A short YouTube video by Andy Neary presenting an encounter with Maris, a man who lives off-grid in a lush valley rainforest without electricity and who bathes and washes clothes in the river. The narrator emphasizes Maris's apparent happiness despite lack of modern conveniences.
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Maris lives down in this lush valley rainforest, and he lives in a shack, for lack of a better description, with no electricity. And he bathes in the river. He washes his clothes in the river for the, for, for. For most intensive purposes. He is cut off from the world. He lives off grid down in this valley. In fact, when he has to fly off the island, he does go back to the mainland once in a while. He will hitchhike to the airport. So we got to spend the day with Maris. And the thing I quickly realized into our time with him is this is one happy man.
This man has no electricity.
He literally bathes and washes his clothes in the river. He lives off the land for the most part, and this guy couldn't be happier.