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Otavalo Market & Crater Lake

A travel blog entry by dharms_swita

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... 6 hours, however the locals told us 4 hour. Only one way to find out!

After numerous photo stops and 6 hours later we completed it. I guess it was good for us to get used to the altitude and get some training in for the rest of our travel plans especially Machu Picchu. On the way back to the small town where we got the bus to, we hitched a ride on the back of a pick-up (no other way ...

Ola Amigos

A travel blog entry by becca_john2011

... one foot in the northern hemisphere and one foot in the southern. We then started our descent into the Amazon rain forest. The views of the rain forest from high up were like the TV ... Dramatic mountains covered in Jungle with steam rising over. Some parts were so steamy that you could hardly see the rain forest. It was amazing.

We stopped about an hour from a town called Coca for our first bush camp next to ...

Le temps passe si vite...

A travel blog entry by karine_vero

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... Très belle route remplie de chutes sur le chemin, mais beaucoup de voitures. Nous arrivions la veille d'un endroit où nous étions seules au monde.... alors c'était plutôt différent...
Malgré tout, ce fut une belle journée. Beaucoup plus de côtes à monter, mais étant à une altitude plus raisonnable (1800 m), il nous était plus normal d'avoir mal aux muscles avant d'avoir le coeur qui bat la chamaille. Rendues à Rio Verde, nous avons fait un petit hiking d'environ ...

Derrivando mitos

A travel blog entry by s.figueroa

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... El fue un presidente de este país que hizo una gran reforma educativa, y que entre otras cosas abrió espacios de participación para la mujer.
Sin duda este día fue el de los mitos derrivados, grandes elefantes blancos sentados con su gran trasero sobre una mentira mas grande que Goliat, el gran aprendizaje es que el David que existe en nosotros los puede derrivar con un suave ...

Shopping till I drop in Otavalo

A travel blog entry by sarahs_voyage

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Otavalo is about two hours drive north of Quito and is famed for is Indian market on Saturday. The area is known for its local handicrafts, traditional weavings and colorful costumes worn by the local women. The reality of Otavalo, as with many things, is rather less romantic than my imagination or the guide books would have you believe. Yes there is an interesting market but the everyday market in the main square has become very touristy. Stall after stall ...