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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, June 3, 2022

Huricane Agatha reports

Siguen 5 personas desaparecidas tras paso de 'Agarha': Murat - Expreso
El gobernador Murat, quien se encontraba en videoconferencia, mencionó que Zipolite y Mazunte tuvieron afectaciones importantes.
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No están solos, mensaje de AMLO a damnificados por Agatha - ContraRéplica - Noticias
Y la Sedena ha distribuido despensas en diversas comunidades, entre ellas, en Puerto Ángel, Zipolite, Mazunte, La Herradura, El Limón, ...
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Inicia este viernes censo de daños en vivienda por Agatha en Oaxaca
Ya se despejaron 13 kilómetros del camino Puerto Ángel-Zipolite-Mazunte.
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Gobierno de Oaxaca confirma cinco desaparecidos tras paso del Huracán Agatha - Poresto.net
Zipolite y Mazunte tuvieron afectaciones importantes, refiere. Loading video ...
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En Bajos de Coyula lo peor vino después del paso de 'Agatha' - La Lista
No te pierdas:Zipolite y decenas de comunidades en Oaxaca quedan como zona de desastre tras el paso de 'Agatha'.
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9 muertos y 4 desaparecidos, el saldo del huracán Agatha en Oaxaca - AD Noticias
Pochutla; Mazunte; Zipolite y Puerto Ángel; Loma Limón y Pluma Hidalgo; Derramadero y Bajos del Coyula; Asunción Tlacolulita; Santiago Xanica y ...
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Realiza IEEPCO sesión ordinaria previa a la jornada electoral - Noticias del Istmo, Oaxaca
Anterior Tres días después de Agatha y la ayuda no llega a Zipolite, Oaxaca · Actualizan cifras de víctimas por Agatha en Oaxaca: 9 personas ...
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Pochutla, devastada por huracán Agatha; habitantes claman apoyo | NVI Noticias
Autoridades resaltan los graves efectos sufridos en la zona costera, de manera particular, Puerto Ángel y Zipolite, donde la totalidad de palapas ...

Hay 3 desaparecidos en Oaxaca por Ágatha: gobernador - Netnoticias Netnoticias ... para poder atender de manera ágil y casa por casa los daños de Ágatha e indicó que Zipolite y Mazunte, fueron las entidades más dañadas.

Hay 3 desaparecidos en Oaxaca por Ágatha: gobernador - Netnoticias
... para poder atender de manera ágil y casa por casa los daños de Ágatha e indicó que Zipolite y Mazunte, fueron las entidades más dañadas.


Iniciará censo a viviendas y comercios afectados por el paso de “Agatha” en Oaxaca - Infobae Infobae A view of a beach covered in rubbish and debris in the aftermath of Hurricane Agatha, in Zipolite, Oaxaca state, Mexico, June 1, 2022.

 

Iniciará censo a viviendas y comercios afectados por el paso de “Agatha” en Oaxaca - Infobae
A view of a beach covered in rubbish and debris in the aftermath of Hurricane Agatha, in Zipolite, Oaxaca state, Mexico, June 1, 2022.



Ouragan Agatha : Le bilan définitif revu à la baisse - Tahiti Infos Tahiti Infos ... Huatulco, Zipolite), très apprécié des surfeurs américains et français, en catégorie 2 sur l'échelle de Saffir Simpson qui en compte 5.

Ouragan Agatha : Le bilan définitif revu à la baisse - Tahiti Infos
... Huatulco, Zipolite), très apprécié des surfeurs américains et français, en catégorie 2 sur l'échelle de Saffir Simpson qui en compte 5.


Agatha deja sin ayuda a damnificados - 24 Horas 24 Horas Las provisiones que los habitantes de Zipolite recaudaron para hacerle frente al paso del torbellino comienzan a escasear y la ayuda no llega.

 

Agatha deja sin ayuda a damnificados - 24 Horas
Las provisiones que los habitantes de Zipolite recaudaron para hacerle frente al paso del torbellino comienzan a escasear y la ayuda no llega.


Hurricane Agatha Rebuild Relief : The #1 Free Christian Fundraising Site. -


Hurricane Agatha Rebuild Relief : The #1 Free Christian Fundraising Site. - GiveSendGo
Beloved Zipolite being one of the hardest hit towns on the coast. I experienced hurricane Agatha firsthand in Mazunte, Oaxaca and had no other ...


Zipolite, devastado por paso de 'Agatha' - Excélsior Excélsior Zipolite, devastado por paso de 'Agatha'. Habitantes de la playa nudista dicen que enfrentan un panorama desolador; continúa la cancelación de ...


Zipolite, devastado por paso de 'Agatha' - Excélsior
Zipolite, devastado por paso de 'Agatha'. Habitantes de la playa nudista dicen que enfrentan un panorama desolador; continúa la cancelación de ...


Mexican LGBTQ group rallies support for 'paradise' battered by storm - Nasdaq Nasdaq Zipolite is famous for being one of Mexico's few nude beaches and has become increasingly popular in recent years with LGBTQ tourists attracted to the ...


Mexican LGBTQ group rallies support for 'paradise' battered by storm - Nasdaq
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Mexican LGBTQ group rallies support for 'paradise' battered by storm

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Brendan O'Boyle  Reuters


PUBLISHED

JUN 3, 2022 7:00AM EDT


CREDIT: REUTERS/JOSE DE JESUS CORTES

When Hurricane Agatha battered a Mexican beach hamlet popular with LGBTQ residents and visitors earlier this week, members of the community sprang into action to help the town rebound.

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By Thursday afternoon a GoFundMe campaign had already raised over $21,000 to be used "for the reconstruction of this paradise," the GoFundMe page said.


Zipolite Diverso, a group of over 30 LGBTQ-owned and LGBTQ-inclusive small businesses, organized the fundraiser to address such immediate needs as food and water and to help the community rebuild in coming months.


"None of us were expecting to have such a large response," said Ricky Castellanos, one of the fundraiser's organizers and the owner of a bed-and-breakfast that was damaged in the storm.


Castellanos said the donations could help "provide sustainable services to people who won't be able to get back on their feet right away."


The group raised its fundraising goal to $50,000 from $10,000, saying on its website the damage was huge.


"Thanks to all, Zipolite will come back, and stronger," it added.


Zipolite is famous for being one of Mexico's few nude beaches and has become increasingly popular in recent years with LGBTQ tourists attracted to the town's laid-back attitude.


The popularity boom has strained the water supply and other services and has at times caused tensions between tourists and locals.


"We're organizing this as members of the LGBTQ community, but the aid will be directed to those who need it the most, whether they're part of the community or not," said Thomas Flechel, an artist, business owner and coordinator of Zipolite Diverso.


On social media, the fundraiser was being shared far beyond Mexico's borders.


Tristan McAllister, a brand strategist and podcast host in New York who has visited Zipolite since he was a child, said he had donated to the campaign so the community "can keep on creating the best possible place for the people that need it the most."


"This is a place that young, queer Mexicans need. It's a one-of-a-kind place for Mexico and for the world," McAllister said.


(Reporting by Brendan O'Boyle; Editing by Bradley Perrett)


((Brendan.O'Boyle@thomsonreuters.com;))

South America's cold snap eases and Agatha moves towards Florida - The Guardian The Guardian Analysis: first Pacific hurricane of season was made stronger by unusually warm sea surface temperatures. A damaged beach restaurant in Zipolite, ...

South America's cold snap eases and Agatha moves towards Florida - The Guardian
Analysis: first Pacific hurricane of season was made stronger by unusually warm sea surface temperatures. A damaged beach restaurant in Zipolite, ...


South America’s cold snap eases and Agatha moves towards Florida

Analysis: first Pacific hurricane of season was made stronger by unusually warm sea surface temperatures

A damaged beach restaurant in Zipolite, Oaxaca state, Mexico, after Hurricane Agatha made landfall.
A damaged beach restaurant in Zipolite, Oaxaca state, Mexico, after Hurricane Agatha made landfall. Photograph: José de Jesús Cortés/Reuters

Exceptionally cold conditions persisted across South America earlier this week. The conditions were alarming at the northern extent with unseasonably low temperature anomalies recorded as far north as the Tropics.

The intensity of the cold brought rare May frosts to low levels across parts of Uruguay and Chile. On 31 May in Santiago, Chile, temperatures fell to -2.1C, the lowest May temperature recorded since 1969, and while this is exceptionally cold for the time of year, many periphery areas outside the main metropolitan city would have been several degrees colder. The cold wave was present across South America for almost a week but is gradually coming to an end through this weekend with warmer conditions returning. However, this event has marked the first shot of polar air for the start of the southern hemisphere winter season.

By contrast, France had its hottest May on record, with an average May temperature of 17.76C, an increase of almost 0.8C from the previous record of 16.96C in 2011. This May record is largely due to the intense heatwave experienced through the middle of the month, when temperatures widely exceeded 30C.

Hurricane Agatha, the first Pacific hurricane of the season, made landfall on Monday 30 May just west of Puerto Angel, as a category 2 hurricane bringing recorded winds of 105mph, the strongest hurricane to make landfall in May since records began in 1949. The severity was largely due to warmer than normal seas surface temperatures (SSTs) in the Pacific Ocean, which acted to fuel and intensify the development of the hurricane. Typically, SSTs tend to be cooler in May than during peak hurricane season, therefore normally limiting hurricane development during May. Having gained momentum, a trough of low pressure to the north dipped southwards, which then drew Hurricane Agatha towards the coast of Mexico.

Once the hurricane made landfall it weakened into a remnant low as it tried to cross the mountainous terrain of southern Mexico. The intense rain associated with the low triggered landslides and flash flooding, affecting mountainous regions the most. The remnants of Agatha will become more organised and strengthen as it pushes north-eastwards towards Florida this weekend, likely bringing intense and persistent rain alongside a significant risk of flooding.

Mexican LGBTQ group rallies support for 'paradise' battered by storm | Reuters Reuters Zipolite, located on the enchanting southern Pacific coast of Oaxaca state, found itself directly in the path of the storm on Monday.

Mexican LGBTQ group rallies support for 'paradise' battered by storm | Reuters
Zipolite, located on the enchanting southern Pacific coast of Oaxaca state, found itself directly in the path of the storm on Monday.



MEXICO CITY, June 3 (Reuters) - When Hurricane Agatha battered a Mexican beach hamlet popular with LGBTQ residents and visitors earlier this week, members of the community sprang into action to help the town rebound.

Zipolite, located on the enchanting southern Pacific coast of Oaxaca state, found itself directly in the path of the storm on Monday. The storm touched down only about six miles (10 kilometers) west of the town as a Category 2 hurricane, damaging buildings and filling the beach with debris. read more

By Thursday afternoon a GoFundMe campaign had already raised over $21,000 to be used "for the reconstruction of this paradise," the GoFundMe page said.

Zipolite Diverso, a group of over 30 LGBTQ-owned and LGBTQ-inclusive small businesses, organized the fundraiser to address such immediate needs as food and water and to help the community rebuild in coming months.

"None of us were expecting to have such a large response," said Ricky Castellanos, one of the fundraiser's organizers and the owner of a bed-and-breakfast that was damaged in the storm.

Castellanos said the donations could help "provide sustainable services to people who won't be able to get back on their feet right away."

The group raised its fundraising goal to $50,000 from $10,000, saying on its website the damage was huge.

"Thanks to all, Zipolite will come back, and stronger," it added.

Zipolite is famous for being one of Mexico's few nude beaches and has become increasingly popular in recent years with LGBTQ tourists attracted to the town's laid-back attitude.

The popularity boom has strained the water supply and other services and has at times caused tensions between tourists and locals.

"We're organizing this as members of the LGBTQ community, but the aid will be directed to those who need it the most, whether they're part of the community or not," said Thomas Flechel, an artist, business owner and coordinator of Zipolite Diverso.

On social media, the fundraiser was being shared far beyond Mexico's borders.

Tristan McAllister, a brand strategist and podcast host in New York who has visited Zipolite since he was a child, said he had donated to the campaign so the community "can keep on creating the best possible place for the people that need it the most."

"This is a place that young, queer Mexicans need. It's a one-of-a-kind place for Mexico and for the world," McAllister said.

5 days later, extent of hurricane damage continues to emerge in Oaxaca

5 days later, extent of hurricane damage continues to emerge in Oaxaca
 
5 days later, extent of hurricane damage continues to emerge in Oaxaca
 
Coastal municipalities like San Pedro Pochutla and others face a long road to recovery after bearing the brunt of Hurricane Agatha.

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Thursday, June 2, 2022

Mexico death toll from storm Agatha drops to 9, with 4 missing - TimesLIVE TimesLIVE A car passes by a damaged road in the aftermath of Hurricane Agatha, in Zipolite, Oaxaca state, Mexico, June 1, 2022.

 

Mexico death toll from storm Agatha drops to 9, with 4 missing - TimesLIVE
A car passes by a damaged road in the aftermath of Hurricane Agatha, in Zipolite, Oaxaca state, Mexico, June 1, 2022.

Mexico death toll from storm Agatha drops to 9, with 4 missing

02 June 2022 - 08:11BY VALENTINE MARIE HILAIRE, BRENDAN O'BOYLE AND LIZBETH DIAZ AND KYLIE MADRY
A car passes by a damaged road in the aftermath of Hurricane Agatha, in Zipolite, Oaxaca state, Mexico, June 1, 2022.
A car passes by a damaged road in the aftermath of Hurricane Agatha, in Zipolite, Oaxaca state, Mexico, June 1, 2022.
Image: REUTERS/Jose de Jesus Cortes

The death toll caused by Hurricane Agatha in Mexico fell to nine after initial reports of 11 dead, state authorities said on Wednesday.

Another four are currently missing, authorities told local media.

Agatha made landfall as a Category 2 hurricane on Monday afternoon, touching down with 105 mile-per-hour (169km per hour) winds near the beach town of Puerto Angel on the Pacific coast, before dissipating on Tuesday as it moved inland.

The governor of Mexico's southern state of Oaxaca, Alejandro Murat, had said on Wednesday morning that 11 were dead and 33 missing following the storm.

State authorities said many of the missing were found after contact was reestablished with Oaxaca's remote communities.

Oaxaca's governor said the tallies of dead and missing were preliminary, and urged people to remain alert.

“It's important the entire population remains safe. There's a likelihood of landslides and river flooding,” Murat said, speaking by video link at a regular government news briefing.

The US National Hurricane centre said on Wednesday morning there was an 80% chance that a cyclone would form in the Atlantic from Agatha's remnants in the next 48 hours.

“This system is likely to become a tropical depression while it moves northeastward over the northwestern Caribbean Sea and southeastern Gulf of Mexico during the next couple of days,” the Miami-based agency said.

Reuters

Supplies airlifted to hurricane victims in Oaxaca - Mexico News Daily Mexico News Daily The military is using eight helicopters to distribute the supplies to Pochutla, Puerto Ángel, Zipolite, Mazunte, La Herradura, El Limón, ...


Supplies airlifted to hurricane victims in Oaxaca - Mexico News Daily
The military is using eight helicopters to distribute the supplies to Pochutla, Puerto Ángel, Zipolite, Mazunte, La Herradura, El Limón, ...