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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

Sunday, October 18, 2020

ZIPOLITE YESTERDAY AND TODAY

 https://www.zipolite-mexico.com/

Visit Zipolite on the Oaxaca Coast

MEXICO’S PACIFIC 

PARADISE

ZIPOLITE YESTERDAY AND TODAY

Zipolite Beach 1972
Zipolite Beach 2020

Until not too long ago, Zipolite 

was just one of the many fishing 

villages scattered around the 

Mexican Pacific coast. In the 

early seventies, people from 

Northern America started traveling 

down in search of a life away 

from conformism and capitalism. 

Among them was Gloria Hope 

Johnson, who fell in love with a 

local fisherman, settled down, 

bought the 

big hill on the western side of Zipolite 

beach, and started the first 

hammock hostel. 


The non-conformist atmosphere 

could be found throughout the 

village and is also one of the main 

reasons why Zipolite has the first 

and still only official nude beach 

in Mexico. It’s also a reason that, 

while more and more luxury hotels 

owned by western investors started

 popping up around Mexico, Zipolite 

has always remained in the hands 

of the local community.


Today, Zipolite has changed a lot. 

The beach and the main streets 

are full of guesthouses, restaurants, 

and bars. Yet, the traditional vibe 

has never been lost. Nothing is 

huge or high-class. The current 

Zipolite attracts visitors for all kinds 

of reasons. Backpackers looking 

for a cheap place to hang out on 

the beach, surfers riding the huge 

waves, film-enthusiasts looking 

for the setting of the beach scenes 

in the epic movie Y Tu Mama 

Tambien, and nudists enjoying 

the Mexican sun. Also the LGBTQ 

community is much represented, 

and this has everything to do with 

the respect that is still very present 

among the visitors of Zipolite.

Saturday, October 17, 2020

Daniel Monroy is at Delfina Beach Club. · San Pedro Pochutla Los esperamos este domingo a partir de las 2pm con nuestro lechón asado tendremos tortillas a mano y variedad de salsas !!

 

Los esperamos este domingo a partir de las 2pm con nuestro lechón asado tendremos tortillas a mano y variedad de salsas !!




Firefly Cinema, Cine Luciernaga, Zipolite

 Firefly Cinema, Cine Luciernaga, Zipolite



Zipolite

 Chris KnightAuthor Gracias a Gerardo Cisneros-Stoianowski por su foto de Zipolite de octubre de 2014; un viaje que hizo para ayudar a seleccionar la sede del VI ELAN que se llevaría a cabo en enero de 2016 declarando a Zipolite y Playa del Amor como playas nudistas oficiales.

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Thanks to Gerardo for his October 2014 photo of Zipolite; a trip he took to help select the venue for the VI ELAN that would take place in January 2016 declaring Zipolite and Playa del Amor as official nude beaches.





Firefly Cinema, Cine Luciérnaga, Zipolite

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 Firefly Cinema, Cine Luciernaga, Zipolite
Sunday, Oct. 18....



Entropía Zipolite Restaurante, Bar and Music @entropiazipolite

 

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Mexico News Today Friday, October 16, 2020

 

FRIDAY, OCTOBER 16, 2020

Ex-army chief and defense minister arrested in US on four drug trafficking charges

General Salvador Cienfuegos is accused of conspiring to manufacture and distribute heroin, cocaine, methamphetamine and marijuana. FULL STORY
RELATED: Peña Nieto’s defense minister, a retired army general, arrested on drug charges in US. FULL STORY

Zacatecas has become anew cartel battleground 

The security situation is deteriorating due to a reorganization of “dangerous alliances” between big cartels and smaller criminal groups. FULL STORY

Banned products not cheese, says artisan cheesemaker

A cheesemaker from Oaxaca has a blunt message for many of the large companies with which she competes: your cheese isn't cheese. FULL STORY

Unemployed violinist offers virtual serenades’

A professional violinist out of work due to the coronavirus pandemic is offering virtual serenades to keep himself employed.  FULL STORY

Halloween, Day of the Dead canceled in Southern Baja

Cemeteries across the state will also be closed over the Day of the Dead holiday, writes Susy Buchanan in this week's Baja Sur news roundup. FULL STORY

Monarch butterflies not alone: dragonflies too make long journey to Mexico

Although the dragonfly migration is not as well studied as the monarch’s, 11 species migrate in North America, six of which travel to Mexico. FULL
STORY

Sonora dog trainer teaching dogs to detect Covid-19’

The dogs are learning to detect people with the coronavirus by learning to recognize the smell of the virus's volatile organic compounds.  FULL STORY

Navy marines murdered 4 civilians in Puebla

Marines illegally detained, physically abused and murdered four people doing farm work in Puebla last year. FULL STORY

Ex-president’s México Libre denied party status

The electoral tribunal has denied party status to a movement created by former president Felipe Calderón and his wife Margarita Zavala. She called it 'a lynching' by one man—President López Obrador. FULL STORY

MEXICO LIFE

Western Mexico is an extraordinary place for camping. But is it safe?

There are so many protected places to pitch your tent — parks, campgrounds and private property — that safety is not a problem, writes veteran camper John Pint. FULL STORY
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