Laguna Cuicocha Otavalo

Da wir wussten, dass Otavalo am Freitag meist von Touris überlaufen ist,
hatten wir in einem Hostal reserviert - was aber nicht nötig gewesen
wäre: Das Hostal war halb leer, und wir konnten uns gemütlich unser
Zimmer aussuchen.
Am nächsten Morgen bemerkten wir, dass nicht nur das Hostal, sondern auch halb Otavalo
leer war: …

From the centre of the earth, to the Moon, and to the Bathroom!

After a night or so partying, and taking it easy, (BTW the beers, are 660ml, and cost between 1 dollar and 1 dollar fifty, depending wheather you buy in a shop, hostel or at a bar, but at 3000plus feet, you only need a couple to feel it!), we decided the next trip was to the …

I can proudly say that everything my parents taught me about being frugal, getting the best deals, and hunting for bargains, paid off this weekend. Literally!




The weekend began Friday morning. Lots of rain, and lots of carsickness. Roads and traffic are a little different here. Oh, and it's in the mountains. Now I know how …

We got up reasonably early on Thursday as were going to walk to the nearby waterfall at Peguche. Pretty easy to get too, you simply follow the disused railway track outside the hostel and you're there in like 30 minutes. The entrance is quit touristy, not what we expected to be honest, we thought there would be a small track up the volcano and …

1.3.2012
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... excess space in our packs and the high cost of shipping stuff home, we opted not to buy much. On Sunday we went to Laguna Cuicocha, located in a national park about 30 minutes north of Otavalo. The laguna is a crater lake in an extinct volcano. It ...

... the market! From the village we drove up into hills to Reserva Cotacachi-Cayapas, where we gazed out over Laguna Cuicocha, a beautiful crater lake dotted by two large islands and surrounded by interesting montane vegetation, including stunning magenta ...

... rain. It then started pouring down pretty hard and we got soaked.  We left the market and visited a couple other places - Laguna Cuicocha and some window shopping for leather goods in Cotocachi. All in all that day wasn´t very exciting and we got ...

... und überhaupt Kunstarbeiten aller Art mag (oder auch nur eins von all dem) wird/würde Otavalo LIEBEN! Nach einem Ausflug zur Laguna Cuicocha, einem richtig beeindruckenden See, der sich nicht mit einer Insel begnügen konnte und davon gleich 2 ...

(from previous entry) Our first stop was at Laguna Cuicocha. This laguna was formed when the volcano erupted and the tip collapsed to form a 200m deep, 3km wide crater. Water then filled in the crater (by constant rainfall) to form the laguna. There ...

Entry containing 10 photos titled: 01Butterfly emerging, 02 Orchids, 03 Hummingbird and red plastic, 04 In the cloud forests of Mindo, 05 Standing north and south of the equator, 06 The group at the official Equator monument, 07 Lake near Otavalo, 08 Otavalo market stall

... pick-up truck early the next morning and drove with the bikes in the back uphill for nearly an hour until we reached Laguna Cuicocha - a stunning crater lake 3064 metres above sea level that is surrounded by volcanoes. It was a really ...

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Sunday had been a peaceful day. We took a trip to Laguna Cuicocha via Cotacachi. Cotacachi was a little bizarre (with a little bazaar). A small Indian village with a sponsored rock festival. Lots of Indians walking around in Alegro sun hats being handed ...

... not feeling too well so she could make the day trip. I went by myself and met a lovely Canadian couple. First we went to Laguna Cuicocha , the views were amazing and definitely worth a visit. Then we headed to a small village south of this where a French ...