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The route on Day 5 would take us down into the cloudforest where the temps and humidity got downright steamy.





And the vegetation changed accordingly


In Ecuador, and maybe the rest of South America, there's something about kids wanting to ride on the tops of the vehicles. I only caught this one shot, but on a previous day, we had seen an entire school bus full of kids, with about 15-20 more kids riding on top of the bus.