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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

Thursday, May 17, 2018

Paradise and the Y block Illinois Times There is nothing to do in Zipolite, a town on the edge of the Pacific that is home to 1,000 or so people. Owing to fierce undertows, you can't go swimming – some say the town's name, loosely translated, means “beach of death” in some kind of native tongue. There are no colorful markets where merchants ...


Paradise and the Y block
There is nothing to do in Zipolite, a town on the edge of the Pacific that is home to 1,000 or so people. Owing to fierce undertows, you can't go swimming – some say the town's name, loosely translated, means “beach of death” in some kind of native tongue. There are no colorful markets where merchants ...


Thursday, March 22, 2018 12:19 am

Paradise and the Y block

The do-nothing option

City planners could learn a lot from how they do things in Zipolite.
Photo By Bruce Rushton
Having recently returned from south of the border, I’ve found that there is a lot we can learn from Mexico.
The president wants to build a wall to keep out myriad deviants who would destroy our way of life. Whether a wall is a good idea is a matter of opinion, I suppose – even smart folks I know insist that a health care system based on the profit motive can work – but it is, at least, an idea. Beyond ideas, there are facts, and it is, absolutely, a fact that you cannot drink Mexican water. It also is a fact that the roads suck. Air conditioning costs extra. And there often are bugs, unless the proprietor of wherever you’re staying sprays the place with poison, which probably contributes to global warming and a lot of other bad things. Plus, they speak Spanish, which seems a poor choice. Convert to English and, voila, you become Canada’s cousin, just a misunderstood country in need of a few grants to get rid of the bugs and fix the water and throw down some asphalt.
Having credit card points to burn and an urge to de-Springfield in February, I needed to go somewhere. Cuba was tempting but complicated. What had seemed easy became difficult after the Trump administration last fall instituted new rules, and Cuba, rules aside, didn’t, upon scrutiny, sound like such a great place. No fishing. Bad restaurants. Folks so poor that those fortunate enough to own cars lock windshield wiper blades in trunks until it starts raining so as to prevent theft.
With a goal of affordable and tropical, I figured on Mexico and ended up in Zipolite through sheer fortune. A flight to Huatulco, a town about as far from Zipolite as Springfield is from Bloomington, departed the Mexico City airport just 90 minutes after my arrival, and so that’s the flight I booked.
There is nothing to do in Zipolite, a town on the edge of the Pacific that is home to 1,000 or so people. Owing to fierce undertows, you can’t go swimming – some say the town’s name, loosely translated, means “beach of death” in some kind of native tongue. There are no colorful markets where merchants ply foodstuffs, clothing and other wares aimed equally at locals and tourists, who might have difficulty blowing money on souvenirs given the paucity of ATMs. Hot water is rare. I was told there is a police department, but I never saw a cop. Someone told me there are two officers who take taxis when they need to be somewhere.
I paid $37 a night for a studio in a beachside condo building – there were cheaper places, but none had air conditioning. Despite the constant roar of the ocean, I slept fine. The closest restaurant served the best ceviche I have ever encountered, and I have encountered a lot. When she brought sushi out, the owner of another place apologetically asked me to pay immediately, because she had an errand to run. Then she left me, a complete stranger, alone in her place. The maguro was divine.
There is no getting around this part: There are naked people in Zipolite. Lots of them. The beach is reputedly the only one in Mexico where it is legal to frolic sans clothing, and perhaps two or three in 10 of the people one encounters on the beach are nude, some more splendidly than others. And so I spent a lot of time looking at naked people, then going back to my book (I read Walden, but not cover to cover), and ordering the occasional mojito.
Others might have difficulty, but, for me, doing nothing comes easy, although it can be harder than it looks. Which brings us to the Y block, which, I think, could benefit by being looked at from a Zipolite perspective.
There is a clamoring for the city to do…something! And so I was perturbed upon my return to Springfield to see heavy equipment on the block, as if something were about to happen. Turns out that earthmovers are there to improve sewers, and spiffy up Jackson Street not muck with a blank canvas we seem hell-bent on transforming into something on the notion that doing something is better than doing nothing.
Between sewers and streetscapes and land acquisition and building demolition and a $1 million subsidy for an adjacent plaza now under construction by the Illinois Association of Realtors, the city already is on the hook for more than $4.5 million to improve the Y block and environs. Ideas for the block itself have ranged from apartments to a mix of residential and commercial space to the mayor’s preferred, if not embraced, plan for a fountain-filled park, which is, I suppose, better than a prior scheme involving a giant theater screen upon which notable state government hearings could be projected.
The reason nothing has been accomplished is that nothing is obvious, let alone cheap. And so the Y block was allowed to decay into a beautiful emerald rectangle, square in the middle of a mostly concrete, and largely vacant, downtown. Let it remain so, until something better and obvious comes along. Wait, at least, until the adjacent plaza is done – we should see what that looks like before figuring out what comes next. We could do worse than a great lawn where folks could gather for art shows, picnics, Frisbee, pickup soccer games or demonstrations against the governor, whose mansion is across the street.
Hang loose, and good things might happen all by themselves – with or without naked people. 

Zipolite. Water going through rock

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Turtle egg seizure in Oaxaca biggest ever made by Federal Police Traffic ticket led to discovery of 22,000 eggs

Turtle egg seizure in Oaxaca biggest ever made by Federal Police

Traffic ticket led to discovery of 22,000 eggs


A routine traffic ticket on a federal highway turned into the largest seizure of contraband turtle eggs ever made by the Federal Police.
The driver of a pickup truck was traveling toward Juchitán, Oaxaca, on the Coatzacoalcos-Salina Cruz highway when police noticed he was crossing the center line.
After he was stopped police proceeded to give him a ticket. But while they were explaining the nature of his infraction, officers noticed his demeanor was “evasive.”
That triggered a close inspection of the back truck, where they found 57 black plastic bags under a blue tarp. Each of the bags contained 400 sea turtle eggs. A final tally revealed there were 22,800 eggs in total.
Although the species of marine turtle was not specified, police said the eggs belonged to one that was endangered.
The driver was unable to produce documents allowing the legal transportation of the turtle eggs, so he was arrested and and charged with crimes against wildlife and animal species.

Amid violence and poverty, there's music in the air in Zaachila, Oaxaca Mexico News Daily A priest, a musician and a French pilot have helped children from an impoverished and violence-stricken community in Oaxaca to realize the unlikely dream of opening a music school in their town. The process began in 2011 when a group of youngsters from the town of Zaachila, located on the outskirts ...

Amid violence and poverty, there's music in the air in Zaachila, Oaxaca
A priest, a musician and a French pilot have helped children from an impoverished and violence-stricken community in Oaxaca to realize the unlikely dream of opening a music school in their town. The process began in 2011 when a group of youngsters from the town of Zaachila, located on the outskirts ...


https://mexiconewsdaily.com/mexicolife/amid-violence-and-poverty-in-this-oaxaca-town-theres-music-in-the-air/

Krui Pro 2018 - Day 3

You may also like the following events from POWER LUNA: Events Zipollite

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EVENTS



Retiro espiritual en Zipolite,Oax Wunderkid Blog Retiro espiritual en Zipolite,Oax. RETIRO EN ZIPOLITE, OAXACA Retiro Espiritual de Yoga y Meditación Imparte: Sara Ixchel Benitez Fechas del 2 al 8 de abril (semana d pascua) Inversión $5,500 (Incluye taller, hospedaje en Hotel “Los Angeles” y desayunos buffet -Sara Ixchel: Hatha Yoga, Yin Yoga, .. Spiritual Retreat in Zipolite, Oax.


Retiro espiritual en Zipolite,Oax
Retiro espiritual en Zipolite,Oax. RETIRO EN ZIPOLITE, OAXACA Retiro Espiritual de Yoga y Meditación Imparte: Sara Ixchel Benitez Fechas del 2 al 8 de abril (semana d pascua) Inversión $5,500 (Incluye taller, hospedaje en Hotel “Los Angeles” y desayunos buffet -Sara Ixchel: Hatha Yoga, Yin Yoga, ...

Retiro espiritual en Zipolite,Oax


RETIRO EN ZIPOLITE, OAXACA
Retiro Espiritual de Yoga y Meditación
Imparte: Sara Ixchel Benitez
Fechas del 2 al 8 de abril (semana d pascua)
Inversión $5,500 (Incluye taller, hospedaje en Hotel “Los Angeles” y desayunos buffet
-Sara Ixchel: Hatha Yoga, Yin Yoga, Soul Yoga, Meditacion maya, Meditacion de Fuego, Circulo de Sanacion, Circulo de mujeres, Practicas de Sanacion, Ritual de Purificacion Chamánica
– 2 clases a mediodia de Yoga Restaurativo en centro de Yoga Lomalinda con maestras alemanas.
-Temazcal con Ulises Garcia
Contacto y Apartados: Sara Ixchel 442-2310433
442-5500178
Observaciones:La habitaciones son amplias con aire acondicionado, 4 personas por habitacion en cama individual o matrimonial, parejas favor de cotizar.
Puedes llegar a Huatulco o a Puerto Escondido, los taxis del aeropuerto al hotel para 4 personas estan aprox en $500.
La comida aprox enre $60 y $100
Opcionales: Caminata a Punta Cometa $150. Temazcal Santa Hoja $400. Paseo en lancha $300. Visita manglares $150.

Spiritual Retreat in Zipolite, Oax

REJECTION IN ZIPOLITE, OAXACA 
Spiritual Retreat of Yoga and Meditation 
Imparts: Sara Ixchel Benitez 
Dates from April 2 to 8 (week d easter) 
Investment $ 5,500 (Includes workshop, lodging at Hotel "Los Angeles" and buffet breakfast 
-Sara Ixchel: Hatha Yoga , Yin Yoga, Yoga Soul, maya meditation Fire meditation, healing circle, circle of women, healing practices, Purificacion Shamanic Ritual 
-. 2 classes at noon Restorative Yoga Yoga center Lomalinda with German teachers 
-Temazcal with Ulises Garcia 
Contact and Sections: Sara Ixchel 442-2310433 
442-5500178
Observations: The rooms are spacious with air conditioning, 4 people per room in single or double bed, couples please quote. 
You can get to Huatulco or Puerto Escondido, taxis from the airport to the hotel for 4 people are approximately $ 500. 
The food will cost $ 60 and $ 100 
Optional: Walk to Punta Cometa $ 150. Temazcal Santa Hoja $ 400. Boat trip $ 300. Visit mangroves $ 150.





Cientos de turistas disfrutan de la playa en Zipolite, Oaxaca Oaxaca Digital Durante la Semana Santa y Semana de Pascua, cientos turistas disfrutan del calor y el mar en la playa de Zipolite, Oaxaca.


Cientos de turistas disfrutan de la playa en Zipolite, Oaxaca
Durante la Semana Santa y Semana de Pascua, cientos turistas disfrutan del calor y el mar en la playa de Zipolite, Oaxaca.


Durante la Semana Santa y Semana de Pascua, cientos turistas disfrutan del calor y el mar en la playa de Zipolite, Oaxaca

Una de las más concurridas es Zipolite, ubicada justo entre Huatulco y Puerto Escondido.
“Zipolite es una playa muy tranquila y pues la neta el ambiente está muy padre, pues bueno como se puede ver hay muchas personas que vienen de vacaciones”, explicó Walter German, turista.
“El ambiente aquí en Zipololite es muy relajado, muy divertido, puedes venir a relajarte, a pasarla bien familia, con amigos”, señaló Astrid Alvarado, turista.
Durante las vacaciones de Semana Santa, a Zipolite llegaron miles de personas a pasar los días de descanso en familia o con amigos.
Pero muchos más seguirán llegando a lo largo de la Semana de Pascua.
Es un lugar ideal para relajarse y desconectarse del mundo.
“Es un lugar tranquilo, nadie se mete con nadie, pues está bien ¿no? está a gusto”, aseguró Shanty, turista.
“Tenemos turismo de todas las partes de la república, así como de la región, también contamos con extranjeros, mucho extranjero que corre del frío ahorita están aquí en Zipolite y pues la verdad que bueno, hay una afluencia turística muy buena”, detalló Reginaldo del Ángel García, capitán de Salvavidas en Zipolite.
Zipolite es considerado un destino ecoturístico, porque no tiene grandes desarrollos hoteleros, pero sí pequeños complejos turísticos con todas las comodidades y servicios, para recibir a visitantes de cualquier parte del mundo.
Televisa News




Land in Zipolite , Oaxaca, Mexico Live ads By change of residence, land is finished at the foot of the road, entrance to Zipolite by Puerto Angel. 30 meters from the Universidad del Mar and the ...


Land in Zipolite , Oaxaca, Mexico
By change of residence, land is finished at the foot of the road, entrance to Zipolite by Puerto Angel. 30 meters from the Universidad del Mar and the ...




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Ocean Radio Chilled "Midnight Silhouettes" 4-8-18 by EYE

Ocean Radio Chilled "Midnight Silhouettes" 4-8-18

by EYE



Sorry for the delay in the recent uploads as a well deserved holiday was needed. Please enjoy one of Mixclouds best in Chill/Ambient/Mood music 2015/2016/2017... Please feel free to comment, re post or add to one of your favorite playlists and subscribe :-))) Thanks for listening !!!
Tune in to Ocean Radio Chilled Tues 21:00 UK GMT for "Midnight Silhouettes" and take a wonderful musical journey. www.oceanradiochilled.com 
Tracklist :
1. Offthesky & Pleq - Witch Season
2. Infinite Coil - Soar One 2:30
3. Tonepoet - Headspace 8:56
4. Billow Observatory - Ambros 15:34
5. Infinite Coil - Soar Two 21:31
6. Mathias Grassow - Evoking The Stillness 29:09
7. Mika Vainio - Heijastuva 46:36
8. Offthesky & Pleq - Delicate Exit 53:51

Ocean Radio Chilled "Midnight Silhouettes" 4-15-18 by EYE

Ocean Radio Chilled "Midnight Silhouettes" 4-15-18

by EYE
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We missed you !! Our much needed holiday was a pleasant one !!! Please enjoy one of Mixclouds best in Chill/Ambient/Mood music 2015/2016/2017... Please feel free to comment, re post or add to one of your favorite playlists and subscribe :-))) Thanks for listening !!!
Tune in to Ocean Radio Chilled Tues 21:00 UK GMT for "Midnight Silhouettes" and take a wonderful musical journey. www.oceanradiochilled.com 
Tracklist:
1. Woodmood - I'm In The Woods Alone Now
2. Sense - MK Symphony 2:34
3. Mike Vickerage - Aqua 6:48
4. Starlight - Quiet Friend 15:07
5. Atmosphare - Exhilarating Life 21:45
6. Michael Stearns - In The Beginning 26:08
7. Aeon - Momentarily Summer 31:18
8. Carbon Based Lifeforms - World Of Sleepers (Extended Ambient Version) 36:54
9. Diatonis - Aurora 44:42
10. Solar Fields - Kate 53:04

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Solstice Yoga Center Nº 1 de 3 atividades em: San Agustinillo 17 avaliações Cabañas Las 3 Marías, San Agustinillo México 14,8 km de Yiimtii Eco Retreat Center

Nº 1 de 3 atividades em: San Agustinillo
Cabañas Las 3 Marías, San Agustinillo México
14,8 km de Yiimtii Eco Retreat Center


Ron's Place in Zipolite Nº 2 de 3 atividades em: Zipolite 31 avaliações Av. Roca Blanca 1, Zipolite 70904 México 11,6 km de Yiimtii Eco Retreat Center

Nº 2 de 3 atividades em: Zipolite
Av. Roca Blanca 1, Zipolite 70904 México
11,6 km de Yiimtii Eco Retreat Center


Ola Verde Expediciones Nº 3 de 11 atividades em: Mazunte 78 avaliações Calle el Rinconcito, Mazunte 70949 México 15,1 km de Yiimtii Eco Retreat Center

Nº 3 de 11 atividades em: Mazunte
Calle el Rinconcito, Mazunte 70949 México
15,1 km de Yiimtii Eco Retreat Center


Punta Cometa Nº 1 de 11 atividades em: Mazunte 430 avaliações Mazunte México 15,4 km de Yiimtii Eco Retreat Center



Nº 1 de 11 atividades em: Mazunte
Mazunte México
15,4 km de Yiimtii Eco Retreat Center

Monday, May 14, 2018

INSTALL SIGNS IN ZIPOLITE , OAXACA Ecooss Diary San Pedro Pochutla, Oax.- To support the passers-by who visit the tourist destinations of San Pedro Pochutla; Zipolite Civil Protection and Lifeguard elements installed on the beaches various signage. As part of a program organized between firefighters, lifeguards in coordination with ...


INSTALL SIGNS IN ZIPOLITE , OAXACA
San Pedro Pochutla, Oax.- To support the passers-by who visit the tourist destinations of San Pedro Pochutla; Zipolite Civil Protection and Lifeguard elements installed on the beaches various signage. As part of a program organized between firefighters, lifeguards in coordination with ...




INSTALAN SEÑALÉTICAS EN ZIPOLITE, OAXACA


San Pedro Pochutla, Oax.- Para apoyar a los paseantes que visitan los destinos turísticos de San Pedro Pochutla; elementos de Protección Civil y Salvavidas de Zipolite instalan en las playas diversas señaléticas.Como parte de un programa organizado entre bomberos, salvavidas en coordinación con Protección Civil Municipal, en las playas de San Pedro Pochutla se están colocando señaléticas, tanto informativas como preventivas.
Debido a algunos acontecimientos recientes en la que un turista se cayera de un acantilado y por los golpes recibidos perdió la vida; además de formar parte de un programa de seguridad; las corporaciones de rescate realizan la señalización.
Lo anterior para resguardar la vida de los paseantes y hacer conciencia entre los habitantes y visitantes ya sean de nacionalidad mexicana o extranjera.
Seguridad y prevención es responsabilidad de todos
Entre los participantes y conocedores del lugar; salvavidas del grupo Delfines de Zipolite de manera activa ubicaron las señaléticas, asimismo, hacen hincapié sobre la “seguridad y prevención es responsabilidad de todos”.
Al respeto, José Luna Nery, director de Protección Civil Municipal comentó que “estamos restableciendo señales restrictivas e informativas de acuerdo a los lugares, en peñascos, para no tirar basura en la playa, restricciones para los perros; códigos de banderas, la roja, la amarilla”, informó.
Por su parte, Reginaldo del Ángel, capitán de Salvavidas del grupo Delfines reconoció “el trabajo importante para la comunidad, ya que es un destino turístico a nivel mundial y con esto se evita accidentes en las rocas; el código de banderas, respetar el señalamiento, prohibido nadar, el señalamiento de las heces fecales de las mascotas y otros como el no tirar basura para mantener una playa limpia y todo esto le va a dar una mejor imagen a Zipolite”, comentó.
Señalización, programa de prevención
La señalización en las playas forma parte del proyecto de señalización de prevención de Tzunamis en Zipolite y Puerto Ángel; hace unos meses, junto con prestadores de servicios y corporaciones de emergencias y rescate; Protección Civil presentó dicho programa para estar prevenidos en caso de Tsunamis en la Costa.
Ya se hicieron recorridos y se identificaron lugares de la franja costera que son susceptibles a tsunamis de origen local.
El proyecto abarca información, identificación de zonas y los quehaceres a realizar en las poblaciones.
Prevención al peligro; lee las recomendaciones
En la zona de playas y peñasco es para reforzar las medidas de prevención, se colocaron banderines y señaléticas que informan a turistas y lugareños qué hacer en caso de que el oleaje se intensifique y para no meterse a nadar.
Cabe señalar que la señalética preventiva en Zipolite y otros lugares fue donada por el gobierno municipal y su colocación fue realizada por personal de Protección Civil y salvavidas.
Protección Civil Municipal y Salvavidas piden a los paseantes hacer caso a las señaléticas dispuestas en la demarcación de cada uno de los centros vacacionales ya que hacer caso omiso es la principal causa de emergencias ocurridas en las playas.
“Es importante, que si se acude a las playas o a cualquier otro lugar que no conocemos, se debe tomar en cuenta las recomendaciones, tómese unos minutos para leer las indicaciones colocadas en cada uno de los anuncios para evitar accidentes”.
“Cada una de las señaléticas y banderas muestran las zonas de riesgo, sobre todo si es pertinente nadar”, comentaron.
Las banderas en las playas
Bandera Verde: acceso libre a la playa, tomando precausiones debidas.
Bandera amarilla: puedes entrar tomando precausiones mayores.
Bandera roja: prohibido entrar a la playa.