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

Saturday, August 11, 2012

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Zipolite-lovers like to brag that this beach is what Puerto Escondido was 20 years ago, but that mantra doesn't even do justice to Zipolite's singular charm. No longer dismissed as just the home of a nudist beach, the town now boasts delicious international food and creative cocktails served in some of Mexico's most beautiful beachfront settings. When you're not sipping a cocktail or soaking up the sun, you can choose from activities such as yoga or fishing on this idyllic stretch of sand just west of Puerto Angel.
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Take a personal journey into self-renewal when you join Brigitte at the Solstice Yoga Center in the La Loma Linda resort located in the charming beach village of Zipolite on the sun-splashed Pacific Coast of Mexico.
The warm winds, bright sun and the rhythm of the waves encourage relaxation. On the Oaxaca Coast (also known as the Costa Chica) you'll find clean water, golden sands and a place where people still have time.

Whether you're a beginner, an advanced practitioner or simply seeking an overall sense of wellbeing, a Solstice yoga vacation is an adventure available to people of all ages and physical abilities.

Free fun yoga class with Brigitte Longueville

A short movie 'Magic in Zipolite' by Alex Luke.

An impression of the 2010 Teacher Training by Maricarmen Chavez.

"The Teachers Training at Solstice has been a determining experience in my life and in my yoga practice. The strong natural surroundings, Brigitte´s years of experience and the outstanding teachers that gathered together allow personal practice to develop with firmness, deep knowledge and multiple opinions. If I could, I would attend all the trainings at Solstice, it has been one of the happiest times in my life."

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	Lyoban Hostel. Looking for the perfect beach holiday? If you are looking to spend some time on a beautiful beach with a good atmosphere, good people and…+ view more	Hostel	58.1% 6 reviews	6.88 USD	7.64 USD
	Posada Dos Estrellas We are in Mexico, you can find el hotel in Playa Zipolite. In the middle of the beach, it's a nice place to stay in your trip in Mexico.…+ view more	Hostel	Not yet rated		7.64 USD

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Playa Zipolite (see-poh-LEE-tay), a wide, mile-long strand of brilliant golden sand enfolded by headlands and backed by palm groves, is simply stunning. It stretches from the intimate little cove and beach ofPlaya del Amor, tucked on its east side, to towering cactus-festooned sea cliffs rising behind the new-age Shambala retreat on the west end.

Playa Zipolite, although often good for wading and for casual swimming (with care), its surf, usually tranquil in the mornings (but always with significant undertow), can turn thunderous by the afternoon, especially when offshore storms magnify both the swells and the undertow. Experienced surfers love these times, when everyone but experts should stay out.

Zipolite has evolved from a lineup of stick and thatch beachfront cabañas to sturdy concrete (cheap, and mostly scruffy) hotels, most with oceanfront palaparestaurants. Many of these share a new, paved two-block main street-front known locally as theAdoquín (ah-doh-KEEN), along with a procession of home-grown restaurants and small businesses, from grocery and pharmacy to surf shop, laundry, and money exchange.

All of this, a neighborhood known as Colonia Roca Blanca, is now Playa Zipolite’s new town center. Get there, heading west from Puerto Ángel, by turning left after the children’s school.

Good surfing notwithstanding, Zipolite’s renown stems from its status as one of the very few nude beaches in Mexico. Bathing au naturel, practiced nearly entirely by visitors and a few local young men, is tolerated only grudgingly by local people, many of whose livelihoods depend on the nudists. If you’re discreet and take off your clothes at the more isolated west end (behind the big rock), no one will appear to mind (and women will largely avoid voyeuristic attentions of Mexican boys and men).

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Zipolite

The village of Zipolite located some 3 km (1.9 miles) to the west of Puerto Angel, stretches out parallel to a 2.5 km (1.6 miles) sandy beach, (map) and can be reached by taxi, colectivo, pasajera or for the more lively character, on foot! (See transport connections)
Restaurants catering for every taste and lodgings for every man's pocket are available all along the beachfront, although they mostly comprise of simple "cabanas" in the form of palm shacks.

Zipolite in the language of the Zapotec is known as the beach of the dead as it lies on the open sea and is renowned for its strong undertow and constant changing currents.
Any native could report on the many visitors that have left their lives here over the years, which also include athletic type swimmers. It is therefore recommended only to go to those areas that are guarded and marked with flags by voluntary lifeguards. The green flag signifies swimming no problem, yellow, attention, for swimmers only and red, swimming forbidden.
Additional warning signs indicate the dangerous areas.

Since the 70's the hammock and hippie colony is fabled for its nude bathing, the only one of its kind in whole Mexico, and the liberal contact to the drug scene.
From the loudspeakers in the restaurants the sound of the Doors, Bob Marley, Santana, Led Zeppelin and many more still blast out at full volume, as if competing in a vigorous-like struggle against the thunderous rolling of the waves.
At nightfall the two discos huts, Zipolipas and La Puesta vibrate in full swing, while outside on the sand the beating of drums penetrate the air above the light of cheerful crackling wood, as joints generously circulate well into the early hours of the next day. The atmosphere is somewhat calmer in the off season, where a little action can be found on the weekends only.
In Zipolite the abuse of hard drugs is sadly on the increase and to such an extent that one is even liable to be offered cocaine in the toilets of certain establishments. Consequentially criminality escalates due to the permanent rising amount of local youths becoming addicted.

In the last few years a new residential quarter has been developed in Zipolite bearing the same name as the rocky island Roca Blanca just off the village's coast. The white colour of the rock is due to Guano, the excrements from the seabirds that nest there.
In Roca Blanca an absolute building boom has broken out. Ironically no restrictions are imposed on how one should go about doing the job, and as a result everybody ends up creating their own masterpiece!! The beachfront is therefore somewhat grotesque! (See photo above and below)

Piña Palmera

The Rehabilitation center Piña Palmera was founded and set up in 1984 by the American Frank Douglas. He cleared a huge piece of land in order to finance the construction of Bamboo huts equipped with plank-beds and sanitation facilities.
By so doing he took effectual steps in establishing a Home for children with a wide group of disabilities; this includes not only children who are spastic, autistic or lacking certain forms of stimulation necessary for a healthy development, but also children who have been left abandoned.
After his death in 1986, the Center was taken over and further nurtured by Anna Johansson, a native of Sweden. With the support of her husband, Dr. Balbino Cano Perez she continued her struggle against affliction and achieved in obtaining financial support from Mexico City and the state of Oaxaca.
The continued existence of the Institution Piña Palmera is thanks to the dedication of voluntary workers from all over the world who work, not for money, but for food and lodgings only.

You can find more information about Piña Palmera and its projects on theirHomepage in English, Swedish, and French or at the website Auricula Bern in German with the relevant contact addresses.