I’ve written about Intag a few times before, specifically in my posts dated 6/17/18 and 9/9/18. It’s a breathtakingly beautiful, tropical, high-elevation cloud forest about two hours from my home. I’ve traveled there several times on my own, but for this weekend’s adventure, I planned an outing for my favorite Peace Corps Volunteer friends. They came from all over Ecuador to spend the weekend here and to find out why I can’t stop talking about it! We were 13 in all, and we had a great adventure together…. especially getting our little rented school bus and driver lost in the dark on a washed out gravel road during a major storm event where we had to drive through creeks and past a waterfall
that could have carried the bus away.
Like I said, it was an adventure!
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| But when we finally made it to our destination and the morning revealed the view, we all agreed it was worth it! |
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| So, we took a guided hike up into a private reserve of virgin forest and explored the plants and animals of this biologically diverse cloud forest. |
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| Investigating the sap of the Sangre del Dragon tree… which lathers into a cream that heals just like Neosporin! |
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| In the evenings, we played lots of games and had some sing-alongs, too. So much laughter… |
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| I’m lucky to have these adventure-mates and Peace Corps friends.
Back Row: Laura (CA), Berto (friend from the States), David (NY), Lawrence (NC), Josh (VA) |
