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Otavalo Slideshow
Otavalo
Travel Blogs from Otavalo, Ecuador
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 ...
There is always one special trip, this was it!
... away from the tourist traps where the money flows to those people who don't necessarily need the cash. The tour of places around Otavalo saw Vera and I driven to all the beauty spots and view points for four hours by our guide Senor Washington. There was ...
Final Day :-(
... quite see myself wearing one in London! I also had a wandered around the food market, many people exchanging live chickens etc. Left Otavalo for Quito at 12pm a smooth journey until we arrived in Quito and our van got the back of the barrier as it left ...
Family visits Ecuador!
... 14th at night and left on Friday the 22nd in the morning. It was really an interesting visit and they really got to experience Ecuador in its fullest. From hail storms, heavy rain, vendors, and even a land slide they saw it all. In true Ecuadorian rainy ...
Bei den Indianern
... die Flugtickets auf die Inseln geholt und reisen dort allein nach Lust und Laune... Abends sind wir in Otavalo, einem kleinen Staedtchen voller Indígenas, angekommen. War ziemlich gruselig so im Dunkeln unser abgelegenes Hostel zu ...
New Year's Eve, Ecuadorian style.
... guinea pigs. I'm used to seeing pigs, cows, chickens, etc, being sold but never guinea pigs. In South America, well, at least in Ecuador and Peru, guinea pigs are not pets, they are food. A women was holding one by the neck trying to get buyers, and it ...
Mother Of Indian Markets
Day trip to Otavalo (Indian market) via a couple of tourist spots, in a bus arranged by the tour operator. Driver was William and guide was Luis who did not speak very good English. 1700h took a taxi with Ong, Chua and Joseph to Centro ...
starting school and the beach...
... he will be better in time for the jungle though. On the Monday of last week we started school and Julian Juez, just outside Otavalo's neighbouring town of San Pablo. We'd met the kids once before, but they were just as excited to see us as we ...
In at the deep end
We drag ourselves out of bed somehow and join Monica for breakfast at 6.15 – one bread roll and some juice, not the most substantial of breakfasts but tasty enough. Get the bus with a lass called Rachel from the states who is on her gap year after ...
Otavalo
Het platteland in Ecuador
... om oregano te plukken voor een thee. Wederom besef ik me dat hier, en ook op de meeste andere plekken in Ecuador, eigenlijk iedereen wel een beetje kennis heeft van natuurlijke geneeswijzen, met name voedignsmiddelen die goed zijn voor de nieren, voor de ...
Another new country
... rough shanties about. Still some poor housing but it's colder here so sleeping rough is not such a good option. We arrive at Otavalo and find the hostel I booked on line knows nothing about us, they don't even have a computer or know about ...
Otavalo, stad van souvenirs
... vogels zijn erg indrukwekkend. Ook hun assortiment aan uilen en havikken is interessant. Niet eens alle vogels komen oorspronkelijk uit Ecuador of zelfs Zuid-Amerika, maar het blijft leuk om zulke mooie vogels van zo dichtbij te zien. Tuurlijk is het ...
How the mighty are fallen
Football again - ah delicious relief from Thurs night planning and further delivery of vowel-related activities! Not such a nice, sunny day as last week - rather clouded over which makes the view of the cement-factory imposed mountains less stark. It's ...
A Shopaholics Delight!
Hola! We have left the city for a few days and are in the Otavalo area of northern Ecuador. We mainly came to shop at one of the largest markets in South America. There is also lots of hiking, lakes and volcanoes in this area. The ...
Wandering South America's biggest market
... 2 and a bit hours and gave me a chance to catch up on some sleep. The journey was through some outstanding scenery (again!) Ecuador seems to easily match and often beat a lot of what I have seen in Bolivia, Peru and Argentina and everything is so close ...
Otavalo: "Shop till you drop"
We arrived at Otavalo on Saturday noon. The town is famouse for it´s markets, especially the saturday market when natives from the sorround villages come here to sell their crafts, very interesting and pretty fun. Today we went on a guided trip to the ...
Otavalo
... nbsp; We then made our way towards the craft market which is supposed to be the biggest in Latin America (but maybe just in Ecuador). We stopped off for brunch at a great cafe run by two local women who served up the best scrambled eggs we've ...
"Regresa pronto Señorita Raquel!"
... with a number is pretty remarkable... After the bizarre PE wraps up, it's gone 12 and Lucilla dismisses school early. Back in Otavalo, I help Rachel with her last-minute chores including all her last-minute market purchases - I'm in my element with my ...
Otavalo Market Day
Otavalo is the Panajachel of Ecuador, lots of western foreigners hanging out and hanging on, but the real attraction here is the locals themselves, particularly the men, striking and handsome with their long hair and attractive blue ponchos. The women ...
First Night In Otavalo
Late Saturday night, the bus dropped us on the outskirts of Otavalo with only our carry on luggage-our checked baggage lost somewhere between Houston and Panama City. The project coordinator, Katie, most familiar with the land and language, led us down ...
Wow, an update....
... a very opportune breakdown outside a random shop selling beer..which made the last leg of the journey go all the more quicker! So, Otavalo is famous for its massive markets...which weren^t on on teh day that we arrived but there was still a small ...
A room with a view
The school in Otavalo is quite different from Quito. There are only 4 four students, and since we are all at different levels, we each benefit from one-on-one instruction. This is a little interactive and fun, but a little more productive. I´m glad for ...
Bright colours of Ecuador
... carried! From tiny puppies to 500kg bulls and everything in between, it’s all available. Apparently the indigenous Otavalo people are the richest in Ecuador, clearly so if they can spend $750 on a bull! It was a really interesting place and Sean, ...
Otavalo Day 2
Last night we ate at an Italian restaurant in Otavalo because they had live local music. The music was great, so was the food, but the service was terrible. Don´t go if you´re in a rush! We were also a bit worried because our cards had been refused at ...
Indigeneous market, a lake and lots of landscapes
... . No a days though it´s more of a tourist item. After we drove through beautiful landscapes until we reached Otavalo - famous for its indigeneous saturday market and supposely the biggest in south america. Then again through beautiful landscapes until ...
Markets and more
From Mindo we caught a bus back to Quito, and then (after a short taxi ride between terminals) caught a bus to Otavalo, a town renowned for its markets. The markets are biggest on a Saturday and we arrived on a Wednesday, so on the remaining days we ...
camiones de basura musicales
Almorzamos y partimos a Peguche, tomamos el bus y en no mas de 10 minutos llegamos a un pueblito con madejas de lana secándose en los patios, talleres de telar y pequeñas industrias de hilado, donde uno esté parada escucha el trac-trac de las ...