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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.
We are looking to arrange a private transfer to and from the Zipolite area for next New Years. We would prefer to have this pre-arranged to avoid negotiating on the spot.
Does anyone have ideas for a reliable company or individual? What can we expect to pay?
If you recommend using a taxi, what do you estimate the cost to be? We have read it is best to cross the street at the airport rather than getting one right at he door.
Oaxaca government looking to boost exports after chapulines sold out
Mexico News Daily | Friday, April 21, 2017
The popularity of Mexican cuisine in the United States is unquestionable but one uniquely Mexican snack that hadn’t been quite as eagerly embraced are chapulines, or toasted grasshoppers.
Until now.
Chapulines aresmall grasshoppers belonging to the sphenarium genus and have become an unexpected hit at Seattle Mariners baseball games. The insects, native to Mexico, are a specialty of the state of Oaxaca although they are widely consumed across the country. They are also considered an aphrodisiac.
In the first three games of the baseball season, a concession stand at the Mariners’ Safeco Field has sold out of the crunchy delicacies, which are seasoned with chile, lime and salt.
The stand, run by local Mexican restaurant Poquitos, sold 901 four-ounce servings at $4 a cup during the first games, which equates to around 18,000 grasshoppers. Mariners spokeswoman Rebecca Hale told ESPN that the quantity was more than what Poquitos sells in an entire year.
Poquitos owner Rich Fox told VICE Munchies that interest in chapulines had recently increased although they were on the restaurant’s menu from day one.
The increasing popularity and press coverage did not escape the attention of the Oaxaca state government.
It is now looking to take advantage of the insect’s moment in the spotlight by increasing exports to the U.S.
Jesús Rodríguez Socorro, Secretary of Economic Development, recently met with the proprietors of four local businesses to encourage them to increase their export volumes.
According to Rodríguez, chapulines are currently being exported to meet demand in the cities of Los Angeles, Houston and Seattle but shipments are also sent to Europe and other parts of Latin America.
One of the companies that has been successful with those experts is run by Humberto Sandoval and Roberto Pérez, graduates of the food-engineering program at the Technological University of the Mixteca (UTM). They produce more than 20 tonnes of high-quality chapulines per year.
“Abroad, packaged chapulines are expensive and sought-after,” the pair say. “A vacuum pack of garlic-flavored insects can sell for up to US $20.”
The entrepreneurs work with local farmers who capture the insects using mesh nets in fields where alfalfa, beans and corn are grown.
Sandoval and Pérez attribute their success to strict compliance with international food standards and say they have had no problems with U.S. Customs. Dehydration of the bugs prior to packaging, which gives them a longer shelf life, also works to the company’s advantage.
In addition, the company produces mezcal worm salt and salsas made from chipotle and poblano peppers mixed with chapulines.
Meanwhile, as supply catches up to demand, the Mariners have decided to limit sales of chapulines for the rest of the season to 312 servings per match, in honor of legendary Mariners player Edgar Martinez, whose batting average was .312.
This is friendly Zipolite, on Mexico's southern Pacific coast, about a 45-minute drive from the Huatulco airport. It's nude, gay, pot and even dog friendly.
Mexico's unique Zipolite retains its friendly ambiance
It was the classic Zipolite moment: while sitting in the town’s best beach restaurant, I listen to the crashing waves, gaze at the yoga enthusiasts in the shade to the right while body surfers frolick ahead and board surfers catch curls further out to the left. Two women stroll by hand in hand; the smell of pot wafts in the air. A waiter with a full tray of drinks ventures onto the hot sand towards a table of naked patrons. Suddenly, he trips on a feral dog, his tray totters, and we hold our collective breaths. But he regains his balance, turns to the dog and mutters – an apology!
Classic Zipolite palapa restaurant and lodging.TOM GIES
This is friendly Zipolite, on Mexico’s southern Pacific coast, about a 45-minute drive from the Huatulco airport. It’s nude, gay, pot and even dog friendly. It also features a sweet beach, amazing seafood, gorgeous but dangerous waves, yoga, cheap beer and a range of eclectic accommodation in the $20 to $100 CDN range.
It’s evening when we check into the treehouse-styled Hotel Noga – one of the few in town with air conditioning — and quickly realize our good fortune. We can hear the pounding surf and a two-minute walk from our rooms puts us on the west end of the beach. We’re not disappointed as we join dozens of other travelers and locals enjoying a moonlight walk. The beach is lined with open-air palapa restaurants, booze cans and hotel/hostels. A few concrete structures stand out like sore thumbs.
Shambhala yoga centre is a Zipolite institution.TOM GIES
After a 45-minute walk from one end of the beach to the other, we head to the short main street, where an eclectic scene features open air cafes, artisan tables and roving musicians, local and expat. The ambiance is a mix of middle-class hipster Mexican, greying Woodstock and dreadlocked Rasta.
The next day we fall into the rhythm of early-morning and sunset walks, with body surfing, hammock hanging, yoga and restaurant-exploring filling the hours. We do a day trip to Puerto Escondido, an hour’s drive away, and visit the campground where the three of us stayed during a 1975 road trip to Guatemala. Amazingly, we chat with a camper who was also there in 1975, although we didn’t know him then.
Another day, we do a four-hour boat trip where we view turtles. But that’s about it. There are no ATV tours, snorkelling, ziplines, or mescal factories in Zipolite, although they can be found in Huatulco.
Sunset at Zipolite.TOM GIES
We soon discover favourite restaurants. Cafe Orale serves up wonderful breakfasts: huevos rancheros, fresh fruit and yogurt, strong coffee and fresh squeezed juices. Many seafood lunches are taken on the beach at El Almequista, where we witnessed the classic Zipolite moment. Fresh fruit liquados are availabile everywhere.
For dinner, off-the-beach La Providencia, close to Noga, is simply exquisite. The menu featuring goat cheese phyllo, tomato blue cheese soup, shrimp empanadas and more, would not be out of place at chi-chi Vancouver restaurants, with one difference: entrees such as seared tamarind tuna cost a mere $12. Try as I could, there was no resisting the fresh mango mousse.
Another favourite is the beachfront Posada Mexico. This lively joint features a pizza oven, seafood pasta and live entertainment, including dancing to live reggae and salsa, drag shows and portraiture events (yes, nude portraiture). Patrons dance on the sand between the tables and, a few metres away, backpackers whirl in front of crashing waves under the moonlight, enjoying the free music.
New hotels are slowly replacing Zipolite’s classic palapas.TOM GIES
Hotel Noga is an absolute pleasure. Proprietors Sandra, who previously worked for human rights groups in Mexico City, and her husband Fero present an environmentally-friendly, small-scale operation that offers basic comfort to travelers who simply can’t deal with the heat and shared bathrooms common in palapa hotels. Rooms with a/c, wifi, two beds, hammock and bathroom are about $80.
I also spend a few nights at the palapa-style Lo Cosmico. A large, funky open-air room with three beds, two hammocks and shared bathroom costs about $40 for two. The beds have mosquito nets, but they aren’t needed in early February.
Warning: Noga’s Sandra warns us on arrival that the waves at Zipolite are very dangerous. If red flags are posted, only shallow wading is ok. When the yellow flags are out, good swimmers should be ok with body surfing and the buddy system. Board surfing the major waves is only recommended for the experienced.
Zipolite is slowly changing. With the Huatulco airport now offering direct flights from Canada and the U.S. and a new highway under construction to the provincial capital of Oaxaca, increased accessibility is expected to bring more tourists. The funky palapas are slowly being replaced by mainstream construction. There is at least one condo development on the beach.
Still, Zipolite currently has no all-inclusive or chain hotels, no chain restaurants, no glitzy nightclubs, no tour buses. For the near future, Zipolite will likely retain its unique, friendly, laid-back ambience.
Zipolite : the best beach you must visit Oaxaca. Although from the fifties, Acapulco was the tourist destination ...
Zipolite: la mejor playa de Oaxaca que debes visitar
A pesar de que desde la década de los cincuenta, Acapulco fue el destino turístico más solicitado de nuestro país, la cantidad de turistas que la ciudad recibe cada año lo han convertido en un caos donde es casi imposible encontrar un lugar tranquilo para relajarse. Por esta razón, la gente busca destinos alternativos en los que puedan disfrutar de una playa tranquila que no convierta sus vacaciones en un martirio; sin duda, una de esos sitios es Zipolite, en Oaxaca.
Durante los años sesenta, la playa recibió a cientos de hippies que, hartos del bullicio en otras zonas turísticas, buscaban un lugar para estar en paz sin que nadie los juzgase por sus aventuradas prácticas; entre ellas el nudismo. Sí, Zipolite es una de las pocas playas nudistas en nuestro país; aunque, a decir verdad, muchos de los bañistas usan traje de baño. Si alguien llegase buscando una playa totalmente nudista, yendo hacia el Este, detrás de un terreno rocoso se encuentra “la playa del amor”, donde el nudismo es casi obligatorio.
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Muchos de los vacacionistas que llegaron hace 50 años decidieron convertirlo en su hogar; gracias a las personas que llegan de todos lados, los lugareños presentan una actitud completamente abierta hacia las diferentes posturas de los visitantes, haciendo que el ambiente tanto del pueblo como de la playa sea algo único que no se encuentra en otros destinos turísticos cuyos visitantes, a veces, presentan una visión muy parecida acerca de la diversión.
Contrario a lo que pasa en muchas localidades a lo largo de la costa del pacífico, Zipolite es un pequeño poblado que no ha sufrido grandes cambios estructurales; es decir, que lo primero que encontrará un viajero al llegar a este poblado será un sitio atrapado en el tiempo de lo más apacible. De modo que quienes busquen una vida nocturna llena de excesos y música a todo volumen tal vez quieran seguir su camino.
La diversión por las noches en Zipolite es completamente diferente a lo que ofrecen muchos otros sitios con playa; antes que salir en la noche, quienes llegan a este pueblo, incluso lo locales, prefieren disfrutar de la puesta de sol a la orilla del mar. Los pequeños bares que se sitúan a lo largo de sus calles de adoquín, para coronar el agradable ambiente que los caracteriza, ofrecen sesiones de música en vivo cada noche.
Si te encuentras en la Ciudad de México y estás dispuesto a llegar hasta esta playa en autobús; puedes consultar las diferentes opciones que se ofrecen en la Central Camionera del Sur. Lo ideal es que busques un viaje directo de México a Pochutla, el más rápido tiene una duración de ocho horas aproximadamente. Una vez en Pochula puedes elegir el tipo de transporte que mejor te convenga; cualquiera te puede llevar a Zipolite a toda hora.
Sin duda, Zipolite es una excelente forma de darle un giro a tus vacaciones, sobre todo cuando estás comenzando a hartarte de los sitios convencionales donde apenas puedes moverte debido al nivel tan alto de visitantes que reciben durante días de descanso.
Mazunte Tonameca, Oax.- Guardavidas of this locality indicated that the Semana Mayor finished with white flag, "between 80 and 100 aids to bathers we made in the beaches of Mazunte" said Rafael Morgado captain of lifeguards.
He pointed out that the coordination between the police corps of the three levels of government and the Port Captaincy are giving results for the benefit of domestic and foreign visitors; It is worth mentioning that Mazunte with its denomination of Magic Town has attracted thousands of vacationers, the occupation of rooms was to 100 percent during Holy Week, in this destination of beach they are offered around two thousand quarters.
On the other hand, Jesús Manuel Leyva Martínez, mayor of Santa María Tonameca, pointed out the coordination of the work of the Public Security Secretariat of the State of Oaxaca with the municipality of Tonameca, "with the installation of a State Public Safety module, we reinforced the Culture of prevention, the participation of tourism service providers and the population itself gives us greater security, which is reflected in harmony and tranquility for all, visitors and settlers, "said the first councilor.
In Zipolite, nationally and internationally renowned nudist beach also reflected white balance during Holy Week, Elizabeth Jimenez, Pochutla municipal trustee, stressed that even when the week has ended without any contingencies for vacationers, "the security and surveillance operation continues On the beaches of Puerto Angel, La Mina, La Boquilla and Cuatunalco, so we continue with the operation one more week "said the councilor.
It should be noted that, through agreements of the public security commission of the town hall with the Attorney General of the State of Oaxaca (FGJO), a mobile prosecutor's office was established in Zipolite to handle complaints and denunciations of tourists who opted for the Mazunte - San Agustinillo- Zipolite - Puerto Angel, "the mobile prosecution has already retired but we continue to coordinate with the prosecution located in the municipal seat," concluded Elizabeth Jimenez.
