Mexico’s Best-Kept Queer Secret
Zipolite in Oaxaca has something P.V. doesn’t.Zipolite is somewhat isolated; after arriving in Mexico City, a visitor can fly in to either Puerto Escondido, which is closer to the surf, or Huatulco, which is deeper inland.
Both airports are approximately an additional hour’s drive from Zipolite, either by bus or private taxi.The home of the only legal nude beach, which itself is a one-and-a-quarter-mile stretch simply called Playa, Zipolite has a long history of being a countercultural zone.
In 1970, Gloria Hope Johnson moved from California to Puerto Angel, camped on Zipolite Beach, and fell in love with one of the local fishermen, Tomas Lopez.
A few years later they began renting hammocks on the beach and built a restaurant. Their business, Shambhala, is still in operation, offering various-sized cabanas and a vegetarian menu.
