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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.

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Sunday, March 1, 2020

A GUIDE TO THE BEST MEXICAN AIRLINES

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A GUIDE TO THE BEST MEXICAN AIRLINES

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There are a decent number of Mexican airlines that fly both domestically and internationally. In the last three or so years that I’ve lived in and traveled around Mexico, I’ve just about tested them all. Some several times over.
The main Mexican airlines that you’ll find when planning your travels around Mexico are AeroMexico, Volaris, Viva Aerobus, AeroMar, and Interjet. There are a few new ones like TAR airlines that are trying to break into the scene, but I have yet to see any flights from them out of Mexico City

THE BEST MEXICAN AIRLINES

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1. AEROMEXICO

AeroMexico is the national carrier here in Mexico. It’s part of the Sky Team and therefore the Skymiles alliance. If you have a credit card with Delta (a great card if you fly back and forth to the US and Mexico City often!), then you can get miles for flights taken with AeroMexico.
The quality of the planes vary, but I have found their customer service is the best, the snacks and drink selections are the best, and the check-in process is easiest. Everything can be done digitally. If you have a checked back, you just bring it to the baggage check and drop it off.  
If you fly with AeroMexico into or out of Mexico City, you’ll enjoy Terminal 2 which is dedicated solely to AeroMexico and a few other flights (like Delta). It’s small enough that you can get through security quickly and check-in at that terminal is an utter joy.
AeroMexico offers the largest number of flights both domestically and internationally. I have used them to fly from Mexico City to Cancun, Mexico City to Orlando, Mexico City to London, Mexico City to San Jose Costa Rica, and Mexico City to the west coast of Mexico.
It is usually not the cheapest option, but your flight almost always includes a checked bag, a snack or meal depending on the length of the flight, and a decent amount of legroom.

2. VIVA AEROBUS

Viva Aerobus gets a bit of a bad reputation, and perhaps they sometimes deserve it. They are known around Mexico for constantly overbooking flights, especially over busy holiday periods. They are constantly delayed. The booking process on their website it a little bit of a nightmare because you have to physically uncheck all of the boxes for the added things you don’t want like paying for a seat, paying for an extra bag, paying for insurance.
That being said, I have actually had some good experiences with Viva Aerobus flying domestically around Mexico. I have flown with them to La Paz as well as to and from Huatulco and other than being delayed (which often is a general Mexico airport problem and not a Viva Aerobus problem) I had a great experience.
I should warn that I don’t really recommend using Viva Aerobus if you are checking luggage. The check-in process at the airport can be a total nightmare, especially at Mexico City airport. The lines are endless and they never seem to have enough staff on.
But once you’re on the flight it’s mostly pleasant. It sometimes includes a drink and a small snack and the last two times that I’ve flown with them I actually had a ton of leg room.
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3. INTERJET

I love Interjet. I don’t know if they class themselves as a budget Mexican airline, but I tend to put them in that category simply because their flights are usually pretty affordable. If there are a few flight options to a destination I want to visit and I can fly Interjet for only a few dollars more, I always choose Interjet (unless AeroMexico is the same price, then I choose AeroMexico). 
I’ve flown with them about half a dozen times now and had mostly good experiences. The positives about Interjet are that you can get one checked bag included in your flight even when you book the lowest price ticket. There are three levels of tickets – Light, Optima, and Priority.
With Light, you get a checked bag and one hand luggage (although I believe this has changed depending on your destination, so always double-check).
With Optima, you get two checked bags and you get to choose your seat when you book. With Priority, you get three checked bags (who needs this many bags?), you get to choose your seat, and you get priority check-in and boarding.
Interjet also has free snacks even on short flights. This is a big perk in my opinion. You get one free drink (which can be beer or spirits if the flight is after 12 pm) and a bag of chips to hold you over. I thought that was a nice touch.
The only qualm I have about Interjet is that they are often late when I fly with them. This is a huge bummer when you’re trying to get a connecting flight. They were massively delayed when I was flying from Cancun to Mexico City and I had to sit in the airport for almost two hours extra. Another time I flew with them I was getting a connecting flight to the UK and the flight was so delayed I was worried I was going to miss my connection (it was fine in the end).
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4. VOLARIS

Volaris has quickly become my least favorite Mexican airline. I used to think it was one of the better budget airlines in Mexico, but after flying them twice in the last 12 months or so, I have put them to the bottom of the list.
The check-in used to be really simple in Mexico City with automated machines, but for some reason they have since removed them and now, just like with Viva Aerobus, you have to get in line to check your bag or check-in if you haven’t already done so on the app (always use the app).
Volaris recently came in with two different ticket prices. You can have two cabin bags for a lower price (so no checked bags included). That ticket is called the “Clean Base Fare.” If you want a checked bag included, simply select the “Regular Ticket.” The price difference is usually very minimal, we’re talking a few dollars difference.
When compared to the other budget airlines, you’re looking at total base here. There are no free snacks or drinks on board, you must pay for everything. The legroom is minimal and I’m only 5 feet tall. On a recent flight from Mexico City to New York there was no entertainment, no food (except what you buy) and it was FREEZING onboard.
I know these are things that come with budget travel, but when Interjet and AeroMexico often charge similar prices for better service on the same routes, it’s hard to figure out why anyone would fly Volaris.
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5. AEROMAR

I’ve only flown AeroMar once before, but I enjoyed my experience. The planes are really just for short internal flights around Mexico. I took it from Mexico City to Puerto Escondido and back again. It’s less than 2 hours in the air and yet it feels a little bit like luxury. 
I think because the planes are so small it feels a little bit like you’re flying on a chartered plane, but it’s still big enough that it doesn’t feel like one of those little propeller planes. 
They are usually pretty affordable, especially from Mexico City to smaller airports around Mexico. You’ll find they mostly operate in the southern part of the country. They also use Terminal 2 at the Mexico City airport, another big plus of using AeroMar.
According to their website, they do also run a few flights a day to different parts of the US. I haven’t used them to fly internationally so I can’t comment, but if the service and flight are anything like their domestic flights, then I’m sure it’s very comfortable.

6. CALAFIA AIRLINES

If you really do want to feel like you’re flying charter (but aren’t) then there’s always Calafia. They basically fly between the Yucatan, Chiapas, Cabo, and a few other coastal areas of the country.
They are not usually the cheapest, however, they have routes that basically no one else has. I flew from Palenque to Tuxtla Guttierez in Chiapas with Calafia. They fly between smaller airports which means you don’t always have to go back to Mexico City to connect to somewhere else in the country.
Want to know more about traveling in Mexico? Visit the Mexico section of my blog to check out over 100 posts about this amazing country.


#WSL It's ON! Finals Day of the SLO CAL Open at Morro Bay

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It's ON! Finals Day of the SLO CAL Open at Morro Bay




Thursday, February 27, 2020

#WSL It's ON! Day 1 of the SLO CAL Open at Morro Bay

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Chris Knight February 22 · Edited · Puesta de sol - Roca blanca — at Zipolite. Chris Knight is at Zipolite. February 22 at 8:21 PM · San Pedro Pochutla, Mexico · I'm back in Wisconsin now from a few weeks in Mexico... I hope you've enjoyed my photo sharing from this trip as I enjoyed capturing the beauty of Playa Zipolite in the state of Oaxaca, Mexico... 📷Camera's used on this trip: Sony a7RIII (as I was too chicken to bring my Sony a7RIV into this 100% humidity salt air) with only two lenses (16-35mm f/2.8 and 70-200mm f/2.😎, couple of iPhone XS Max's (one of which survived in-tact and the other... needs some love), and a DJI Mavic 2 Pro with Polar Pro NDP's.

Puesta de sol - Roca blanca — at Zipolite.




Xana Iba' Zipolite January 23 Así se mira el atardecer, en la habitación Viento Divino de la Aldea Xana Iba' Zipolite!!!🏝🏝🏝

Xana Iba' Zipolite
Así se mira el atardecer, en la habitación Viento Divino de la Aldea Xana Iba' Zipolite!!!🏝🏝🏝

Wednesday, February 26, 2020

Ringo & His All-Starr Band to give October concert The will perform at the National Auditorium in Mexico City on October 20. FULL STORY

Ringo & His All-Starr Band to give October concert

The will perform at the National Auditorium in Mexico City on October 20. FULL STORY

Fireflies, grasshoppers at upcoming edible insects fest Beetles, crickets, winged ants and other bugs may not be your idea of tasty snacks but experts say they could stave off an impending world food crisis. A community garden in Mexico City will host a festival to celebrate that very notion. FULL STORY

Fireflies, grasshoppers at upcoming edible insects fest

Beetles, crickets, winged ants and other bugs may not be your idea of tasty snacks but experts say they could stave off an impending world food crisis. A community garden in Mexico City will host a festival to celebrate that very notion. FULL STORY




Tuck into some bugs in Mexico City. Tuck into some bugs in Mexico City.

Fireflies, grasshoppers among fare at upcoming edible insects fest

Spider tacos and gorditas made with agave worms are among the pre-Hispanic recipes on offer

Beetles, crickets, winged ants and other bugs may not be your idea of tasty snacks but experts say they could stave off an impending world food crisis. A community garden in Mexico City will host a festival to celebrate that very notion.
According to the UN’s Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), overpopulation, water scarcity and deforestation are driving the world toward a global crisis and insects may be the only way out.
Although for many in the western world entomophagy — the practice of eating insects — is a stomach-churning idea, indigenous people in Mexico have included bugs in their culinary traditions for millennia. Most species are very high in protein as well as fatty acids and vitamins A, D and E.
Those who need to catch up will find the perfect introduction to the practice at the 2020 Festival of Edible Insects at Huerto Roma Verde, a community garden in Mexico City’s trendy Roma Sur neighborhood.
Chefs at the event will offer a wide variety of recipes inspired by pre-Hispanic kitchens, using such creepy-crawly ingredients as fireflies, worms, grasshoppers, scorpions, ant eggs, stinkbugs, tarantulas and more.
They will be served up in tacos, gorditassopestlayudas, and other tortilla-based Mexican favorites, and even in drinks like chocolate and pulque, a fermented drink made from the sap of the agave plant.
Don’t worry if you have no idea what to order. Chefs will be there to help offer suggestions like tlayudas (oversized quesadillas from Oaxaca) made with beetles called copoaches, scorpion tacos, salsas made with flying ants called chicatanas and fritters called buñuelos made with ground-up grasshoppers.
Other don’t-miss dishes include snail ceviche, spider tacos, gorditas made with agave worms, ant eggs called escamoles flavored with a piquant herb called epazote and, of course, chapulines, or fried grasshoppers.
The festival will be held at Huerto Roma Verde on March 13-15 from 1:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. each day. Admission is just 10 pesos (US $0.50).
Source: MX City Guía Insider (sp)

¡Fuimos a Zipolite y todo esto nos pasó!

Firefly Cinema, Cine Luciernaga, Zipolite Public group

Firefly Cinema, Cine Luciernaga, Zipolite

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This man is a hero… MY hero, he saves lives every day, including mine. I can never thank him enough.
Thank you Augila....
This man is a hero ... MY hero, saves lives every day, including mine. I can never thank you enough.
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Monday, February 24, 2020

Zipolite, escenario de bodas El Imparcial de Oaxaca Éste destino de playa es ya un lugar emergente utilizado como escenario natural para celebrar bodas bajo el régimen civil, «hemos estado alejados ...


Zipolite, escenario de bodas
Éste destino de playa es ya un lugar emergente utilizado como escenario natural para celebrar bodas bajo el régimen civil, «hemos estado alejados ...





Over 1,000 join Playa del Carmen protest over beach access As many as 1,200 people gathered outside a beach club in Playa del Carmen, Quintana Roo, on Sunday to protest the infringement of citizens’ access to the country’s beaches.

Over 1,000 join Playa del Carmen protest over beach access

As many as 1,200 people gathered outside a beach club in Playa del Carmen, Quintana Roo, on Sunday to protest the infringement of citizens’ access to the country’s beaches. FULL STORY




Over 1,000 join Playa del Carmen protest over beach access

'We came today to tell them that these beautiful places also belong to us'

As many as 1,200 people gathered outside a beach club in Playa del Carmen, Quintana Roo, on Sunday to protest the infringement of citizens’ access to the country’s beaches.
The protest was held in response to last week’s arrest of a couple who had refused to buy food and drinks from Mamita’s Beach Club. The club’s management claim its staff called police because the couple was occupying a service route on the beach.
Users on social media organized the picnic/protest after a video of the couple’s arrest went viral. Azeneth Marín can be seen in the video crying and telling officers of the tourist police that they are hurting her.
Attendees of Sunday’s protest occupied the space in front of Mamita’s Beach Club and even used the establishment’s beach chairs and parasols.
“Grab what you want. Today it’s all free,” shouted men who had come to the protest.
Local and foreign residents alike gathered to make the statement that Mexico’s beaches are open to the public and access to them cannot be controlled by private businesses.
“I was born and raised here. My family has also been run off this beach,” said Martha Enríquez, 60, who came from the neighboring town of Puerto Morelos to join the demonstration.
“We came today to tell them that these beautiful places also belong to us, to our children and our grandchildren,” she said.
Others spoke of similar incidents that have occurred elsewhere on Mexico’s Caribbean coast, in places like Puerto Aventuras, Akumal and Puerto Morelos.
Mamita’s Beach Club released a public apology after the arrest of Azeneth Marín and her boyfriend on February 16, and was even reported to have provided free fruit and water to Sunday’s partying protesters.
The online condemnation of the actions taken by the club and police prompted an official apology from the municipal government of Solidaridad, in which Playa del Carmen is located. Mayor Laura Beristain Navarrete publicly apologized to the couple last Wednesday.
Article 8 of the Mexican constitution states that access to the country’s beaches cannot be inhibited, restricted, obstructed or controlled by a private or government entity, save for conservation or military purposes.
Sources: El Universal (sp), Sipse (sp)