The Office

By special request, here are some pictures of the office I spend most days in at Defensores de la Naturalez, the NGO that co-administers the Sierra del Lacandon National Park. Plus a special bonus map of my commute from my home in San Miguel to the Defensores office in Santa Elena.


Okay, so here's the office...






I kid! That's el rancho, which is like the outdoor conference room/party gazebo on the office grounds. Here are more photos of the office and people that can be found there.

And here is a google map of the commute from my house to the office, done on foot, boat, and tuk-tuk.

False Alarm

Sorry to have panicked you, it turned out to be a false alarm about the tortilla prices going up. The story goes that that day the woman who sells tortillas door-to-door in Flores charged more than usual because she'd bought the dough pre-made instead of making it herself starting from corn kernels. The next day's prices were back to normal. But it highlights the fact that there is no place to buy freshly made tortillas in Flores. People have to go across the bridge to Santa Elena or buy from the one woman who goes door-to-door in Flores. There are no poor people in Flores, so no one to make tortillas. More on that at a later date.