Zipolite, Oaxaca, Mexico
Zipolite is a small, relatively new, beach town on the southern coast of Mexico; lined with restaurants, bars, cabanas. The main part of town lays out along the beach, which is long and beautiful, with a few surrounding homes nestled into the hillaceous terrain and along the (currently dry) river beds. Warm ocean and rocky coves; international, queer- friendly, and a few sustainably-minded, artistic, and healing people. Italians, Germans, English, and Canadian make up the bulk of the international populace either making a living here, or coming back for several months every year since they found it. And I can understand why. I love it here: the openness, the tranquility, the sense of active community. All this combined with the run of dogs reminds me of my home in Palau, Italy. Both so sweet and so treacherous to be so close to my tremendous mother ocean. Shie is in hrr power here; and has proven quite capable of tsunami’s and hurricanes. Then there’s the mosquitoes; and I can’t imagine what it would be like in the “hot season.” I’m staying at Villa Escondida, with my own bathroom and a communal kitchen in a mostly Italian environment. It feels like home and family to be surrounded by their company, language, and food.  I’m finding my rhythm in this home, town, climate: constructing in the cooler hours before 12, spending my ciesta at home with lunch, business, and leisure, my evenings with the sunset and the beach. I walk barefoot, share companionship in the moments they arrive, cook my meals...I’m comfortable here. It feels good to just BE, HERE; no other time or place. Everything is in front of me. (And behind me, as the case may be.) I feel open - to me, to the moment, to the journey. And it’s only getting better. http://www.villaescondida2002.com/english/chi.htmlshapeimage_2_link_0
Natural Building: Abroad Monday, January 14, 2008 Playa Zipolite and “Bongo Bong” a song by Manu Chao