Travel Blogs by Travelers Who Stayed at this HotelPinsaqui Otavalo
Meanwhile, back at the hacienda..
Having had a look round Quito it was time to move on and we set off once more early on a Tuesday morning. As we left the city and drove through the outskirts it seemed to me that rush-hour is the same the world over. The main access routes were closed for maintenance and traffic entering the city was at a virtual standstill. But going the other way …
Hacienda in the Andes (Part II)
We had heavy rainstorms during the past two days, and the water level had risen enough to allow canoe travel between the lagoon to the Rio Napo. The current on the river seemed to be much faster but neither that nor the steady rain seemed to slow us down much. Since we were sitting near the bow, we bundled up in our rain gear and read/dozed during …
Change would do us good....
Our first task in Otavalo was to figure out how to change a $100 bill. After a month in Ecuador we had become obsessed with having small bills because anything greater than a $10 would cause a mini flurry of activity that could sometimes last several minutes. We would, for example, try to pay a $6 bill with a $10, and after assuring the vendor that …
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... The deal here is leather, with, on my moderate estimations, more than 100 shops selling jackets, bags and belts, that seem to have picked up every possible permutation of leather known to human. Even I can't help but indulge in my consumer instincts! Shopping is tiring though, so some lunch is in order before returning to Otavalo. Roasted pig is on offer, but neither its owner, nor the pig looked too happy, so I ate some shrimps instead.
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Christmas shopping!!!
... zu stopfen (warum sind eigentlich Gepäckstücke, egal wie gross, immer voll?!) und unsere Rückreise in Angriff zu nehmen, lassen wir einfach die Bilder für sich sprechen.
Wer Märkte, Farben, Eindrücke, fremde Kulturen, Teppiche, Ponchos, Webarbeiten, Jadearbeiten und überhaupt Kunstarbeiten aller Art mag (oder auch nur eins von all dem) wird/würde Otavalo LIEBEN! ...


