Took an overnight bus to #Oaxaca and rode a sleep deprived half day to Teotitlán, at the base of the climb into the Sierra Norte.
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I took 2 days to climb the 1500m to Benito Juarez, and camped at the lookout around 3100m.
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Amazing sunset and sunrise views, and nobody else there.
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@ZaneSelvans Are those some sort of monster yucca stalk?
Giant blue agave I think. The larger inflorescences are about 10m tall.
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@ZaneSelvans That's totally freaky
Dr. Seuss plants for sure. The hummingbirds love them.
Then toodled around in the forests of the Pueblos Mancomunados co-op at 3000m for several days. Lots of quiet sitting and reading.
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@ZaneSelvans What kind of co-op is this?
It's an ecotourism co-op, made up of 8 indigenous communities in the Sierra Juárez. They manage a bunch of communal forest land and share revenue.
Basically had it all to myself.
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@ZaneSelvans Looks incredible, I love your setup!
Sometimes it's easy to imagine I'm in Colorado or California. But then I'll run into plants like this. And remember I'm above 10,000 feet.
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Then a brake scorching 1500m descent down to Tlacolula, the Mitla Valley's market town for more than a thousand years.
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