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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

Tuesday, April 10, 2012

Tag Archives: Huatulco


Tag Archives: Huatulco
Highway 200 – Reducing Travel Time & Increasing Tourism

Highway 200 – Reducing Travel Time & Increasing Tourism

Work continues on Highway 200 from Huatulco to Puerto Escondido and includes straightening and twinning the highway, as well as building 30 connecting roads, several bypasses, 78 bridges, 42 underpasses and three tunnels. Work is being completed at an aggressive pace, East from Puerto Escondido, West from Huatulco and South from Oaxaca City.    We [...]
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Easter in Mexico – Celebrating along the Oaxaca Coast

Easter in Mexico – Celebrating along the Oaxaca Coast

All along the Oaxaca coast, from Puerto Escondido to Puerto Angel, many families take time off to enjoy the beautiful beaches and celebrate the Holy Week of Easter.  Families travel far distances to visit Puerto Angel to Puerto Escondido, spending time with family, attending church and enjoying the beautiful beaches and attractions. Holy Week or “Semana [...]
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My Mexico Adventure

My Mexico Adventure

After 10 days of driving from Calgary to the State of Oaxaca we reached our destination to our home in Puerto Angel, a small fishing village only 40 minutes from Huatulco airport. After over 4 months of living here there are 3 things I know for sure: 1. Even though we don’t speak the same [...]
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Air Mexicana To Fly Again

Air Mexicana To Fly Again

Mexicana airline, once Mexico’s leading carrier, said on February 24, 2012 that it expects to fly again in April after being grounded in bankruptcy for the past 18 months. A bankruptcy judge gave the green light for Med Atlantica, a private company, to invest $300 million in the airline and it’s operations. They plan on starting [...]
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Monday, April 9, 2012

At the Hotel


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    el cuarto de baño
    the bathroom

    la cama
    the bed

    la pensión
    the boarding house

    el cuarto doble
    the double room

    el ascensor
    the elevator

    la llave
    the key

    la entrada
    the lobby

    el/la gerente
    the manager

    servicio de cuarto
    room service

    la ducha
    the shower

    el portero
    the porter

    el botones
    the bellhop

    el huésped
    the guest

    el balcón
    the balcony

    con aire acondicionado
    air-conditioned

    la bañera
    the bathtub

    la cuenta
    the bill

    el recibo
    the receipt

    el desayuno
    the breakfast

    la cena
    the dinner

    el almuerzo
    the lunch

    cuarto con desayuno
    bed and breakfast

    la cama matrimonial
    the double bed

    pensión completa
    full board

    media pensión
    half board
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San Agustinillo


San Agustinillo

A number of lodgings sprinkle the San Agustinillobeachfront and view hillside above the road. Here, you can enjoy it all: Mexican beach village ambience, stores and small restaurants nearby, and hammock-hung verandas with gorgeous views of the foaming San Agustinillo surf and hundreds of yards of golden sand to wander upon.

$25–50

One of the most popular options, where you can walk out your door right onto the sand, is Mexico Lindo(fafinyleila@latinmail.com, no phone, $50 d) hotel and restaurant. Italian-born owner-manager Fausto offers five spacious individually decoratedcabañas in two stories, with soft beds and private shower-baths. Amenities include fans and Fausto’s good (but sometimes noisy) restaurant next door.
Nearby, removed two long blocks along a signed uphill driveway, find Casazul (tel. 958/587-4627,casazulplus@hotmail.com,www.casazulposada.com, $35–55), the lovely life-project of friendly owner Yolanda Quintana. Her hillside-perched stucco-and-tile, art-decorated complex offers four guest lodgings. They include two deluxe kitchenette studio apartments (“casitas”), each with two double beds and private baths, sharing a hammock-hung gorgeous-view-veranda, for $55 d; one rustic palm-thatched bungalow-in-the-round casita with a queen-sized bed, small refrigerator, and private bath for $35 d; and one “relaxation-room” casita, with small sauna, two double beds and private view veranda for $35 d. Extras include breakfast service at additional cost, mosquito nets, and a small but lovely blue lap pool.

Over $50

If, however, you prefer the beach, consider rustic-chic Posada La Termita(www.posadalatermita.com, $75 d) back downhill, right on the dazzlingSan Agustinillo beachfront. Italian-born owner Isabel Bresci offers four deluxe cabañas, with choice of one king-sized, two double, or two single beds, with private hot-water shower-bath, fan, and mosquito net. Reservations can be made through the website.
 Casa Pan de Miel (about a third of a mile west of San Agustinillo village, tel. 958/589-5844, casapandemiel@yahoo.com.mx,www.casapandemiel.com, $95 d, $130 q), the lifelong dream-come-true of French-born co-owner Anne Gillete, perches on its airy hilltop above the blue Pacific. Only superlatives can describe the architecturally designed amenities: spacious veranda breakfast restaurant, a blue designer pool, soft couches and chairs for sitting inside, lounge chairs and umbrellas by the pool, and panoramic ocean views east, toward San Agustinillo; south, out to sea; and west toward Mazunte’s gracefully curving strand. Guests enjoy four spacious, comfortable, and artfully decorated deluxe rooms, with private view porches, hot water bathrooms, fans, a/c, and credit cards accepted, but no children under 12, please.
Innovative Posada Rancho Cerro Largo(ranchocerrolargomx@yahoo.com.mx, $80 s, $95 d), half a mile farther west, is the creation of builder Mario Corella, descendant of a longtime Hermosillo, Sonora, hotel family. After knocking around in the hospitality trade for several years, Mario decided to create his own version of utopia. Mario says that he wanted to “be in contact with nature and live among the community with as little impact as possible.” He’s done it, with a reception-restaurant and six rustically charming tile-floored, wood-and-adobe cabañas,furnished with hand-loomed bedspreads and opening to hammock-hung ocean-view verandas.
The entire complex nestles in a summer-green and lovely hillside deciduous forest, linked by a path that meanders, between panoramic ocean viewpoints, to a gorgeously isolated, wave-washed sandy beach below. Rates include dinner and breakfast. Email for reservations (necessary in winter, highly recommended anytime).

Introducing San Agustinillo



Introducing San Agustinillo



The tiny village of San Agustinillo is centered on a small, curved bay, 4km west of Zipolite by road. The waves here are perfect for body-boarding and often good for body-surfing. The swimming is very good as well, but keep away from the rocks. San Agustinillo has generally higher standards of sanitation than its neighbors Zipolite and Mazunte, and its undeniable charms attract an eclectic bunch of fans, including travelers who are seekinh a less ‘sceney’ scene than in the neighboring villages. To walk from Zipolite to San Agustinillo, follow footpaths across the headland behind Shambhala at the west end of Zipolite, then continues along the straight and nearly empty Playa Aragón to San Agustinillo.
Until killing sea turtles was banned in Mexico in 1990, San Agustinillo was the site of a slaughterhouse where some 50, 000 turtles were killed per year for their meat and shells. Tourism has grown up since then to provide an altogether different local income source.
Hotel Malex provides internet access for M$15 per hour from 8:30am to 9pm Monday to Saturday and from 9am to 8pm on Sunday. Un Secreto will do your laundry (M$15 per kg, from 8am to 5pm Monday to Saturday).
Coco Loco Surf Club (www.cocolocosurfclub.com), based at México Lindo, rents surfboards for M$50 per hour or M$150 to M$200 per day, and boogie boards or snorkel gear for M$30 per hour. It also offers surfing classes with qualified French instructor David Chouard (two-hour private class for one/two people M$350/500; two-hour group class per person M$200) and three-beach ‘discovery trips’ combining snorkeling, body boarding and a visit to La Ventanilla for M$280 per person (minimum four people).
Local fishermen will take up to three people out sportfishing for around M$400 per hour, or marine life–spotting to look for turtles, dolphins, manta rays and (between November and April) whales, for around M$150 per person (minimum four people) – ask at your accommodation.
Last updated: Mar 2, 2009


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A busy time in Huatulco with visitors flocking from all over the country and beyond. The Casa de la Cultura has prepared a variety of events for this holiday weekend. The open air theater is located in Santa Cruz across from Ocean Park. All events are FREE.




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