Jan 17 We woke up late (we were exhausted) and didn't get going until 10:30. During breakfast, Doña Maria talked about the Granitity's difficult relationship with Rigoberta Menchu (who is from there) and a little about what happened to her during the war. We then drove 1.9 Km back towards Uspantan to an area with some big oak trees and tons of big bromeliads. Cattle are grazed here and there isn't really any understory; it's pretty disturbed but the trees are nice. We opened about 50 bromeliads from 11:30-13:15 and saw ~30 B. cuchumatana (collected 7). Carlos found a different species of Plectrisyla, from the one we got on the first day, in almost the last bromeliad we opened. We had lunch in El Chimal and drove back towards Uspantan. We turned off on a road to the small town of Los Carques and searched in a forest 0.4km from the main road. The forest was a mix of pine and oak, with tons of bromeliads, and was drier than other places we have looked. We opened bromeliads from 16:30- 18:00, and got 10 B. cuchumatana and 2 Plectrisyla (same species as on first day). I also found a B. cuchumatana under a small branch on the ground. In addition to the bromeliads we usually open, there were also smaller ones with thinner leaves. We stayed only when it got too dark. This forest seems like an excellent site for Plectrisyla. The weather today was sunny and warmer. We drove back to Uspantan to spend the night.