Otavalo Bed and Breakfasts Reviews and Rates

Typisch Ecuador!

Bevor wir in das fuer seinen Samstagsmarkt beruehmte Oertchen Otavalo aufbrechen konnten, mussten wir wohl oder uebel noch die Bezahlung des anstehenden Galapagosabenteuers regeln. Dies gestaltete sich nicht ganz einfach, weil es sich um einen Betrag handelt, welcher Flos Debitkartenlimit bei weitem sprengte. Die Bezahlung via Kreditkarte haette …

Last stop shop... Otavalo

Otavalo is located pretty much exactly between Quito and the Boarder to Colombia. Therefore the perfect place to stop before crossing. The city is known for its Saturday market, which is huge and attracts a ton of tourists, which is why i decided not to come here on a Saturday. I'm not a big fan of big crowds. The market takes place every day …

Haggling and bargaining our way for Xmas shopping

We got a message form our friends at SKY early the Frioday morning before we planned to set off to Otavalo asking us to book 6 beds for them at our hostel. We were not expecting that many people and didnt really know who was going to turn up, but quite excited to see them all.

Our hostel was a little bit out of town but had amazing scenery …

A new country

We left EARLY from Popayan to catch a six hour bus to the Colombia-Ecuador border. We then spent two hours at border, which was more than expected. Nothing difficult though, just waiting in lines and trying to speak Spanish. We did have some help from a Canadian ex-pat who is scouting out South American countries to live in. After the border we had …

Off to the Market!

After breakfast at the Hacienda, we boarded a public bus and headed to the famous town of Otavalo. Every Friday and Saturday, the town has its streets filled with booths of handicrafts. Friday is the best day to buy because there are not as many vendors and the prices are cheaper. On Saturday there is an animal market during which locals barter and …

5 more days till the weekend!

Monday again. Eurgh.

Rachel and I are holding the fort at Larcacunga this week as Zoe is at Muenala with Emily and a new recruit. It's not bad as I'm into a routine with my 4 urchins now so I feel pretty comfortable (though the planning is hard with coming up with new things to do each day for the subject matter and with being so damn …

5 weeks is no time at all; 5 weeks is ageeeeees.

Breakfast at Villa Nancy is extremely good. We get cereal, we get yoghurt, we get bread with ham cheese, we get jam, we get butter and we get the tiniest of tiny bananas.

Afterwards, Zoe takes us through the risk assessment for the project which is very detailed and efficient and we pack up to leave. It's not straight to Otavalo though; …

Otavalo

When we arrived in Otavalo it was late at night and pouring with rain and took us about fifteen minutes to get a taxi but when we arrived at our hostel we were greeted by Roberto and the warmest welcome weŽd encountered so far and he immediately put the smiles back on our faces. The next day was the Saturday market which Otavalo is famous for so we …

Granny

Not a great deal to report, school is still wonderfully unpredictable and the constant flow of new volunteers is keeping everything exciting. However, there is one change. Granny (we aren't sure of her actual name) arrived a few weeks ago. We were warned that it normally took her a while to warm to people. That is the biggest understatement I have …

Otavalo

Not wanting to spend hours in an internet cafe, sadly im gonna keep this one short and sum up our time in Ecuador in one post. It started with an excellent long weekend spent with Rowena in the market town of Otavalo: * Walking around a beautiful volcanic crater lakes with Rowena and other volunteers. * Trapsing the streets and plazas of the never …