November 22, 2005

Zipolite

The next morning I woke up and jumped on a large Ford van headed to the port town of Pochutla. The journey was long, but the scenery was breath taking. To go along with the beautiful scenery along the way (high deserts followed by pine forests, then finally by lush topical jungle) it was the 20th of November, a special day for Mexico. This is Mexico's revolution day, (as far as I know) and they celebrate it by having a parade in each city. Even those small cities with only a few thousand people have parades full of people dancing, singing, and marching down the streets. This was rather troublesome for our van as every 30 minutes or so we came to another small city with its roads blocked by a parade. Every time we got blocked by a parade our driver would turn around and zip through windy streets that were barely wide enough to get around the festivites.

Around 4 pm we made it to Pochutla. From there I teamed up with a couple from Ireland and the UK and got a taxi to Zipolite. Zipolite is a small and beautiful section of beach with just about nothing to do. It is a traveler paradise, made up of cool bungalows, cabaņas, and hammocks, priced to keep you there for days, months, if not years. Its not as cheap as Thailand, but its probably one of the cheapest areas in North America. Most of the people there seemed to have made this place their new home for a while.

If I had to describe this place in two words it would be "Pure Relaxation." From the minute you step on the beach you are overcome with some strange force that says, please...stop what you are doing and relax for a while. If found it hard to do anything there other than sleep on the beach. Even walking along the beach was an effort.

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The view from my room

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The place I stayed

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Sunset at Zipolite

My experience in Zipolite was not all good though. My room at night was full of mosquitos who loved to bite me. Even bug spray didn't help me to much. By the end of my second and last night there I was covered in bug bites. Fortunetely they didn't itch too much. It looks like I have chicken pox right now.

Posted by todd at November 22, 2005 02:44 PM
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Oh, man. So jealous of you right now. The weather here is becoming more crappy by the hour. Snoqualmie Pass is more or less closed due to rockslides and the amount of fog here is ridiculous. T__T

Too bad the salsa isn't as bumpin' there. Ironic, heh.

Our party went over well. We had a gang of people there. You'll definitely have to swing by next time you're in town. We even set up a projector. It was quite awesome.

So sorry to hear about the other guy getting mugged. Apparently, Karen had a run in with a pickpocket in Brussells and lost all her id stuff. O_o.

Maybe pack a mosquito net next time, lol~

Take care and Happy Thanksgiving!
Yeah, thanks that you don't have to deal with the cold and clammy PNW clime! >:P


Posted by: Son Yong at November 23, 2005 10:26 AM

interesting:
Paul Oakenfold - 21.11.05 - Foro Alterno - Zapopan Jalisco, Mexico. Wonder if he's doing any shows near where you are.

Posted by: Mark at November 23, 2005 11:29 PM

I think that is in Guadalajara. Thats a bit northwest of Mexico City. Maybe next time. :)

Posted by: Todd Owen at November 24, 2005 12:30 PM