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The Camino, founded by a rural development nonprofit, instead takes adventurous hikers over backcountry trails through rainforests, cloud forests, farmland and indigenous territories, seeking to bring economic benefits to the remote communities that live there. “It was a no-brainer, as the tourist money goes to very specific coastal areas and most of those places are owned by foreigners,” said Conchita Espino, executive director of Mar a Mar, the association that designed and built the trail.