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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_

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Handheld GPS is the key to taking us back to where Cisco had a previous productive find of fallen timber and wild orchids.

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Typical downed timber with trunk discarded and only prime kept for fence posts. Many are laden with dying orchids.

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A peek back toward Tiopisca as we go further down ever worsening logging roads.

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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.

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Very typical forest growth for the area.

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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.

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