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Coraza Otavalo

Abdon Calderon and Sucre (CORNER) Otavalo, Ecuador

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Volcanic serenity

A travel blog entry by netgull

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... and a pick-up truck from Otavalo, it's an excellent place to spend a day hiking. It takes 4-5 hours to walk around the lake, but the weather today is not looking very promising. After half an hour, heavy fog moves in over the lake, the world around disappears and following the path back looks like a good idea.

A small deviation on the way back leads to the small village that shares its name with the alpha volcano of the ...

Christmas shopping!!!

A travel blog entry by annatom

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... lief, war vor zehn ausser uns kaum jemand, weswegen wir auch zu mehr als einem super Schnäppchen kamen (Eine Hängematte für 15 statt 28 USD etc.).
Mehrere Stunden Shopping später waren wir einen Poncho für Tom, Schmuck für Anna und gefühlte hundert Weihnachtsgeschenke reicher.

Da wir leicht im Stress sind, alles das in unsere Rucksäcke und unsere ...

Otavalo Markets

A travel blog entry by bruceontour

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... in the Plaza 24 de Mayo.

Finally to the Plaza de Ponchos (main square) for the artesian stalls which we saw yesterday, the neighbouring streets were also taken over by ...

Lluvia, lluvia, y mas lluvia.

A travel blog entry by corriepoland

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... times. I will definitely try to get a video of that.

Other exciting things: The wedding! It was a blast. The church was beautiful and I actually understand most of the sermon :) It was only me and two of the directors for English speakers and we really did not know what to expect. When we got to the reception (which was actually a big room with a stage in a school nearby the house), they were in the process of putting the garter on ...

Quito y mas!

A travel blog entry by corriepoland

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... the fence. Tomorrow, we are having an organization come to give Christmas gifts so they want to make a good impression. They also learned a few Christmas songs (with maracas and all) to preform for the group. Here's hoping my little ones don't have stage fright. The other volunteer and I are also meant to say something special to the group for Christmas, so let's hope I don't stage fright.

Another highlight of this week...my host family ...

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