Road Trip to Teopisca, Chiapas

Just 20KM SE of San Cristobal lies a very small community of Teopisca. Here we would gather wild orchids off fallen timber in the forests lining the mountains nearby this city. On the route we would encounter Zapatistas and a car stuck on the edge of a remote mountain. (No photos of the latter; sorry_

Date: 02/02/2010

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Date: 02/02/2010 Views: 2676	Handheld GPS is the key to taking us back to where Cisco had a previous productive find of fallen timber and wild orchids. Date: 02/02/2010 Views: 2296	Date: 02/02/2010 Views: 2182
Typical downed timber with trunk discarded and only prime kept for fence posts. Many are laden with dying orchids. Date: 02/02/2010 Views: 2115	A peek back toward Tiopisca as we go further down ever worsening logging roads. Date: 02/02/2010 Views: 2137	Date: 02/02/2010 Views: 2080
Date: 02/02/2010 Views: 2233	Down 1000' to a 6000' elevation, the temperature must be 10 o warmer. Dani and I poop out about the same time, hiking up and down the mountains. Cisco is the energizer bunny. Date: 02/02/2010 Views: 2322	Very typical forest growth for the area. Date: 02/02/2010 Views: 5039
Date: 02/02/2010 Views: 2165	Topsoil is only a recent addition to the geology of the area. Once the area was only this powdery pre-concrete mix. It should be evident from this why the forest cover is so important to maintain. Date: 02/02/2010 Views: 2553	Date: 02/02/2010 Views: 2238

Road Trip to Teopisca, Chiapas

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