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Hotel Dona Esther Otavalo

Juan Montalvo 4-44 Otavalo, Ecuador

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Finding a hat

A travel blog entry by bootephant

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According to our trusty Footprint guidebook, Otavalo is "a must" on any tourist itinerary in Ecuador. This accolade is largely due to the town's eclectic market which proved to be a photographer’s Mecca for the Boote fella (NB check out his pig head shot – a fave of mine as the stall vendor’s grimace mirrors that of the …

Otavalo - Market Town

A travel blog entry by muppetsaway

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Bidding farewell to the friendly manager of the grotty hotel we caught a taxi to Otavalo (market town). Settling our bill had proven to be interesting, when we once again found ourselves lacking in change. The owner could not change $50 to cover our $19 bill so we paid a visit to a cash machine to draw out $30 (plus however many fees that go with …

Otavalo and surroundings

A travel blog entry by rien

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06-09-2010: na het ontbijt nemen we een taxi naar het busstation voor de rit naar Otavalo. Het station blijkt aan de andere kant van de stad te zijn en duurt zo n half uur. De bus staat al te wachten en we kunnen dan ook gelijk vertrekken. Omstreeks 12:00 pm komen we aan in Otavalo en stappen al voor het busstation uit en dan verder per taxi naar …

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The day before Otavalo Saturday markets

A travel blog entry by bruceontour

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... before boarding the bus. Bizarre. The next bus left at 11.15 am and we were in for a treat. Being a public bus, it stopped along the road side and waited ... sellers would come on board selling food and drink. A busker armed with guitar even boarded and whether or not we liked it, we had to endure for many kilometres ...

Haggling in Otavalo

A travel blog entry by griffs-on-tour

... in Bolivia and Pisac in Peru for it’s craft market. In fact what we found in Otavalo was way beyond either of those places. Half the shops in the town appeared to be selling knitwear and hammocks although with disappointing variety (everywhere we go everyone is selling the same things!). We holed up in a lovely hostel and next day in the morning we headed out to the 'plaza de poncho’ to see what was in the main market there. The entire plaza had been given over ...

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