite, near Puerto Angel, in the State of Oaxaca is a free and easy beach destination where many tourists go to relax. We slept in our hammocks on the edge of the beach, whilst others baked naked on the beach, played volleyball and generally spent the day relaxing. About eight weeks before our visit a devastating cyclone ripped through the area and destroyed a lot of the buildings along the coast. A lot of trees had been blown over in the process and parts of buildings disappeared. This fortunately didn't affect our stay on the beach, although it did make for a hairy journey in and out of Zipolite.  The mountain roads had suffered major landslide damage. The Zipolite sunset We did not arrive in Puerto Angel until 11pm and couldn't find suitable accommodation there. We then drove to Zipolite and hammocked for the night. That place however, didn't have working toilets so we moved to some Palapas on the beach where we hung our hammocks. Our first night's accommodation Cars and sand don't mixWhilst trying to find a place to stay, we were told by a local proprietor to drive onto his land to inspect his property. Unfortunately, the land was part of the beach, and his invitation lead to several hours of anguish. Unfortunately, we became bogged in the sand in a place where it was not possible to be dragged out as there was a palm tree between the car and the road. It was interesting to see the interaction between the different cultures regarding problem solving. The Mexicans wanted to use their muscle and to lift the car out, our group wanted to steer forwards and backwards to get out, whilst the German tourists nearby wanted to build a bridge. In the end the bridge idea succeeded. It certainly made for an interesting afternoon. Activities : Fishing & DolphinsFrom Puerto Angel we went fishing with a local fisherman and caught about ten tuna-like fish which we cooked up for dinner. We tried to catch some large sword fish which we had seen caught by other fisherman on the day, however unfortunately our efforts proved fruitless. Whilst fishing however, we continuously saw dolphins and turtles. The dolphins were not like those that are in Australia. They were dark grey, almost black and were covered in white speckles. Seeing the many dolphins was more enjoyable than the fishing for the girls but the guys enjoyed hauling in the catch. Volleyball on the beach VolleyballThe volleyball freak (Andrew) played several games of volleyball on the beach during our stay at Zipolite. We developed a friendly rivalry between a Mexican rock band that we met. This is also the place where the experiments with the El Grande fireworks began : see the Mexican Firework'spage for more info

I decided to have my hair plated and beaded (after a lot of encouragement from Linda and Kirsten (who also had hers done)). This took about one and a half hours, the young Mexican lady was extremely fast in her technique and whilst she was working, the members of our group took turns in getting clucky over the lady's little baby.

	The hair (photo taken in Oaxaca)

12-9 Zipolite Beach The Adventures of Alohaman, Tasha & The Beast 2007

12-9 Zipolite Beach

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I lost my photos of the cockfight and will have to wait until Tasha sends me some replacements. In the meantime... Tasha and I both fell in love with Zipolite. It's a laid back and homegenous community with the most eclectic mix of humanity you could hope for. Mexican, Europeans, ex and current hippies, expatriates from all over the world and all seem mellow and laid back... perhaps because of the good Mexican weed I smell throughout the town... whatever. Here are some photos Tasha took on or around the area during the 10 days we were there... 

This is Fernando's premiere breeding cock. He won 5 fights and was put out to stud...
after several years and siring mutiple winners he is still the dominant cock in the yard




Tasha Couldn't Resist The Name







Follow are some examples of their beautiful sunsets.
We began to question whether they rival Hawaii.























Fernando took us into this church prior to the cockfight.







Believe it or not, the guy below owns several hotels.
Big cockfighting bettor and sponsor. I think the guys around him are bodyguards.



Putting the spur on fighting cock.


Fernando the main judge at the cockfights.


Street Scene