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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

Friday, November 8, 2013

Top Ten Mexican Slang MAY 20 Posted by TC

Top Ten Mexican Slang

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Now for some Mexican Slang…

Top Ten Mexican Slang

The order of this list has absolutely no meaning other than which words and phrases I think are the most interesting, amusing, common, or unique. Please disagree with me, correct my spelling, or remind me of what I’ve left out.
WARNING: if you are a FRESA (stuck-up person) you might be offended by the use of some very vulgar language, but if you are a NACO (low-class, person with bad taste) you will overuse most of the words on this list.
10. You may have noticed NO HAY BRONCA is the name of my blog. It means “no problem.”
9. ¡A HUEVO! (vulgar) – Do you know what huevo means? It means egg, but HUEVOS are balls. There are many ways to use the word. When my Spanish was still at a pretty basic level I had a student who said HUEVOS DIAS to me – not a very nice thing to say. ¡A HUEVO! means “of course!” – a very useful expression. Another variation is TENGO HUEVA, which means you are feeling lazy.
8. CHELA / CAGUAMA – CHELA means beer, and CAGUAMAS are the big returnable 40 ounce bottles, undoubtedly your best value on the street.
7. ¡ORALE! – Even after over a year in Mexico I still don’t think I can properly describe this word. It can be used for encouragement, like “go for it!” or “right on!” Or it can be use like “let’s do it!” or “let´s go!” It seems to be a second cousin of HIJOLE, which is like ¨wow¨ or “my goodness!”
6. ¿QUE ONDA? – Along with ¿QUE PASO?, ¿QUE TAL?, and the vulgar ¿QUE PEDO?, this is yet another way to say “what’s up?” ONDA literally means waves or, in this case, vibes.
5. PEDO (vulgar) – This word is as versatile as the tortilla, but, unlike the tortilla, very rarely appropriate. As a noun it usually means problem, or more literally, fart. NO HAY PEDO is a substitute for NO HAY BRONCA, no problem. CUAL ES TU PINCHE PEDO means “what’s your fucking problem?” As an adjective it means drunk. ESTOY BIEN PEDO, WEY. “I’m fucking drunk.” A drunken party or a binge is UNA PEDA. You can make great phrases with it too, such as the aforementioned ¿QUE PEDO?
4. CHIDO means cool. If you don’t hear this word 100 times a day, you aren’t off the tourist track yet. On a similar note, PADRE (father) means good or cool while MADRE (mother) usually means bad. No, it doesn’t make sense.
3. ¡NO MANCHES! – The literal meaning is ridiculous, but this is used like “no way!” or “come on!” Look out for ¡NO MAMES!, the vulgar equivalent.
2. CHINGAR (vulgar) – Much like English’s beloved f-word, CHINGAR has a wide range of uses – from describing something positively – CHINGON – to negatively – CHINGADA. Or, if there is a lot of something, traffic for example, you can say HAY UN CHINGO DE TRAFICO. It is also used to express the foulest, rudest, and most aggressive sentiments. This is a truly Mexican word, and to learn the origins and deep thoughts behind it check out The Labyrinth of Solitude by Octavio Paz. For more everyday uses, do a quick Google search.
WEY / GUEY – I don’t really know how to spell it. WEY isn’t as famous as ORALE or versatile as CHINGAR, and it may not even be as common as CHIDO. You might even spend a month here without hearing it. But, once in the proper circles you will hear WEY used as every other word, how teenage American girls use ”like.”
“¡Simon wey, mira wey, chupamos veinte caguamas wey, no mames wey, estabamos bien pedos wey!”
WEY means “dude,” and if you haven’t heard something like the above already, I truly hope that when you do you will recall this example and laugh. SIMON in this case is a slang substitute for “si,” or yes.
HONORABLE MENTION(S): You can add “-on” or “-ona” to any body part to describe someone who has a prominent one. For example:
NARIZ – nose — NARIZON – guy with a big nose
CEJAS – eybrows — CEJON – guy with bushy eyebrows
FRENTE – foreheard – FRENTONA – girl with a big forehead
CULO – ass — CULONA – girl with a big ass, often complimentary (vulgar)
Also, you can do this with professions. “ero” or “era” makes a job title.
OBRA – work — OBRERO – worker
PALOMITA – popcorn — PALOMERO – popcorn seller
CULO – ass — CULERO – “ass seller,” but it is really used the way we use “asshole.”
Click the link for Frijolero, a song that has all this slang

Top Twenty Mexican Slang (Top Ten Mexican Slang Part 2)

Top Twenty Mexican Slang (Top Ten Mexican Slang Part 2)

The most popular post on this blog is Top Ten Mexican Slang. But for sure ten words don´t even scratch the surface of slang here in Mexico.
I hear these words every day. Unlike the original Top Ten Mexican Slang, in this post every word has a PG rating. Maybe PG-13.

Pinche

Pinche could have been in the original top ten. It translates to many words in English, damnfor example, but only when used to describe something.
“¡Pinche coche!” – damn car
“Pinche Juan” – goddamn Juan

Mande

Mande is the Mexican way to ask what or excuse me, when you don’t understand what someone said. It can also be used like tell me.

Neta

Neta can be used in several ways, but often like really? or for real?
“Estoy pedo, pero ya me tengo que ir a la chamba.”
“¿Neta?”

Ahorita

Ahora means now. The “-ita” or “-ito” (female or male) stem is a diminutive, used to show that something is small or cute. So literally ahorita means little now.
Mexicans might tell you that ahorita means right now, but really it means soon or eventually. If you ask a Mexican to do something and they reply with ahorita, then it could happen in five minutes, five hours, or never.
“¿Puedes ayudarme con mi tarea?” “Ahorita.”
“¿Ya vámonos?” “Ahorita.”

Aguas

You probably know that agua means water. But in slang aguas means be careful or look out!
I was told that it comes from when a lady would pour out a bucket of water onto the sidewalk. Is that right?

Cabrón

In places like Guatemala or Honduras, when I tell people that I live in Mexico, I often get “¡Ah, cabrón!¨ in response. That´s how Mexican this word is, that other Latins think of it right away when they think about Mexicans.
It might translate to bastard, but really it´s a word to say to a close friend. A male friend. Likebastardcabrón isn´t appropriate for the family dinner table.
Other words for a male friend are carnal or weyVato is similar, more like dude, used in northern Mexico and by chicanos in the U.S.

Chicano

Chicano is the word for Mexican-Americans.

Tocayo

tocayo is someone with the same name. You can say somos tocayos or just call the person with the same name as you tocayo.

Tope

When you visit Mexico you’ll see speedbumps everywhere. Aguas when you drive over them. They often aren’t marked. Hitting them hard at night makes everyone in the backseat bounce up and slam their heads into the roof of the car.
Speedbumps are called topes, and only in Mexico, I think. In other parts of Latin America and some parts of Mexico they are called something else – tumolo, right?

Camión

camión is a bus. In other parts of Latin America it’s a truck. I told people in Guatemala that I arrived by camión. They looked at me crazy until I figured it out.
The more official word for a bus in Mexico is autobús, not just plain bus.

Chamba

chamba is a job, often a lousy job.
You can say, “Tengo que regresar a mi chamba” or ask, “¿Que chamba tienes?”

Chafa

Chafa describes something cheap or low quality.
“Esta coche es chafa.”

Codo

Codo means elbow, but in slang it means cheap, as in a cheap person. A codo person doesn´t want to flex their elbow, as in pulling out money and putting it on the table.
The “real” word for this is tacano.
“No seas codo” – don’t be cheap.

Chavo/Chava

Continuing with the “ch” words, here are slang words for kids. You can also call kids chamacos. Remember the final “o” is for males and “a” for females.

Córrale / apúrate / tengo prisa

The first two mean hurry up. I don’t know if they´re actually slang, but they are damn common.
Tengo prisa means I’m in a hurry.
parade
My friend and fellow Mexican Spanish aficionado Rodney has a great blog of Mexican slang:http://www.myspanishnotes.blogspot.com/ He also writes this one about bad language:http://pelangoche.blogspot.com/
And he let me write a guest post: Learning Spanish Through Music
I hope this list was helpful. Please write whatever I left out or got wrong in the comments.

Wednesday, November 6, 2013

Posada Y Restaurante Roca Blanca Cuartos con Bano Por Dia Semena Mes WiFi


Bob Marley - Redemption song subtitulado

Festival de Circo de Mazunte Circo consciente con la Comunidad y el Medio Ambiente 22 Febrero - 2 Marzo, 2014


Lado izquierdo--Casa de Emilio, Romelia y sus hijas las bellas Anel y Brianda...Restorant, hospederia y taqueria ... A escasos 3 metros a veces llega en tiempos de marea alta las olas del mar. ///Derecha: Restorant Disco beach Zipolipas Propietaria Sra. Felipa cervantes Fundadora del gremio. — with Ivonne Castillo Oviedo and Mar Cervantes Navarro at google heart.


Lado izquierdo--Casa de Emilio, Romelia y sus hijas las bellas Anel y Brianda...Restorant, hospederia y taqueria ... A escasos 3 metros a veces llega en tiempos de marea alta las olas del mar. ///Derecha: Restorant Disco beach Zipolipas Propietaria Sra. Felipa cervantes Fundadora del gremio.
 — with Ivonne Castillo Oviedo and Mar Cervantes Navarro at google heart.


White Party! Aniversario 4, Noviembre 22, 2013





Posima Huatulco

Paride Saraceni - Blow Up (Original Mix)

Paride Saraceni - Me Vs Myself (Original Mix) -

Thali Comda Hindu Budas Belly


Tuesday, November 5, 2013

Sunday Jazz at Dan’s Café Deluxe Posted on November 3, 2013

Viva Veracruz & Viva Puerto Escondido

Musings from and about living in Mexico





Sunday Jazz at
Dan’s Café Deluxe


Dan stopped at our table, “Is the music too loud?” This question poised to the Gringo that makes all the noise! Of course I assured him the sound level was just fine.
“I asked the trumpet player to use one of those…what do you call it…?” He said.
“It is called a mute, Dan”
“Yea one of those. A mute.”
The trumpeter was playing a solo with a mute. Of course various mute types lower the volume and alter the timbre. It was fine, better, without as far as we were concerned.
Dan went about his business of moving chairs, seating as many as possible and engaging in small talk with  several tables of guests he knows as regulars, or not.
Dan (in blue) Holds Court
We have waited too long to write about Dan’s Café Deluxe; but we were waiting to actually get together with Dan and get some more personal details. And we will do that soon. But here is what we know so far:
We have known Dan for several years. Know him for instance to stop in Super Che, the local grocery, and chat for a bit kind of know him. Dan and I have touched on 60’s Rock N’ Roll – we being comrades of that period. It think Dan might have been at Woodstock (of course who wasn’t?).
Yes, There is Always Ping Pong if You Do Not Love Jazz
Dan is a foreign fixture here in Puerto. He had started the very popular Cafecito Restaurant with his then wife many years ago. She got the restaurants (there are two). Dan moved on and started the Deluxe along with constructing lovely vacation rental units. Apartment style rentals mostly for short term.
Dan is laid-back. Puerto suits him to a “T”. He never wanted Puerto to be Cancun like so many wanted Huatulco to be. But the man has a flare for detail and first world dining and renting. The food is consistently good and very reasonably priced.
We have breakfast at the Deluxe often. Today’s fare: fried eggs, potatoes, wheat toast and fruit (papya, watermelon, cantaloupe and pineapple). Nicely done and plenty to eat for 35 pesos ($2.75 usd). For another 80 cents they toss in tocino (bacon) for you non-vegetarians. All good and tasty – consistently.
Live Jazz on a Sunday morning in a grand setting for cheaper than the cost of an Egg McMuffin – wow! After breakfast a walk along the beach and a dash home as it started raining! Remarkable already four raining’s in 14 days. In the previous five years we had not had that much rain in between September to April.
We arrived in La Punta and picked up our recent housekeeper helper, Anna, who was walking in our direction. She reported there had been no rain in La Punta.  It works like that around here.
So the sun is out and so is one of our Iguanas. I just cannot resist taking photos of these amazing creatures.
A good and restful Sunday in Puerto Escondido.  If you are here or plan to be here do not miss the opportunity to eat at Dan’s and to be entertained with some smooth Jazz on Sundays. Viva Puerto Escondido.  Stay Tuned!

Puerto Escondido Zona Hueca

Propuesta de Matrimonio a Jackie - Zipolite, Oaxaca 2013

Huatulco el fandango de los muertos

Don Karp's 70h! Wednesday, November 6, 8pm, Livelula


Playa Zipolite. Welcome To The Beach Of The Dead!: CARNAVAL DE ZIPOLITE 2012

CARNAVAL DE ZIPOLITE 2012: Published on   Nov 13, 2012   by   TVROCKANDROAD ROCK AND ROAD TV SALE DE GIRA AL CARNAVAL DE ZIPOLITE OAXACA DONDE SE PRESENTARON BANDAS...

Guns N' Roses-Sweet child o' mine (subtitulada)

Ramones-Don't come close

Led Zeppelin-Stairway to heaven (subtitulada)

Laid-back beach a ‘throwback to the ’60s’ BY JODY KURASH, THE ASSOCIATED PRESS NOVEMBER 4, 2013

Laid-back beach a ‘throwback to the ’60s’

Laid-back beach a ‘throwback to the ’60s’

This Jan. 6, 2013 photo shows visitors bathing in the surf along the beach in Zipolite, Mexico. A sleepy town with one main street and no ATMs, Zipolite is one many tiny coastal pueblos that dot the Pacific in Mexico’s Southern state of Oaxaca.

Photograph by: Jody Kurash , AP

ZIPOLITE, Mexico — “You’re going to like it here in Zipolite,” Daniel Weiner, the owner of Brisa Marina hotel said with a wry smile as he handed me the keys to my quarters. “You’re not going to want to leave in five days.”
A few lazy days later, I began to realize why so many guests rent their rooms by the month. Whether it’s the laid-back vibe or the tranquil setting, Zipolite has a way of making people stay longer than expected.
A sleepy town with one main street and no ATMs, Zipolite (pronounced ZEE-poe-LEE-tay) is one of many tiny coastal pueblos that dot the Pacific in Mexico’s Southern state of Oaxaca. Stretching from Puerto Escondido to Huatulco, the region is sometimes called the Oaxaca Riviera.
The hippie crowd discovered Zipolite in the 1960s and since then it has slowly evolved into an offbeat tourist spot popular with a certain type of visitor. Its pristine beach stretches two kilometres between two high cliffs at either end, and the crowd is fairly evenly split between middle-class Mexicans and freewheeling liberals from across the globe. Old hippies, young adventure-seekers, and locals all mingle with a flower-child type harmony.
It feels light years away from the areas of Mexico that tourists now avoid due to drug violence. Not only has the U.S. State Department spared Oaxaca from its travel warnings about Mexico, but Zipolite in particular seems lost in time, a place where visitors think nothing of leaving their belongings unattended on the beach and backpackers sleep in hammocks strung along the coast.
Zipolite also has a few claims to fame. The climactic beach scenes in the Mexican blockbuster movie “Y Tu Mama Tambien,” were filmed here. And it’s gained notoriety as one of Mexico’s few nude beaches, although the majority of sunbathers remain clothed. (Farther east, past an outcropping of rocks is the cove known as “Playa de Amor” where nudity is more openly practised.)
Mike Bolli, a retiree from Vancouver, says he has been visiting the area for the last 10 years without “accident, issue or injury.”
“I have only ever met the nicest and friendliest eclectic mix of locals and visitors — it’s a great throwback to the ‘60s,” Bolli said. “So it’s all good and safe from my viewpoint.”
Zipolite has no highrise hotels. Many of the beachfront structures are thatched-roof palapas, umbrella-shaped huts with no walls. Brisa Marina itself started off as a wooden structure with a palm roof, but after a major fire in 2001 that destroyed 23 buildings, Weiner rebuilt it with cement.
Visitors expecting a party-all-night Cancún-like atmosphere with fishbowl-sized margaritas and waitresses in bikinis passing out shots of tequila will be disappointed. There is a nightlife here, but it’s nothing like that. Instead, folks gather on the beach in an end-of-day ritual to watch the brilliant sunsets.
Many restaurants and bars offer live music and entertainment. And the only paved road in town turns into a carnivallike scene at night, with artists and jewelry makers selling their wares, while musicians, jugglers and fire dancers perform for tips in the street.
“Zipolite after six is awesome,” Bolli said, “with all the dreadlocked kids hoping to sell their creations along with a great choice of different restaurants. It’s not overcrowded but you can find a crowd if you want.”
Some of the most interesting diversions can be found at Posada Mexico, an oceanfront restaurant. One night I watched a Cirque du Soleil-like acrobatic performance and another night I rocked out to Cainn Cruz, an amazing child guitar prodigy who brought the house down with his covers of Pink Floyd, Led Zeppelin and AC/DC.
Adding to the groovy ambience is Shambhala, a spiritual retreat perched high on a hill in a bucolic setting. Tourists are welcome to hike up the resort’s stair pathway where a meditation point sits atop a cliff overlooking the Pacific. Shambhala advertises the “Loma de Meditacion” as a sacred location where visitors may experience a higher consciousness and oneness with nature. The centre rents rustic cabins and hosts visiting artists and healers.
The name Zipolite is said to derive from indigenous languages. Some sources say it means “bumpy place,” a reference to the local hills, and other sources translate it as “beach of the dead,” a reference to strong ocean currents. The beach has volunteer lifeguards and areas with dangerous currents are marked with red flags.
Weiner, who has a deep tan, a working uniform of board shorts and flip-flops, and a crusty, carefree sense of humour, splits his time between California and Zipolite. He’s owned his hotel since 1997 and estimates that about 50 per cent of his guests are repeat customers.
“This gets us through swine flu times, protests, drug war scares, etc.,” he said. “People come back knowing we are OK, and they tell their friends too.”
And sometimes they have a hard time leaving. As Weiner predicted, after a few days in Zipolite, I called the airline to change my flight. I had to stay another week.