Each trip took about 5 hours from the village of El Suspiro to the cabin. We brought all of our food in. And we sure didn't want to spend our time hunting. According to locals, their health has impoved since they chlorinated their water. People were in pretty good health.
Clean water is critical and they seem to have that under control.
I was impressed with the cleanliness of the people and their homes. It proved to me that wealth is not a must for good health. Knowledge and cleanliness go along way to keeping a community healthy. It starts out growing flat and tightly attached to the trunk of a tree and then when it gets near the top of the tree it sprouts out huge fleshy leaves. I assume that is what you mean.