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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

Wednesday, June 24, 2020

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Earthquake kills six, damages 500 houses in Oaxaca

A 7.5-magnitude earthquake that shook southern and central Mexico on Tuesday left six people dead. More than 30 people were injured in the quake, Mexico's 16th most powerful on record. FULL STORY
RELATED: Earthquake felt in 6 states. FULL STORY
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AMLO confirms Washington meeting with Donald Trump

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Quake kills six, damages 500 houses in Oaxaca; most damage is minor More than 30 people were injured during the earthquake, Mexico's 16th most powerful on record

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One of hundreds of buildings that sustained earthquake damage in Oaxaca. One of hundreds of buildings that sustained damage in Oaxaca.

Quake kills six, damages 500 houses in Oaxaca; most damage is minor

More than 30 people were injured during the earthquake, Mexico's 16th most powerful on record

A 7.5-magnitude earthquake that shook southern and central Mexico on Tuesday morning damaged more than 500 homes in Oaxaca and left six people dead, authorities said.
The Oaxaca government said in a statement that most of the affected homes only sustained minor damage, while Governor Alejandro Murat confirmed the deaths of five men and one woman as a result of the quake, whose epicenter was located 23 kilometers south of La Crucecita, a town in the tourist destination of Huatulco.
More than 30 people were injured during the earthquake, Mexico’s 16th most powerful on record.
Homes and other buildings were damaged in at least 30 municipalities in Oaxaca, the newspaper Reforma reported, including 13 in the Central Valleys region, eight in the Sierra Sur, five on the state’s Pacific coast, three in the Isthmus of Tehuantepec and one in the Mixtec region.
At least 15 hospitals and health care clinics in Oaxaca were damaged as were four schools. Three federal highways, five state highways and a bridge also sustained damage or were affected by landslides.


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A landslide on a highway in the municipality of San Juan Ozolotepec trapped two workers who were subsequently freed and taken to hospital, Murat said.
The governor said Wednesday morning that all of the affected roads are now open to traffic.
Some 50 historical monuments also sustained damage as a result of the earthquake as did structures at the archaeological sites of Mitla, Dainzú, Lambityeco and Yagul.
In Huatulco, the fire hall sustained severe damage but firefighters continued to provide services to the local community on Tuesday.
A fire broke out at the Pemex refinery in the coastal city of Salina Cruz shortly after the quake but was quickly put out. Early reports said that a refinery worker died from burns after the earthquake triggered an explosion but the federal government said later that his death was the result of a fall from a five-meter-high structure.
The Oaxaca government said that 2,300 members of the military were deployed to respond to the earthquake, explaining that they assessed damage and removed rubble, among other tasks.

Earthquake rubble on a street in Oaxaca.
Earthquake rubble on a street in Oaxaca.

The earthquake hit Oaxaca the hardest but was felt in 11 other states: Mexico City, México state, Guerrero, Chiapas, Michoacán, Jalisco, Querétaro, Morelos, Tabasco, Veracruz and Puebla.
Hundreds of aftershocks have been reported since the quake struck at 10:29 a.m. Tuesday including one with a magnitude of 5.5.
The Federal Electricity Commission reported that the earthquake affected the supply of power to more than 2.6 million customers in several states.
While Oaxaca bore the brunt of the quake, damage was also reported in other parts of the country.
In México state, both the General Hospital in Chalco and an IMSS health care facility in Ecatepec sustained minor damage, while water supply to the municipality of Nezahualcóyotl was interrupted.
In Veracruz, the earthquake caused a phosphoric acid spill at an industrial plant in the port city of Coatzacoalcos, the newspaper Milenio reported.
In Mexico City, where the sounding of the seismic alarm sent residents rushing to the street to seek safety in the open air, two people were reportedly injured and 36 buildings sustained minor damage.
Mayor Claudia Sheinbaum said that four Mexico City government buildings were damaged. The worst damage occurred at offices of the water department, where a staircase became detached as a result of the powerful seismic waves that reached the capital from the quake epicenter about 700 kilometers away.
In the northern borough of Gustavo A. Madero, a five-story residential building sustained structural damage, forcing the residents of all 40 apartments to evacuate.
Yesterday’s temblor came almost three years after two powerful earthquakes devastated southern and central Mexico in September 2017.
Mexico is located within two active earthquake zones, making tremors a common occurrence and occasional temblors an unavoidable fact of life.
Source: Milenio (sp), Reforma (sp) 

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Tuesday, June 23, 2020

Tomorrow is another morning,

Is the earth still shaking?

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COME ARRIVARE DA Valle del Messico a Zipolite IN AEREO, TAXI, BUS O MACCHINA


Città del Messico a Zipolite
Coronavirus (COVID-19) consigli di viaggio. Posso viaggiare a livello internazionale in Zipolite?

Ci sono 6 modi per andare da Valle del Messico a Zipolite in aereo, taxi, bus o in macchina

Seleziona un'opzione qui sotto per avere indicazioni dettagliate e confrontare i prezzi del biglietto e i tempi di viaggio nel pianificatore di viaggio di Rome2rio.
OPZIONE CONSIGLIATA

Volo per Huatulco  •  3h 11min

  1. Vola da Mexico City (MEX) a Huatulco (HUX) MEX - HUX
$37 - $100 
OPZIONE PIÙ ECONOMICA

Bus  •  8h 16min

  1. Prendi il bus da Mexico - Moctezuma a San Pedro Pochutla
$32 - $34 
4 OPZIONI ALTERNATIVE

Volo per Puerto Escondido, taxi  •  3h 34min

  1. Vola da Mexico City (MEX) a Puerto Escondido (PXM) MEX - PXM
  2.  
  3. Prendi un taxi da Puerto Escondido a Zipolite
$60 - $151 

Bus via Terminal Central De Autobuses Del Sur  •  15h 33min

  1. Prendi il bus da México Sur Taxqueña a San Pedro Pochutla Tasqueña
$42 - $84 

Taxi  •  9h 6min

  1. Prendi un taxi da Valle del Messico a Zipolite 447.8 miglia
$140 - $180 

In auto  •  9h 6min

  1. Guida da Valle del Messico a Zipolite 447.8 miglia
$60 - $90