COROICO, BOLIVIA
Coroico is a town about 40 miles northeast of La Paz as the crow flies (longer along the curvy mountain road). It is located around 5500 feet above sea level on a hilltop in the Yungas cloud forest habitat. To see the route to Coroico, including the mudslide that I encountered, go here.

First, a few views from the center of town (Plaza García Lanza)...







A soccer field with mountains in the background...



Some buildings on the outskirts of town...



There are a lot of vistas from around Coroico...





Distant cloudy/foggy view of the Coroico River below...



Road on the outskirts of town through a wooded area...



Now for some plants...first a tree that's probably a matico tree (Piper aduncum)...





A young Attalea palm (probably Attalea maripa) in the fog...



An odd large herbaceous plant that looks a bit like a nettle (possibly from the Urera genus)...





A shrub (might be a Palicourea) with interesting corrugated leaves (above the clouds)...



Now a view (albeit cloudy) towards the mountains...with snow...



Looking close up towards one of the peaks...



One more view...





All of the above pictures on this page were taken in November 2012 by Brandt Maxwell.

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