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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

Saturday, September 9, 2017

How Mexico Lived its Strongest Earthquake in a Century fabiolaofmexico in Mexican lifestyle 9 September, 2017 541 Words


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How Mexico Lived its Strongest Earthquake in a Century


On Thursday, September 7th, 2017, a few minutes before midnight, Mexico lived through its strongest earthquake in a century. This is what happened.

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The earthquake struck at 11:50 PM. It was a magnitude 8.2 on the Richter scale and it lasted an incredible 3 minutes and 49 seconds.
The southeastern provinces of Oaxaca and Chiapas were most damaged by the earthquake. These are lovely but poor provinces, with many small towns and villages in remote areas. Sadly, the devastation there was severe.
Just to clarify, I don’t live anywhere near the devastated area of Oaxaca and Chiapas. I live in the Mexico City area, and although the quake did hit us, it wasn’t intense enough to cause real damage here.
But the quake was strong enough to bring back terrifying memories of the deadly 1985 earthquake, so crowds of people emptied entire apartment buildings and walked out into the street in their pajamas until the Civil Protection Agency announced it was safe to go back in.
The next day, schools and public office buildings in 11 states closed so Civil Protection officials could check for any damages. We don’t play around with natural disasters in Mexico.
Despite the emergency, personal story is not exciting at all. I slept through the earthquake. Yes, I know it’s hard to believe, but I went to bed at 10:00 PM and I didn’t feel a thing. I woke up the next day and found out about the earthquake from the news. 
So this is what happened while I was sleeping like a baby.

How Mexico Lived Through its Strongest Earthquake in a Century

The quake rattled office and apartment buildings in Mexico City.
Midnight traffic was brought to a standstill.
The quake set off seismic alarms in Mexico City as the iconic Angel of Independence swayed back and forth.
These strange lights appeared in the night sky during the earthquake, like lightning without thunder. These are flashes of static electricity released into the atmosphere by the friction of rocks and minerals underground.
Weird, right?
In the southeastern provinces of Oaxaca and Chiapas, the earthquake and the devastation were stronger.
In Chiapas, people barely had time to run out of buildings before they collapsed.
The city of Juchitan, Oaxaca, was nearly destroyed by the earthquake, but people there are still standing strong.
Destruction in Juchitan, Oaxaca.
Although this earthquake didn’t damage Mexico City, the city of Juchitan was nearly destroyed and its population will need plenty of aid to get back on its feet.
The people of Juchitan are simply unprepared to deal with this sort of catastrophe, so Mexican citizens are already lining up to contribute to earthquake relief. You can contribute too.


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Thursday, September 7, 2017

Earthquake hits off the coast of southern Mexico

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Earthquake hits off the coast of southern Mexico


(CNN)A strong earthquake hit off the coast of southern Mexico, near the border with Guatemala, the USGS Geological Survey (USGS) reported Friday.
The quake, which was felt as far as Mexico City and Guatemala City, had a preliminary magnitude of 8.1 and depth of 69.7 kilomteres (43 miles), according to the USGS. It was a particularly shallow quake, according to Jana Pursely, a geophysicist at the USGS.
It struck off the Pacific Coast 74 miles (120 kilometers) at 11:49 p.m. ET southwest of Tres Picos, Mexico, which is 600 miles (1,000 kilometers) southeast of Mexico City. It was close to both the Mexican states of Chiapas, which borders Guatemala, and Oaxaca in the Middle America trench.
It is a "prime location" for earthquakes, according to CNN meteorologist Karen Maginnis.
    "The shaking along the coast of Chiapas at this point is estimated to be very strong to severe," Pursely told CNN. "I would expect damage along the coast of Chiapas."
    Video on social media showed significant tremors in various parts of the country and significant damage.
    One video showed Mexico's famous Angel of Independence statue shaking.
    Pursely said these types of shallow earthquakes have the potential to be very dangerous.
    The USGS has reported four aftershocks with tremors measuring above 5.0 in magnitude and a fifth at 4.9.
    Paulaina Gomez-Wulschner said she heard an earthquake alarm go off on the radio as she was driving in Mexico City.
    "This was a very, very strong earthquake, one of the strongest I've felt, and I was here in 1985 when that earthquake collapsed Mexico City," she told CNN.
    When it struck, she parked her car and joined others stood in the middle of the street to avoid falling objects.
    "It was very scary," she said.
    Gomez-Wulschner said she could hear sirens, ambulances and helicopters in the aftermath, but did not see any immediate damage near her.
    On his verified twitter account, Mexico's President Enrique Pena Nieto tweeted, "Civil protection protocols are activated, including the National Emergency Committee."
    A tsunami threat is being evaluated by the Tsunami Warning System. The Tsunami Warning Center advised the public that tsunami waves could hit within three hours off the coasts of Mexico, Guatemala, Panama, El Salvador, Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Honduras and even Ecuador.
    CNN attempted to contact two seaside hotels in the Mexican state of Chiapas but the lines appeared to be down.
    A receptionist at the Intercontinental in Mexico City said he only felt light shaking, however parts of the city are without power, Mayor Miguel Angel Mancera said in an interview on Foro TV.

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    Inhabitants of Zipolite, headed by the municipal agent Jair Flores Garcia protest in municipal palace of Pochutla against the mayor Víctor Cruz Vázquez.
    The nonconformists say that the mayor was committed to carry out works such as the expansion of the water network but only a few lamps illuminate the community.
    "He is seeking to remain in power, that is why he is in Oaxaca, he has not fulfilled, San Pedro Pochutla and his agencies live abandoned by the president of whom we believed that is why we gave our vote, but we are disappointed," they say.

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    Hello,
    My partner and I are interested in making a trip to Zipolite to rest.
    We recently traveled to Puerto Vallarta, and we loved the openness of hotels, and Puerto Vallarta in general, towards gay tourism.
    We want to know if in Zipolite or nearby beaches there is the same level of openness towards this type of tourism.
    The question is not focused on generating controversy, nor for wanting to make a scandal there.
    The intention is to know if it is a place where we can be openly together, and most important, if we will not be potential victims of some aggression.


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    Hola,
    Mi pareja y yo estamos interesados en hacer un viaje a Zipolite a descansar.
    Recientemente viajamos a Puerto Vallarta, y nos encantó la apertura que muestran los hoteles, y Puerto Vallarta en general, hacia el turismo gay.
    Queremos saber si en Zipolite o playas cercanas existe el mismo nivel de apertura hacia este tipo de turismo.
    La pregunta no va enfocada a generar polémica, ni tampoco por querer hacer escándalo allá.
    La intención es saber si es un lugar donde podemos estar abiertamente juntos, y lo más importante, si no seremos víctimas potenciales de alguna agresión.
    Saludos.



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