Friday, March 18, 2011

Heart Storming- Come! Watch, Help Share Mother Earth's Message


Blog post by Tina Winterlik © 2011

http://tinawinterlik.blogspot.com 

Happy Friday Everyone, Have a Great Weekend, here's a Beautiful Message From Pacha Mama to Share with All Your Friends and start things off right!
http://www.pachamama.org/
http://www.facebook.com/PachamamaAlliance


Heart Storming- Come! Watch, Help Share Mother Earth's Message


Our Mission

Our mission is to empower indigenous people of the Amazon rainforest to preserve their lands and culture and, using insights gained from that work, To educate and inspire individuals everywhere to bring forth a thriving, just and sustainable world.


Our Story

The Pachamama Alliance was born in response to a request from the Achuar, an indigenous people deep in the Amazon region of Ecuador. The Achuar made the courageous decision to seek a partnership with people from the industrialized world who would work with them in protecting their rainforest home and their traditional way of life. Out of this unique partnership, it has become evident that indigenous wisdom and insight offer enormous value in addressing the complex issues that we face in our modern world.


Latest News
http://www.pachamama.org/category/news/

Awakening The Dreamer

http://www.pachamama.org/news/awakening-the-dreamer/2011/03/04/mexico-korea-awakening-dreamer-expansion-collaboration-momentum-examples/

Mexico and Korea: 

Awakening the Dreamer Set for Further Expansion

Posted on March 4th, 2011

ATD Community in Korea


The Awakening the Dreamer communities in Mexico and Korea recently learned just how powerful each individual can be when they synergize their efforts and act in concert with others with common interests and aspirations

In each country, the Symposium message is gaining momentum, and about to grow even more powerfully.

A vibrant group of Mexican Facilitators came together for two days in a very powerful and energizing planning session to determine their vision, mission, leadership, and strategic partners. 

Mexican Facilitators left their planning session with a Mexican council in place, and concrete actions to coordinate and support their fast growing Facilitator body.


In Korea, Dr. Ken Gimm, with his very active fellow Facilitators, started to organize their actions and inspired more than 100 trained Facilitators in just over one year

In 2011 Korea has set the bar with a goal of presenting the Symposium to 10,000 individuals and training 200 Facilitators.  

Both communities in Korea and Mexico serve as inspiring examples of what can happen when groups of like-minded people come together to create a vision with a plan for action.


Would You Like to Be on the International Team of People Spreading the FOUR YEARS. GO. Commitment Campaign?

http://www.pachamama.org/news/four-years-go/2011/03/04/international-team-4yg-commitment-campaign-new-future-shift-humanity/

Posted on March 4th, 2011

4YG Mobilizer Team If so, we invite you to join the 4YG Mobilizers the precious and audacious people who are leading the expansion of the 4YG declaration worldwide, honoring our commitment to create a new future for humanity by the end of 2014.

Join others like you from all parts of the globe interested in spreading FOUR YEARS. GO. through the arts, media, social media, speaking engagements, youth, organizations, special events and one-on-one conversations.
 
We regularly hold inspiring conference calls where we provide a rich array of training and development.  

We also interact with each other in our online community and occasionally get together virtually for Mobilizer Summits. 

Our very first virtual Mobilizer summit will be held on April 16, 2011 with sessions available to accommodate all time zones. 

If you are interested in joining the Mobilizers and/or want to participate in the virtual summit, please contact marilyn@fouryearsgo.org.
 


FOUR YEARS. GO. TeamWe invite you to join the team that will change the course of history in the next four years!

Sunday, March 13, 2011

Gloria's Shambhala- Zipolite, Oaxaca, Mexico


Oct 16/2012 UPDATE : Shambhala is RECOVERING WELL after Hurricane Carlota! Please see the following link for new photos & videos
http://adventurezinmexico.blogspot.mx/2012/10/shambhala-vision-recovering-well-after.html


Shambhala Vision has a NEW website.  http://shambhalavision.blogspot.mx/


You can contact Shambhala on the Facebook page but keep in mind there is no signal up there right now so they get to it when they can. Gracias for understanding. :) https://www.facebook.com/shambhalavision


Blog post by Tina Winterlik © 2011
March 13/2011


http://adventurezinmexico.blogspot.com

Gloria's Shambhala-Zipolite, Oaxaca, Mexico 
http://www.advantagemexico.com/shambhala/index.html




Imagine a far-off place somewhere in time -- where smiles warm like the rays of sunshine -- where friendships are born together in a common dream -- enjoying nature in all it's splendor, or simply sunbathing away the hours in an enchanted setting.

A place where the pace you set is your own and where there are no strangers. The incredible skies, the dome of infinity, the energy from the earth, the never ending stars, the breath of the great wind and the waves of the sea. You can create your own reality. Shambhala is whatever you would like it to be. Nature is a oneness with the earth and a oneness with oneself.

Gloria's Shambhala is located in the state of Oaxaca on Mexico's pacific coast about sixty miles south of Puerto Escondido and three miles north of Puerto Angel in a small village called Zipolite.
 












LOOKING FOR AN ADVENTURE OR A NEW LIFESTYLE?
At Gloria's Shambhala in beautiful Zip‬olite, Oaxaca,‭ Mexico,there is space and
good will for any genuine spiritual self-awareness group to establish a long term presence.

In Shambhala living is not expensive,and most visitors arrive here "looking" for something.

We are offering for lease (w/options)for spiritual inner growth workshops; massage therapy,yoga, meditation, ceramics, painters, or any field which feeds the soul --or anyone wishing to run a vegetarian restaurant.

If you think we may have some common spiritual ground to work with, and if you would like to open this door to another adventure in living,visit us.

At this time our facility includes rustic private rooms, dormitories, meditation areas & a complete restaurant,all which may be expanded to accommodate your specific needs.

We would like to attract visitors which may have visited an Ashram or Wat --perhaps one who is looking to fill a hole in their life with spiritual inner-growth in this pristine natural environment.

If your curious. . . Join us. . .Let's talk. Who knows, this may be a fantasy dream come true.

Namaste, Gloria Esperanza.

Visit us on the web-
http://www.advantagemexico.com/shambhala/index.html


Email us:
shambhalavision @ lycos.com

ATTN: Daniel Ortega
Gloria Esperanza
Apt.Postal#68
Pochutla, Oaxaca
Mexico 70900

Saturday, March 12, 2011

Zipolite Paintings by Tina Winterlik


Blog post by Tina Winterlik © 2011
March 12/2011


http://adventurezinmexico.blogspot.com


My Zipolite Paintings


In Feb 2001 a terrible fire burned my camera along with my cabana in Zipolite, Oaxaca, Mexico.

In a effort to capture the beauty of the environment around me, I started to paint. At first they were really bad. I did not know if I could paint.

In junior high I had wonderful teachers but in senior highschool I had been very discouraged by my art teacher, which is why I decided to take photography instead.

Anyways after many paintings I realized I did have talent. In a bizarre way the fire was a good thing. 

If not for the fire, I would never have painted the many painting that I did.

I hope you like them

Tina Winterlik
http://paintingathon.blogspot.com

Lalo's Cacti- Painting by Tina Winterlik © 2001
Shambhala- View from My Room Painting by Tina Winterlik © 2001
Cosmico- View From My Room-Painting by Tina Winterlik © 2001
Lalo's Hammock-Painting by Tina Winterlik © 2001
Tomasita's Cocina-Painting by Tina Winterlik © 2001
Elephante Roca-Painting by Tina Winterlik © 2001

Friday, March 11, 2011

Let's Feed Iguana's & Go to the Mex Zoo


Blog post by Tina Winterlik © 2011
Feb 26/2011


http://adventurezinmexico.blogspot.com

Since it's Friday, Let's feed the Iguana's and Go to the Mexico City Zoo!! Besos y Abrazos Amigos!!

Feeding the Iguana in Zipolite


Hanging out with Gloria-Shambhala, Zipolite


Mexico City - Trip to the Zoo

Thursday, March 10, 2011

Inspire The World!!


Blog post by Tina Winterlik © 2011
March 10/2011



http://adventurezinmexico.blogspot.com


 Possible Futures Film Contest
http://www.possiblefuturesfilmcontest.org/   
Create a 5 minute film and you Could Win $10,000 and a trip to Ecuador.
Lots of other great prizes and there's lots of opportunities for EVERYONE to enter.
So come on Storytellers, get your thinking caps on and Go For It!!


Partnered with 
Pachamama Alliance http://www.pachamama.org/
Embrey Family Foundation http://www.embreyfdn.org/

Wieden + Kennedy http://www.wk.com/


Wednesday, March 9, 2011

San Miguel de Allende


Blog post by Tina Winterlik © 2011
March 9/2011

http://tinawinterlik.blogspot.com

San Miguel de Allende is a place I have always dreamed about visiting. Beautiful Architecture and it's super artsy. I have a friend that visits quite often and he share great stories with me. For me the most wonderful part would be drawing and painting those gorgeous old buildings & sharing this Rich Culture with my daughter as it is an important part of her culture and heritage.

Watch this Beautiful Video


Youtube Video Info- Video by Alan Geoghegan - Montage of scenes I videotaped in San Miguel de Allende, Mexico. Music by Spencer Brewer, poetry by Andrew Oerke, videography by Alan Geoghegan. San Miguel de Allende was founded in 1542 by Franciscan priest Fray Juan de San Miguel and was declared a Mexican national monument in 1926. 8 min.

Today Susan Weiss of Business of Arts https://scwr4.wordpress.com recommended a website "Falling in Love with San Miguel" to me and I loved it and I wanted to share it with you.

I love their Intro page, it's so inviting, definitely going to be following this site more.

http://www.fallinginlovewithsanmiguel.com/

Falling in Love with San Miguel
Welcome to San Miguel de Allende and to Mexico, through our website and our two books, including brand new The Best How-To Book on Moving to Mexico!



Welcome to San Miguel de Allende and Mexico, via the experiences of Carol Schmidt (right) and Norma Hair, pictured enjoying the Dolores Hidalgo Jardin

We'll show you how to live your dreams in Mexico and in San Miguel de Allende, which is a UNESCO World Heritage city; a writers, musicians, actors and artists colony; and a tourist draw for Mexicans seeking to recapture their own historic and cultural roots in the hundreds of fiestas and celebrations throughout the year.

Be sure to read "Carol's Blog," "Norma's Kitchen," our forums that have more a thousand registered forum members, the SMA FAQs, the 1,400 pictures of life in San Miguel de Allende and Mexico in the Photo Gallery, our list of recommended businesses and services, and the links to smamap.com, SMA weather, and current money exchange rates. 

 http://www.fallinginlovewithsanmiguel.com/about.html
The Best How-To Book on Moving to Mexico


 Carol's Blog
http://www.fallinginlovewithsanmiguel.com/gpage.html


About Carol & Norma- Check this out!

 http://www.fallinginlovewithsanmiguel.com/gpage2.html

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About San Miguel de Allende from Wikipedia
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/San_Miguel_de_Allende

San Miguel de Allende is a city and municipality located in the far eastern part of the state of Guanajuato in central Mexico. It is 274 km from Mexico City and 97 km from the state capital of Guanajuato.[1]

Historically, the town is important as the birthplace of Ignacio Allende, whose surname was added to the town’s name in 1826, as well as the first municipality declared independent of Spanish rule by the nascent insurgent army during the Mexican War of Independence.

However, the town waned during and after the war, and at the beginning of the 20th century, was in danger of becoming a ghost town.

Its Baroque/Neoclassical colonial structures were "discovered" by foreign artists who moved in and began art and cultural institutes such as the Instituto Allende and the Escuela de Bellas Artes.

This gave the town a reputation, attracting artists such as David Alfaro Siqueiros, who taught painting. It also attracted foreign art students, especially former U.S. soldiers studying on the G.I. Bill after the Second World War.

Since then, the town has attracted a very large number of foreign retirees, artists, writers and tourists, which is shifting the area’s economy from agriculture and industry to commerce catering to outside visitors and residents.

The main attraction of the town is its well-preserved historic center, filled with buildings from the 17th and 18th centuries. This and the nearby Sanctuary of Atotonilco have been declared a World Heritage Site. Read More Here http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/San_Miguel_de_Allende

AlejandroLinaresGarcia
Industry-http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/San_Miguel_de_Allende

Industry is not as well developed here as in other parts of the state although it provides about 33% of the jobs. One important industry is the production of electrical energy. Other industries include metal products, food processing, wood products and mineral processing.[1]

The area is known for the crafting of objects from brass and glass. Two notable artisans here are the brothers Marcelino and Abeck Leon Rosa, who produce handmade glass items. They began producing pieces in the courtyard of their home, but today they have a studio with two large workshops and operate a school for glassmakers, which trains about 50 people per year. One of their specialties is Tiffany-style lamps.[19]

A more recent development is the use of the town as a backdrop for the production of films and television programs. Both Mexican and foreign productions have been shot here, many of which feature gunfights by mustached protagonists.

Projects that have been filmed here include Once Upon a Time in Mexico, a television biopic of the Francisco "Pancho" Villa, and The Mask of Zorro II. A group of entrepreneurs is working to increase the town's reputation as a film location, opening a privately financed studio complex called The Film Colony.





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More Resources
http://www.internetsanmiguel.com/

http://www.sanmiguelguide.com/

http://wikitravel.org/en/San_Miguel_de_Allende


Parish of San Miguel at night- from Wiki Travel

Tuesday, March 8, 2011

Social Media Travel Writer



Blog post by Tina Winterlik © 2011
Mar 7/2011


http://adventurezinmexico.blogspot.com 

Freelance Social Media Travel Writer



Do you have a  Green Travel Business or Similar Green Project that Needs Promoting. Are You Trying to Develop a Green Business Project Perhaps in another Country? 

Freelance Social Media Travel Writer.
Seeking 2 Clients with Green Projects in Need of Social Media.

 I am a blogger. Very Adept & Highly Skilled in Social Media. 

What's a Blogger? A blogger is a Very Talented Person. These days a Blogger Must be Highly Skilled in many areas, such as Multimedia, Writing, Web Design, Social Media, Graphic Design just to mention a few.

Do You Need to Promote your Green Business, Film, Act, Band, Dvd, Product or Service? 

My Social Media Package will be a Great Help to You!

Contact me by email at tina_winterlik @ yahoo.com  so we can Exhange Skype names and Discuss This Further. 

Based on my Estimate of the Number of Hours to Properly Dedicate to this Service (20 hrs a week)  I have Openings for Only Two Clients at this time.

I Know What My Abilities Are and I've already Put The Theory to Test, so I Know I can Deliver What I Promise. 

My Social Media Package Provides
*Research
*Daily Blogging
*Photography
*Video
*Interviewing Locals, Local businesses, Artisans, Musicians, Performers
*Documenting Local Events, Visiting Local Attractions

*Blog Creation
*Account Set Up & Social Media Maintenance for Facebook, Twitter, Youtube, & Linkedin.
*Valuable Content Promoting your Project/Service
*Great Photography
*Fun Interesting Videos with Music
*Links
*SEO
*Keywords
*Google Analytics
*Newsletters to Increase Subscribers
*Creative GiveAways & Contests

Your Success is my Success. This is a Fabulous Unique Package that I am offering to Two Very Lucky Clients. So don't delay, as I Only Have Room for Two.

Of course there's a catch. The product/service must be green, something that I can really get behind and proudly promote. On that issue I will not budge or back down on.

So If you have Fabulous Green Product/Project/Service and Require a Totally Committed Individual to Provide you with the Ultimate Social Media Package, well your in the right place.



Check out my Social Media Super Hero Video.



This Video was Created Last Year in Oaxaca when Flight Centre had a Contest.



Palenque
Mishol- ha
Clothes from San Cristobal
Santa Domingo Church- Oaxaca City
El Tule- Oaxaca




Profile:
Tina Winterlik- Vancouver Social Media Travel Writer, Artist, Photographer, Videographer, & Mom. She maintains 7 blogs & is Promoting her Social Media Talents on her Social Media Super Hero Bloghttp://socialmediasuperhero.blogspot.com.

Her blog Adventurez in Mexico http://adventurezinmexico.blogspot.com Documents the Journey of a Mother & Child thru Mexico & features Videos, Photos & Travel Tips.

(Note: Adventurez in Mexico is a re-build of the original Adventures of Angel- which is now Private. Adventurez in Mexico has only been up 5 months and has had over 5000 pageviews from all over the world and is growing everyday.)

Adventurez in Mexico- The Movie! is 74 videos set to music that document the entire 2 winters Tina and her daughter lived in Mexico. Eventually Tina plans to make this into a 2 hour movie. http://adventurezinmexico.blogspot.com/2010/10/join-adventurez-in-mexico-on-their.html

Qualifications/Education/Skill Set
Selkirk College - General Studies 1991-1993
Langara College -Diploma in Professional Photography 1993-1995
Sina Executive Training Center -Web Design Program 2000
Go Consult -Contracting & Consulting Program 2004 
S.E.A.R.C.H -Self-Employed Arts-Related Contractors for Hire -Alliance of Arts & Culture 2004 
 Social Media for Artists - Emily Carr - 2010

She Loves to Blog and has been blogging since 2004, she was an early user of Facebook, she's improving her twittering skills daily. A talented Photographer with strong Digital Enhancement skills, as seen in her Fairyfotos, Tina loves to Capture Life as it happens, Create Videos, Paint, Draw & Care for her Beautiful Daughter whom she Home Schools.

Receiving the Daily Positive Messages through Social Networking and then Sharing and Enlightening others with the Wealth of Knowledge that is Available through her Blogs gives Tina Great Joy.

She Believes that through Social Media and Working Together we will Change the World to a Environmentally Sustainable, Spiritually Fulfilling, Socially Just Human Presence on this Planet-Four Years.Go

Tina's 7 Blogs

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Friday, March 4, 2011

Let's Go To Mexico Today!!!



Blog post by Tina Winterlik © 2011
http://adventurezinmexico.blogspot.com
March4/2011

So today since it's Friday, "Let's Go To Mexico!" Okay, are you Ready! Got your bags packed! Let's Go!!

First some entertainment!! ha! ha!

Nelson B.C


Okay, now Let's get on the plane. Here's the movie! "Adventurez in Mexico" is the title. About a child and her mother's journey to Mexico.

Here's a little preview. In 1999, after burning out on her job and then laid-off,  Tina -who is a Canadian- takes a trip to Mexico. She returns and takes a web design program only for the Dot.com crash to happen 2000.

She thinks maybe she can do web design in Mexico, but while there, a big fire happens. She meets her the man who will a later become her daughter's father. They try to have a baby but nothing happens, and Tina returns to Canada.

While in Canada she's offered a job in the U.S, that pays really well but the fact that's she's 39 and may never have a child eats at her. She passes on the job and heads back to Mexico to live as an artisan with her friend- the future father of her child.

Only it's impossible because 911 happens and there are no tourists. After only a month in Zipolite she realizes she can't make it work and goes to Bucerias to do web design for a friend.

Here she realizes her prayers have been answered (she'd been saying the Rosary like 10x a day or more) she is pregnant. The child's father can not come to Bucerias, he is very poor and wants her to wait, but it's Christmas and Tina goes home.

She has the child, and names her Angel, (works well in Canada and Mexico-but gets surprised looks in both countries ;) .

It's a struggle raising her by herself. Angel's mother and father lose contact during the years, but Tina sends messages on the internet looking for him.

Tina's mother passes away and feeling that Angel has very little close family searches even harder for Angel's father. On Mother's Day in 2007 she opens a email from the father. They keep in contact.

Tina believes it's critical Angel knows her father before she starts school.

So having very limited funds she buys tickets and takes off for Mexico to learn about Angel's culture and to meet her father. The emphasis is on learning her culture as Tina knows that things may not work out the same as they dream.

This Documentary- Adventurez in Mexico- is the first 11 days of their journey.

From Cancun to Zipolite.

Are you ready, Let's Go!!

Cancun-Tina Winterlik © 2010



Merida-Tina Winterlik © 2010


Palenque - El Pachan-Tina Winterlik © 2010



Palenque - The Ruins-Tina Winterlik © 2010


Mishol- ha-Tina Winterlik © 2010



Aqua Clara & Agua Azul-Tina Winterlik © 2010


San Cristobal Las Casas-Tina Winterlik © 2010


Zipolite-Tina Winterlik © 2010



Angel Dancing while Mexican School Girls Drum-Tina Winterlik © 2010


I'm Leaving...On a Jet plane...don't know when I'll be back again... :)
Tina Winterlik © 2011

Gorgeous white sand beaches in Cancun
Tina Winterlik © 2011

Incredible Architecture in Merida  
Tina Winterlik © 2011

Making friends with the local vendors  
Tina Winterlik © 2011

Welcome to Palenque, Chiapas
Tina Winterlik © 2011

El Pachan, a beautiful place to stay in the Jungle  
Tina Winterlik © 2011

Waiting for our room,
after our 9 hour night bus from Merida
Tina Winterlik © 2011

Rubio showing Angel what a Scorpian looks like- it's dead.
Tina Winterlik © 2011

Palenque- The Ruins- Chiapas, Mexico  
Tina Winterlik © 2011

Angel at the Ruins in Palenque
Tina Winterlik © 2011

Angel with Temple of Inscriptions
in the background  
Tina Winterlik © 2011

Waterfalls at Palenque Ruins, Chiapas,
Mexico Tina Winterlik © 2011

Angel in Mishol-ha, Chiapas,
Mexico Tina Winterlik © 2011

Standing Under the Waterfall, Mishol-ha,
Chiapas, Mexico Tina Winterlik © 2011

Enjoying Chocolate at El Pachan,
Palenque, Mexico Tina Winterlik © 2011

Stelae, El Pachan, Palenque, Chiapas, Mexico Tina Winterlik © 2011

Having a photo with the vendors that we just bought our beautiful clothes from,
San Cristobal las Casas, Chiapas,  Mexico. Tina Winterlik © 2011


Angel in her beautiful new clothes, taken in the Zocalo, Gazebo in background,
San Cristobal Las Casas, Chiapas Mexico
Tina Winterlik © 2011

Gorgeous hand-made clothes that we bought in San Cristobal Las Casas,
Chiapas, Mexico Tina Winterlik © 2011

Enjoying treats in the Zocalo, San Cristobal las Casas, Chiapas, Mexico

Gorgeous Sunset on the Playa(beach) in Zipolite,
Oaxaca, Mexico Tina Winterlik © 2011

Pretty flowers growing beside El Boheme, Shambhala,
Zipolite, Oaxaca, Mexico Tina Winterlik © 2011

Angel on the beach,
the morning before she met her father for the first time.
Tina Winterlik © 2011

Angel with Paco the Iguana, on a visit to Huatulco, Oaxaca, Mexico
If you want to discover more about Mexico,
Read this blog, Adventurez in Mexico, http://adventurezinmexico.blogspot.com and also the great info on Wikipedia.

Cancun   http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canc%C3%BAn

Merida, Yucatan   http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M%C3%A9rida,_Yucat%C3%A1n


Temple of Inscriptions, Palenque  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Temple_of_the_Inscriptions

San Cristobal Las Casas, Chiapas  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/San_Crist%C3%B3bal_de_las_Casas

Playa Zipolite, Oaxaca  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Playa_Zipolite

Palenque, Chiapas  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palenque

 

Wednesday, March 2, 2011

Zipolite, Ohm Playa, El Boheme & The Movie Mystico Fantastico!!



Blog post by Tina Winterlik
http://adventurezinmexico.blogspot.com
Mar 2/2011



With this big storm about to bare down on us in Vancouver, I think we could all use something to take our mind off things for a bit. So check out this video.

From Wikipedia
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Playa_Zipolite

Playa Zipolite is a beach community located in San Pedro Pochutla municipality on the southern coast of Oaxaca state in Mexico. It is located between Huatulco and Puerto Escondido and is part of the “Riviera OaxaqueƱa” area.[1]

Zipolite is best known as being one of Mexico’s very few nude beaches and for retaining much of the hippie culture that made it notable in the 1960s and 1970s.

The name Zipolite, sometimes spelled Sipolite or Cipolite probably comes from the Nahuatl word sipolitlan or zipotli, meaning "bumpy place" or "place of continuous bumps or hills".[1]

However, some claim the name means “beach of the dead” in either Nahuatl or Zapotec because of dangerous underwater currents just offshore.[2][3][4]

The beach is currently popular with foreign tourists, especially backpackers, who stay in one of the many rustic cabins or camping spaces that line the beach.[5][6]Read More Here
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Playa_Zipolite


Archeological finds at the east end of the beach shows that the area has a long history, but for the first half of the 20th century only one family lived here.[2] In the 1960s and 1970s, counterculture hippies began to congregate here in part due to the beach’s isolated nature. At the time, there was little law enforcement, and drug use became common.[3] In the 70s and 80s the beach gained a reputation in Mexico and among foreign travelers as a free-love paradise. Read More here
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Playa_Zipolite

Zipolite is a nearly pristine about forty meters wide and two km long, with medium grain gold colored sand. The water is clear with tones of blue and green.[6]

This was one of the beaches featured in the Mexican blockbuster movieY tu mamĆ” tambiĆ©n.”[13] It stretches from a small isolate cove called Playa del Amor on the east side to the new age Shambala retreat on the west end which is partially sheltered by rocks.

Behind this is, sea cliffs rise. The beach is lined by palm trees and rustic cabins, hotel rooms and hammocks with a few more sophisticated lodgings on the west end.[10][17] This beach is part of the Riviera OaxaqueƱo, which includes the nearby beaches of Puerto Angel and San Agustinillo.[1]

This beach is favored by foreign tourists, most of whom are backpackers and by the Mexican middle class,[5][6][13] especially during Holy Week vacation in Mexico.[4]

The beach’s appeal stems from being one of very few beaches in which nudity is tolerated, however it is mostly practiced on the sheltered far east Playa del Amor and the far west end.[10][12][17]
Rocks on the far east end with crosses on them Read More here
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Playa_Zipolite

Swimming is practiced here but caution is strongly advised. Waves are strong in the afternoon, which is good for surfing and undertow is always strong. The ocean just offshore has strong currents that flow in circular patterns, some of which push swimmers toward shore and some which can pull swimmers out to sea.

These currents are strong but not very wide.[10][12][18] Swimmers have regularly drowned, prompting the creation of a volunteer lifeguard team and a flag system to indicate where and when it is safest to swim.[3]

The lifeguard team was founded in 1995 and trained by local charity PiƱa Palmera and U.S. citizen Joaquin Venado.

In 1996, drownings at this beach were cut in half.[18] The lifeguard service currently has ten lifeguards, an ATV, a jet ski, radios and other equipment provided by the state government.[11][15]

From 2007 to 2009, there have been no drowning deaths at Zipolite, a record, but there have been 180 registered rescues.[11][19] Read More here
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Playa_Zipolite

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While were were there in the winter of 2008/9 they were filming a movie. It's World Premiere starts tomorrow, see this link!!

http://adventurezinmexico.blogspot.com/2011/03/world-premiere-of-mystico-fantastico.html

Mystico FantƔstico! from anita doron on Vimeo.

World Premiere of Mystico Fantastico

MORNING AFTER TWITTER REVIEWS:
MaryaMurphy says: MYSTICO FANTASTICO: clever, charming and imaginative. I'm a sucker for idylls. Nice use of color, music, mythos.

earthcritter says: Mystico Fantastico is what its title says. That's a fine line to walk. The low- budget look helps (unusual). Story & acting: yep!

@LetyO: 'Mystico Fantastico'. A compelling story about discovering one's self. Culturally connected by clever narration.

@suzanneyada: Saw Mystico Fantastico w/ @jasmineduarte at @cinequest. It was indeed fantastico. The director was there & said it cost only about $20k

Suzanne Quigley-Carbajal
Oh I so loved your film! I loved listening to you speak tonight after the Cinequest showing and talking to you in person following! More hugs, Suzie
ps Cannot wait to see your follow-up!

Mystico Fantastico - Filmed in Southern Mexico


Blog post by Tina Winterlik
http://tinawinterlik.blogspot.com
Mar 2/2011


Here is the trailer from Mystico Fantasico- Filmed in Zipolite
Mystico FantƔstico! Trailer from anita doron on Vimeo.

http://www.sflatinofilmfestival.com/2011/02/mystico-fantastico-makes-world-premiere-at-cinequest/

The SF Latino Film Festival is pleased to co-present the World Premiere of Mystico Fantastico.

San Francisco Latino Film Festival


This feature film is written and directed by Anita Doron who is known for her work on indie hits, End of Silence and Late Fragment.

Doron tells the story of a woman washed up on the shore in a remote village in the south of Mexico. Accompanied by a tour guide, the story of this woman from the sea reveals the true meaning of what it means to live on the edge.

See below for showtimes and tickets
03/03, 7:00pm Camera 12, San Jose, CA
03/05, 4:30pm Camera 12, San Jose, CA
03/08, 4:30pm San Jose Repertory Theatre

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World Premiere: March 3, 5 and 8, 2011 - California
Genre Magic Realism
About

Magic Realism feature film written and directed by Anita Doron. Starring Beatriz Yuste. Shot on location at the Beach of the Dead, Zipolite, Oaxaca. A collection of Vagabond Artsy Misfits, we made this film mostly while wearing no shoes.
Plot Outline

A woman named Louise and a doll in a red dress are washed ashore in a remote village somewhere in the south of Mexico. She may or may not be a disgruntled hippie dropping out, a bride suffering extended cold feet or a failed Ponzi schemer seeking solace in the ocean, but no one, including herself has any idea.

Louise responds to her new surroundings with a coma-like stare. But when her Mexican nightmare refuses to cease and desist, she has no choice but to engage with her new environment.


And through mainlining alcohol poisoning, hallucinations, music, the creepy voodoo doll, lust, friendship and a coconut milk shower, Louise becomes humble before the mysteries of life.


The woman from the sea recognizes that home is no longer located in the republic of solitude but in the simple act of letting the world in and allowing for possibilities she had never, until now, dreamt of.