Ravita, Sean 2013 journal San Marcos area, Sept, San Marcos, Guatemala Oct. 27 Yesterday, we drove down to Tapachula and searched in vain for liquid nitrogen. Dropped Adolfo off at the airport and drove to the border at Jalapa! Found out that to get the deposit back for the temporary vehicle import, we had to drive to a post on the highway from Huixtla to Coriiga. Finally got that done, crossed border and drove to San Marcos. Stayed at the Hotel Santa Barbara near the central plaza; a little pricey but really nice. We went out on the road past the "Boquero" school (near Ejemplos Palo Verde [the "South Transect"] ) and searched along the roadside for ~20 min (23:00-23:20). Carlos found a Brachystelma that looks to me like a franklin x linechii hybrid, as well as a Gragegster. The weather was misty but not raining. This morning, we had breakfast and drove to Don Rafael Pie de la Cuesta, where we got permission to work in El Refugio del Guetzal, near Aldea la Fraternidad; at night, drove back to San Marcos and out past Chichigen to a small patch of fir forest near where we have found Luebbewyeriex in the past. Searched from 14:15-16:15. I got 3 P. rex; all were in very degraded logs which were partly buried and/or covered by moss. Very few logs here; I think people use all the wood for cooking or building. Carlos got a tiny P. rex as well. Drove back to San Marcos for dinner, then to the guetzal reserve. Searched along trails in what looked like pretty nice cloud forest. I got a Gragegster (???) and 2 Brachystelma (Hypomembrinae) sandlhardtii??. Carlos + Adolfo got a B. Mannembrinis, 4 Ectoshyla hortwegi, 2 L. sagrum, 3 P. auritai. Weather was misty but not raining.