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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, December 17, 2013

Brian Legg ¡Último Micro Abierto de 2013!!! (como quitaremos el Día de Navidad) Veremos allí. Last Open-Mic of 2013!! (as we will be taking Christmas Day off) See y'all there.

¡Último Micro Abierto de 2013!!! (como quitaremos el Día de Navidad)
Veremos allí.

Last Open-Mic of 2013!! (as we will be taking Christmas Day off)
See y'all there.



TC commented on Hike to a Lake in the Crater of a Volcano in Guatemala. in response to Ivan: After last months visit to Iquitos, Machu Picchu and the Uros Floating Islands …. maybe here is my adventure for March or April 2014. Great writings, sir! Sincerely, Ivan needs to go to Zipolite. :) Thanks Ivan. Zipolite is great too…

in response to Ivan:
After last months visit to Iquitos, Machu Picchu and the Uros Floating Islands …. maybe here is my adventure for March or April 2014. Great writings, sir! Sincerely, Ivan needs to go to Zipolite. :)
Thanks Ivan. Zipolite is great too…

Christmas, Zipolite. Zipolite, Christmas



Jack Benny Show Trimming Christmas Tree 1944

Hike to a Lake in the Crater of a Volcano in Guatemala DEC 17

Hike to a Lake in the Crater of a Volcano in Guatemala

Thanks to Immersion Travel for publishing my article Chicabal Lake Volcano: Grassroots Ecology in Guatemala.
Wailing voices echo across the lake to where I sit on a bench, breaking open rambutans, small fruit the size of golf balls with hairy red peels. Three women bow down at the shore as they sing and pray, wearing the multicolored, woven dresses of Guatemalan Mayans. A man in jeans sits behind them and two small children quietly play. From about 50 yards away, I’m close enough to see, but I hope not close enough to be intrusive.
Click here for the rest of the story.
A

Rainbow Vision Gathering / Encuentro Visiones Arco Iris – Mazunte, Oaxaca, Mexico – Jan 1 to Jan 30 2014 Dec 13 by thealternativenow

http://thealternativenow.wordpress.com/2013/12/13/rainbow-vision-gathering-encuentro-visiones-arco-iris-mazunte-oaxaca-mexico-jan-1-to-jan-30-2014/


Rainbow Vision Gathering / Encuentro Visiones Arco Iris – Mazunte, Oaxaca, Mexico – Jan 1 to Jan 30 2014

 
invitation
[Alguien por favor agregue una traducción española en un comentario de abajo! Gracias!]
Welcome home to Jonas’ land near Mazunte!
This is an open invitation to a gathering of family, just like any rainbow gathering, but with a focus on activating Jonas’ land and projects and the RCL Scouting Mission in the mountains of Oaxaca. The caravan from California to Costa Rica will pass through the land for full moon December 17 to initiate the scouting and the seed camp for the gathering, which will go from new moon to new moon in January. As this gathering takes place on Jonas’ private land there is an opportunity to create permanent structures and other projects that won’t be torn down at the end of the gathering. Jonas’ visions for his land extend far beyond his personal interests.
How to get there:
From Mazunte go in the direction of Ventanilla, follow a sign on the right to Nido de las Aguilas, et voila!
See map below.
Please do not spread this message publicly on Facebook, especially not the map.
Welcome home! See you there!
Martin
PS! Having received a legal review by a professional of our legal requirements in our RCL DCI V2, it seems obvious that we need to make some changes to the DCI in order to help Costa Rica set up the first RCL Organization. I would like to call a circle at some point after full moon January at this gathering to focus on that.
map


Jack Benny Show Christmas Frank Sinatra 1944

Monday, December 16, 2013

5 Ways To Document Your Travels To Make The Memories Last by paradise

5 Ways To Document Your Travels To Make The Memories Last

by paradise

Whenever I travel, I have eye-opening experiences and usually learn something deeper about myself along the way.  However, there is so much that happens when I travel that it can be easy to forget some of the things that I saw or some of the reflections that I've had on life.  I learned early on that it's important to document your travels, so you can remember later all that you've done.  Plus, documenting your travels is a great way to let friends and family know what you are up to.  Here are my five favorite ways to document your travels:

1.  Buy A Journal

I think a travel journal is a necessity to have when traveling.  Many times I have new revelations when on crowded buses and boats and can't exactly take my laptop out to start writing.  Plus, even though I have a travel blog, I like to have a journal for my own personal thoughts that I may not necessarily be sharing with the world.  Make sure to write the names of the tourist attractions that you visit as everything can become a blur, and it can be easy to forget the exact name of that awesome food market or temple that you visited.   Memo Etc. has a nice choice of travel journals to choose from if you are looking for one.

2.  Document Your Travels on Pinterest

Pinterest now has an amazing mapping feature that lets you show where the pictures you took are located on a map.  This will make it easy for your friends to follow along and see where you are when you travel.  This is also a fun and interactive way for you to document your travels as you journey from place to place.

3.  Start A Travel Blog

You don't have to set up your own website to start a travel blog.  You can easily set up your own blog on WordPressor Blogger.  People love armchair traveling and reading about other people's travel experiences.  It will also give you a detailed record to go back and read after your travel's are over.  It's amazing how much I will forget about my travels. Being able to go back and read about them has been a great way to keep those memories alive.

4.  Tweet About It

Using Twitter is a great way to document your travels.  You can use hashtags to let people know where you are.  It's also a great way to meet other travelers, as people in the area where you are will start responding to you.  Some good travel hashtags are #travel, #ttot, #rtw, #backpacking and #lp.

strange juice menu document your travels
Photo by Christopher/Flickr CC

5.  Collect Food Menus 

I am a huge foodie and pretty much plan my travels around where I will eat.  I love collecting food menus as a way to remember some of the best meals that I've had.  Plus, the translation on these menus in other countries can be hilarious. I love to use these menus to recreate some of my favorite dishes that I had for my friends when I return from a trip, too.  This is a great way to apologize for subjecting your friends to all of those gorgeous beach photos while they were stuck in their office cubicles.

How do you document your travels? Leave a comment and let me know below!

Pedro ChavezZipolite December 14

December 14 

MOTOFEST HUATULCO

Sunday, December 15, 2013

Fiesta Psycodelica H2O, 29/30/31 Diciembre 2013


7 Air Passenger Rights You Might Not Know About


7 Air Passenger Rights You Might Not Know About

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7 Air Passenger Rights You Might Not Know About

Posted by Ed Perkins on Friday, September 27, 2013

When something goes wrong on a trip, the first question many flyers ask is, "What are my rights?" The short answer is fairly simple: The U.S. and the European Economic Community (EEC) have established some very specific rights for air travelers. In addition, contracts of carriage between passengers and carriers establish some promised rights, but those heavily one-sided contracts seldom call for any specific compensation or enforcement teeth in the event the carrier fails to meet its "promises." Either way, it's important for passengers to know their rights when faced with air-travel snafus, from delayed flights to overbooked planes. The following is a primer on basic air-passenger rights in the U.S. and Europe.

Honest Fares in Europe and the U.S.
When booking a flight, the price you see is the price you pay—that's the law. The EEC and the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) require airlines to display the full cost of an air ticket, including all mandatory airline charges, governmental taxes, and user fees, in online postings and other advertising. Travel providers, from online travel agencies (OTAs) to airline websites, must clearly display full prices or face penalties.

U.S. Air-Passenger Rights: Bumping
The DOT mandates certain air-travel rights, including passenger rights in cases of involuntary bumping, by requiring airlines to cover them in their contracts. (Check the DOT's FAQ sheetfor full particulars.)
When an airline bumps you involuntarily due to overbooking, it may owe you compensation—unless the airline can get you to your destination within one hour of your scheduled arrival, in which case it owes you no compensation.
If your airline can get you to your destination between one and two hours of your scheduled arrival on a domestic flight, or between one and four hours on an international trip, it owes you compensation of 200 percent of the one-way fare to your destination, up to $650. If the airline can't make these time requirements, it owes you 400 percent of the fare, up to $1,300. If your airline elects to arrange alternate transportation on another airline, it must cover all of the expenses and extras that the new airline might assess.
In any case, you get to keep your original ticket, which you can use for a subsequent trip or have refunded. DOT adjusts compensation values for inflation every two years.
As a practical matter, only about 10 percent of overbooked travelers get involuntarily bumped. Instead, most accept airlines' offers of confirmed seats on later flights, plus vouchers for up to several hundred dollars toward future tickets and cash for meals. These rules also apply to "zero fare" tickets, most notably frequent-flyer awards, with monetary amounts based on the prices of similar tickets. They apply to all domestic flights and international flights departing from the U.S. but not to inbound international flights. And travelers must have confirmed reservations on scheduled flights and meet the airline's check-in and gate-arrival deadlines.
Involuntary-denied-boarding rules do not apply to flights on planes with fewer than 30 passengers (this is not a serious flaw, as almost all regional airlines now use larger planes). And, most importantly, these rules do not apply when an airline bumps a traveler for any reason other than overbooking—for example, as a result of a switch to a smaller plane, for weight-and-balance issues on planes that seat 30 to 60 passengers, or if a flight is delayed or canceled.

U.S. Air-Passenger Rights: Delays and Cancellations
If, for any reason, your flight is canceled, substantially delayed, or rescheduled, you have the right to reroute at no extra cost or to receive a full refund, even on a nonrefundable ticket. Airline policies vary, however, about what constitutes a "substantial" delay or schedule change.
Federal rules require that domestic airlines and foreign carriers flying into the U.S. file "Customer Service Plans," which describe what the airline promises to do in the case of a long list of circumstances, including delays, cancellations, and diversion events, among others. (For the most part, these commitments are restatements, in plain language, of the more detailed legalese of each airline's official contract of carriage.) Contracts and service plans generally call for meal vouchers when a delay extends over a normal meal time and for hotel accommodations in the event of an overnight delay. But implementation varies by airline.
In the event of a delay, a few airlines say that they will transfer you to another airline if that carrier can get you to your destination earlier than your original flight. A few others say they "may" transfer you, but the decision is theirs, and still other airlines only offer a seat on their own next-available flight. Neither customer-service plans nor contracts of carriage call for specific compensation when an airline fails to meet its commitment. See our Ultimate Guide to Airline Contracts of Carriage for details.

U.S. Air-Passenger Rights: Tarmac Delays
During a lengthy tarmac delay in the U.S. (upon either arrival or departure), the DOT mandates that an airline may not keep you on a plane for more than three hours (on a domestic flight) or four hours (on an international flight) without allowing you to get off if you wish, subject to security and safety considerations. Each airline is also obligated to provide food and water after two hours of delay, provide updates to passengers every 30 minutes, and assure that airplane lavatories are operable.
When an airline violates the tarmac rules, you receive no compensation. Instead, the DOT fines the airline.

Europe Air-Passenger Rights: Bumping and Overbooking
The EEC's Regulation EC261 establishes passenger rights similar to—and generally exceeding—U.S. DOT requirements. The current rules apply when you board a flight on either a scheduled or charter airline at any airport within an EEC member state and also when you fly into an EEC airport on an airline based in the EEC, Norway, or Switzerland. As in the U.S., you must meet check-in deadlines and other airline requirements for the rules to apply. And compensation applies if you're on a frequent-flyer ticket.
If an airline is unable to get you to your final destination within three hours of your scheduled arrival, EEC requirements call for "Article 7" compensation: €250 for passengers on flights of 1,500 km or less (in distance); €400 for passengers on flights of more than 1,500 km within the EEC or flights of 1,500 to 3,500 km outside the EEC; and €600 for passengers on all flights of 3,501 km or more outside the EEC. All flights from the EEC to North America are longer than 3,500 km (2,175 miles). On connecting flights, the distance is calculated to your final destination, not to some intermediate hub. Upon request, airlines must also offer "Article 8" assistance, either rerouting bumped passengers or offering them full refunds.
If you're bumped, the EEC regulation also requires that airlines provide "Article 9" care: meals and refreshments in reasonable relation to waiting time, hotel accommodations in cases where a stay of one or more nights becomes necessary, and transport.
The EEC directive does not limit this bumping compensation just to instances of overbooking. It applies to any instance.

Europe Air-Passenger Rights: Delays and Cancellations
EC261 says that if your flight is canceled, you're entitled to Article 7, Article 8, and Article 9 provisions. The Article 7 financial compensation does not apply, however, if an airline notifies you of a cancellation more than two weeks before departure, if the airline notifies you seven to 14 days in advance and reroutes you to arrive in your final destination within four hours of your originally scheduled time, or if you're informed less than seven days in advance but the airline can reroute you to arrive at your destination within two hours of your original arrival time. And cancellation penalties do not apply when the cancellation is caused by "extraordinary circumstances which could not have been avoided even if all reasonable measures had been taken."
In the event of a delay of three hours or more, you are entitled to the standard Article 7 compensation. Also, if the delay exceeds five hours, you are entitled to an Article 8 refund. These provisions also apply to extended tarmac delays.

Europe Air-Passenger Rights: Enforcement
EEC studies have uncovered many cases in which airlines did not inform travelers of their rights to compensation or offer the compensation outright, as well as some cases in which airlines stonewalled legitimate claims. Reports also indicate that some U.S. citizens have had difficulties receiving compensation from European airlines for delays and cancellations on inbound flights covered by the EEC regulations. The situation is apparently bad enough that several online start-ups are offering legal assistance to travelers attempting to collect from recalcitrant airlines. Among the start-ups are refund.meFlight-Delayed, and EUclaim. Typically, these outfits assess either a flat fee or 25 percent of the recovery.

Friday, December 13, 2013

A Landslide Victory

A Landslide Victory

Thank you to those that participated in the landslide vote for tile here at the Calypso Couple’s beach casa (Casa La Punta Es).  After viewing the Blog entry on several computers we realized the colors of the tiles were widely different depending on the monitor and video cards – so tough to make a decision.
And the WINNER is…
But since it was pretty much unanimous color was probably not a limiting factor. The consensus was the other two options were too busy and perhaps dizzying.
In any case with such overwhelming support for Tile Option 3 – we went ahead and ordered it – 14 boxes of some very large (55 X 55 centimeters or 21.5 inches square). Here is some irony. Anita tipped the two delivery hombres that transported the tile from the bed of a huge truck in the road to our driveway. The distance was about 12 feet. I, on the other hand, carried all 14 boxes upstairs to the second level. Thirteen steps and about 40 feet – no tip whatsoever!
Later we returned to Zetuna for trim tile. We wanted a contrasting colored edge running along the long sides of the room. We had samples to take home – but at the last minute we made a decision. We went with Oaxaca Rojo (44 X 44). Cut in half they will provide a burnt orange 22 centimeter border.
Then to Autocad to see if this was all going to work without a tile wet saw to make many cuts. In the salon we recently tiles we had to cut but one tile (nothing short of a miracle that).
 The Bedroom Tile Layout
We did go for number three and now have 14 boxes waiting to be laid. We are incorporating a trim tile on the long sides of the room. Our choice (and we almost put it to vote) is a tile called, “Oaxaca Rojo”. The name seems appropriate if nothing else.
A word about porcelain tile these days. During the last decade the tile industry has reinvented the way ceramic tiles are decorated and produced.  With the advent of new inkjet printer technology there is no longer a need for screen or roller printing methods.  Like screen and roller printing, the image of the design is first scanned, then modified on a computer.  However, with digital imaging the design can be almost instantly transferred to an inkjet printing machine, capable of printing any design with any desired color; virtually an infinite possibility of designs on not only flat surfaced tile but relief tile surfaces as well.
This is done by using a print style called Drop on Demand (DoD) and by utilizing a special type of printing device called a piezoelectric print head.  With these new tools the printer creates an identical picture of the digital image by propelling tiny drops of ink (measured in pico liters) onto the tile.  Because the inkjet machines fit perfectly into the manufacturing process they have been able to improve efficiency and allow for a higher degree of customization by allowing virtually an infinite possibility of design.
And possibly the best part of the new technology is the GREEN FACTOR!  With less set-up, less waste and vast speed increase to produce tile this process is a winner.
Tomorrow we start laying tile – pictures and experience report to follow. Stay Tuned!

Pimientos...salads and sandwiches made to order! In the Roca Blanca, Zipolite...

  • Pimientos...salads and sandwiches made to order! In the Roca Blanca, Zipolite...
    Located on the main street of zipolite

Casa Orquidea Zipolite



  • feeling chilly?? come visit Oaxaca! Have an excellent vacation at Casa Orquidea Zipolite in Playa Zipolite !!
    We just do it better!