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, August 27, 2014

Hurricane Marie kicks up surf in Newport Beach, California By Web Staff Published: August 27, 2014, 7:38 am

Hurricane Marie kicks up surf in Newport Beach, California

By Web StaffPublished: August 27, 2014, 7:38 am

NEWPORT BEACH, CA (Surfline.com/CNN) — Surf’s up along the California coastline as Hurricane Marie makes its way through the Pacific Ocean.

People stood on the shoreline in Newport Beach to watch the massive waves.

Waves could swell to 30-feet by later Wednesday.

The National Weather Service warned swimmers and surfers that Southern California beaches will have large waves and rip currents.

On August 26 at 19:05 UTC (3:05 p.m. EDT) NASA's Terra satellite captured this image of Hurricane Marie drawing in the small remnants of Karina (bottom left). Image Credit: NASA Goddard MODIS Rapid Response — On August 26 at 19:05 UTC (3:05 p.m. EDT) NASA’s Terra satellite captured this image of Hurricane Marie drawing in the small remnants of Karina (bottom left).
Image Credit: NASA Goddard MODIS Rapid Response

Help us in our little diveshop in the beautiful Mazunte Workaway My name is Alejandro and I am from Mexico City. I always wanted to have my own little diving school and one year ago I came to Mazunte to open my ...

Help us in our little diveshop in the beautiful Mazunte

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My name is Alejandro and I am from Mexico City. I always wanted to have my own little diving school and one year ago I came to Mazunte to open my ...

Help us in our little diveshop in the beautiful Mazunte

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My name is Alejandro and I am from Mexico City. I always wanted to have my own little diving school and one year ago I came to Mazunte to open my dive school and shop. I am very happy here, because the life here is different and we can do what we really like. Every day when we go down we can find different sealife, new species and it is always an adventure. The coast of Oaxaca is still very virgin and for that there is a lot to see and to explore. The wildlife is very active here. We are also the only dive school in the whole region (zipolite, puerto angel, san agustinillo and mazunte).

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Oaxaca

Type of help

Teaching,
Help with Computers / internet,
Other,
Helping with Tourists

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We are looking for a person who loves the sea and its wildlife and who is openminded and likes working with people. You don't need any experience but it would be perfect if you are interested in diving or if you want to learn it.
The idea is that our volunteer can help us in the diveshop, selling tours and equipment and also if you speak various languages you could help us translating some of the tours.
If you have a divers license you can also help with the diving.
We could also need a person who likes onlinemarketing and can help us to spread the word of our school.

Languages spoken

Spanish, a bit of English

Accommodation

I offer a private room with private bathroom and food. ( 2 meals a day). And there is the opportunity to earn commissions for selling our tours.
If you want to make a diving course with me I offer you a discount and you will have an exellent teacher. :)

What else ...

Next to diving all kind of watersports are very popular here. There is surfing, bodyboarding, boogy boarding, snorkelling, fishing tours, kayaks etc. There is whale season from October to March and you can make a tour with a local fisher man for 200 pesos mexicanos (16$).
In Mazunte you will find a turtle conservation center, you can visit La Ventanilla, where you will see wild crocodiles.
You can walk to Punta Cometa, which is a special place with a lot of energy.

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Limited internet access

We have pets

We are smokers

Volunteering hours expected

Tuesday, August 26, 2014

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Agencia EFE August 25, 2014 8:19am Hurricane Marie affects 10,000 families, leaves 3 missing in Mexico 1 0 1 Municipalities of Mexico•Oaxaca Placard ENLARGE (Globalpost/GlobalPost) Mexico City, Aug 25 (EFE).- Hurricane Marie, a Category 5 storm, affected 10,000 families in the southern Mexican state of Oaxaca, while three fishermen were reported missing in Baja California Sur state, officials said. The storm damaged roads, triggered landslides, caused rivers to overflow their banks and flooded houses, the Oaxaca state government said, adding that Juquila and Pochutla were the two worst-hit districts. The federal Government Secretariat will be asked on Monday to declare a state of emergency and disaster in 10 cities affected by the storm so 10,000 families can receive assistance, Oaxaca officials said. A boat carrying seven fishermen capsized on Sunday in Los Cabos, Baja California Sur, emergency management chief Wenceslao Petit Jacinto said. "I have been informed that four of the seven fishermen were able to swim to shore. Unfortunately, we have three fishermen missing," Petit told reporters. Search teams are trying to find the missing fishermen, Petit said.

Agencia EFE August 25, 2014 8:19am
Hurricane Marie affects 10,000 families, leaves 3 missing in Mexico

Municipalities of Mexico
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Oaxaca

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(Globalpost/GlobalPost)

Mexico City, Aug 25 (EFE).- Hurricane Marie, a Category 5 storm, affected 10,000 families in the southern Mexican state of Oaxaca, while three fishermen were reported missing in Baja California Sur state, officials said.

The storm damaged roads, triggered landslides, caused rivers to overflow their banks and flooded houses, the Oaxaca state government said, adding that Juquila and Pochutla were the two worst-hit districts.

The federal Government Secretariat will be asked on Monday to declare a state of emergency and disaster in 10 cities affected by the storm so 10,000 families can receive assistance, Oaxaca officials said.

A boat carrying seven fishermen capsized on Sunday in Los Cabos, Baja California Sur, emergency management chief Wenceslao Petit Jacinto said.

"I have been informed that four of the seven fishermen were able to swim to shore. Unfortunately, we have three fishermen missing," Petit told reporters.

Search teams are trying to find the missing fishermen, Petit said.