Friday, September 7, 2012
Thursday, September 6, 2012
EL MANA: Restaurant Reviews ZICATELA, Puerto Escondido, Mexico
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Big-wave surfer awakes from coma
Big-wave surfer awakes from coma
Source: XINHUA | 2012-9-6 | 
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RIO DE JANEIRO, Sept. 6 (Xinhua) -- Brazilian big-wave surfer Aldemir Calunga has regained consciousness after almost three days in a medically induced coma.
Calunga suffered a cardiorespiratory arrest and deep lacerations to his face on Sunday while surfing in five-meter waves at Puerto Escondido's Zicatela beach on Mexico's Pacific coast.
After being pulled from the surf and resuscitated by lifeguards, the 39-year-old received treatment from local doctors before being transferred to the intensive care unit of a Mexico City hospital.
"He was very emotional and constantly thanking everybody," Calunga's friend Caca Neves said on Wednesday.
"The doctor told us to tell him what had happened and where he was. Tomorrow (Thursday) he will be moved out of intensive care."
Calunga suffered a cardiorespiratory arrest and deep lacerations to his face on Sunday while surfing in five-meter waves at Puerto Escondido's Zicatela beach on Mexico's Pacific coast.
After being pulled from the surf and resuscitated by lifeguards, the 39-year-old received treatment from local doctors before being transferred to the intensive care unit of a Mexico City hospital.
"He was very emotional and constantly thanking everybody," Calunga's friend Caca Neves said on Wednesday.
"The doctor told us to tell him what had happened and where he was. Tomorrow (Thursday) he will be moved out of intensive care."
Wednesday, September 5, 2012
Mexico releases over 200 mn turtle hatchlings Published September 05, 2012 EFE
More than 200 million olive ridley sea turtle hatchlings have been released over the past six years on La Escobilla beach - in the southern Mexican state of Oaxaca - as part of a government conservation program, Environment Secretary Juan Rafael Elvira Quesada said.
The number of olive ridley hatchlings on La Escobilla has increased from less than 200,000 in 1973 to 1.5 million in 2012, an indication that species is making a strong recovery, the federal official said.
The La Escobilla sanctuary is considered the place with the world's highest number of olive ridley hatchlings, and it serves as the nesting spot for 95 percent of all sea turtles of that species that nest in Mexico, Elvira Quesada said.
After conducting a tour of that area to supervise conservation work, Elvira Quesada said that under the administration of outgoing President Felipe Calderon, who took office on Dec. 1, 2006, more than 200 million olive ridley hatchlings have been released, many of which will return to the same beach in three decades to deposit their eggs.
Efforts to protect female turtles and their nests and release hatchlings are carried out under the National Sea Turtle Conservation Program, Elvira Quesada said.
Ten of the nesting beaches are natural protected areas, or ANPs, that hold the category of sanctuary, three of them located inside another ANP such as a biosphere reserve, and 15 of them are included on the Ramsar list of wetlands of international importance.
Mexico's government has spent more than 143 million pesos (nearly $11 million) to support projects that combat threats to sea turtles, as well as to cover the operating costs of mobile camps, equipment and salaries, the environment secretary said.
Other funds support communities that help protect the turtles, including 47.5 million pesos and 23.7 million pesos ($3.6 million and $1.8 million), respectively, allocated through the Temporary Employment and Conservation for Sustainable Development programs.
Turtle egg extraction has been illegal in Mexico since 1927, while a total, permanent ban on the capture and sale of sea turtles and their products throughout Mexico has been in place since 1990.
Read more: http://latino.foxnews.com/latino/news/2012/09/05/mexico-releases-over-200-mn-turtle-hatchlings/#ixzz25fTWo04I
Tuesday, September 4, 2012
Playa Zipolite. Welcome To The Beach Of The Dead!: Mazunte hit hard too by Carlotta THURSDAY, JUNE 2...
Playa Zipolite. Welcome To The Beach Of The Dead!: Mazunte hit hard too by Carlotta THURSDAY, JUNE 2...: THURSDAY, JUNE 28, 2012 Mazunte hit hard too by Carlotta Blog post by Tina Winterlik © 2012 tina_winterlik@yahoo.com http://tin...
Harmony by Tina Winterlik
Harmony from Tina Winterlik on Vimeo.
To Live in Harmony- this film in the Peace & Freedom Category of the Possible Futures Contest. We all want to live in Harmony. We all want Peace & Freedom. So much of the world is in Kaos. What does Peace & Freedom look like. I took my daughter to Mexico, for 5 months, we lived on a VERY modest budget, basically camping, but in a room and yet practically right on the beach. It was fabulous. There was no TV and we rarely used the internet. Our days were full of long walks along the beach, discovering the sea life, beach life, the people, the ocean, the sand, the birds & sky. It was fabulous.
At a time when people were saying "Don't go to Mexico-it's to dangerous" we were living in paradise in many senses of the word. We were living in harmony. We were just surviving yet we were thriving. If more people would educate their children, teach them to experience life like this, then this is what collective peace will look like. If children learn the awe, and respect of nature, if the see the peace and harmony it will be reflected in their own lives. My film is about Peace + Freedom = Harmony That's how I felt when we lived in Zipolite, Oaxaca, Mexic the winters or 2008/9 & 2009/10
Ask yourself, how might this bring about individual or collective peace, and what might that feel and look like?
At a time when people were saying "Don't go to Mexico-it's to dangerous" we were living in paradise in many senses of the word. We were living in harmony. We were just surviving yet we were thriving. If more people would educate their children, teach them to experience life like this, then this is what collective peace will look like. If children learn the awe, and respect of nature, if the see the peace and harmony it will be reflected in their own lives. My film is about Peace + Freedom = Harmony That's how I felt when we lived in Zipolite, Oaxaca, Mexic the winters or 2008/9 & 2009/10
Ask yourself, how might this bring about individual or collective peace, and what might that feel and look like?
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MEXICAN PIPELINE FIRES FOR QUIKSILVER PRO PUERTO ESCONDIDO
PUERTO ESCONDIDO, Oaxaca / Mexico (Wednesday, July 27, 2011) – After three consecutive lay-days, the ASP 4-Star Quiksilver Pro Puerto Escondido roared back to life with firing six-to-eight foot barrels at Playa Zicatela to decide all but two of the event’s Quarterfinalists. With time in the waiting period dwindling rapidly, event organizers opted to run [...]
OPENING DAY OF QUIKSILVER PE PRO GREETED WITH CRISP MEXICAN PIPELINE CONDITIONS
PUERTO ESCONDIDO, Oaxaca / Mexico (Thursday, July 21, 2011) – The opening day of the ASP 4-Star Quiksilver PE Pro saw Playa Zicatela deliver clean, offshore three-to-five foot waves for the first morning of competition to complete the first seven heats of Round 1 before afternoon onshore winds forced the event on hold. Event organizers [...]
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