Exploring the backroads from Nanegalito, Ecuador to the town of Apuela in the beautiful Intag valley. This is one of those adventures that lives up to the Fall off the Map channel name, as many of the roads I took were not on any maps. I got lost for hours but had a great time exploring the cloud forests and rivers. There were heartbreaking moments as I saw how much of the cloud forest was being burned to make way for slash and burn agriculture, and when I came across the polluted Rio Guayllabamba deep in the pristine cloud forest. That said, it was still a wonderful adventure through little known parts of the Andes Mountains, full of hummingbirds, waterfalls, wild berries, and the real Ecuador far away from the cities and tourist attractions.
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