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Travel Blogs from Otavalo
Quito
Thurs 8th - Fri 16th. Stories about muggings and gun hold-ups here didnīt make for a comfortable prelude, but thankfully itīs become alot safer in recent times. We stayed in El Centro del Mundo in the Muriscral Sucre district. The busiest night of the week was Tuesday and Saturday was fairly quite for some strange reason. We did more spanish …
A Spot of Shopping in the Northern Sierra
Waking up around 3.45am, I found myself rather surprisingly already back in Quito after just 6 hours on the bus, and greatly regretting the cocktails I had drunk whilst waiting to board. I have no idea where we were dropped as thankfully there were taxis already waiting and I managed to stumble into one of them and ask to be taken to the Carcelen bus terminal, albeit forgetting in the process to agree the price or request using the meter... There followed a bit of ...
Quito to Otavalo
... Hacienda where we will spend the next two nights. Hacienda Pinsaqui was built 300 years ago and was turned into a hotel about 18 years ago. When we arrived, we were greeted by musicians playing music and then we were assigned our rooms.
We had a short break before we met for a folklore dance demonstration and then off to dinner. I had salad, steak and fresh strawberries
Then back to the room for ...
Teaching English/A Little About the Area
... sick in bed in Cuenca, the bed shook. They had a few small earthquakes in Cuenca during the 14.5 months we lived there, but I never felt them -- until last month.
Anyway, we are really enjoying this part of Ecuador -- definitely more tranquil, but without the lack of things to do, places to go, modern infrastructure and good health care. So far I'm noticing that the people here are very helpful when us foreigners speak half-way decent or even ...
Chales, ponchos y mucho más
Frueh morgens ging es auf nach Otavalo. Nach ca. 3h Fahrt mit toller Landschaft (Lago San Pablo) konnten wir den traditionellen Samstagsmarktarkt (und groessten Kunsthandelsmarkt Ecuadors) der Einheimischen Otavalenos auf der Plaza de Ponchos noch vor den grossen Menschenmassen durchstoebern. Sehr bunt, voll und interessant. Wir hatten laengst nicht genug Zeit um alles zu begutachten. ...
Other places to stay in Otavalo
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La Posada Del Quinde
Calle Quito con Miguel Egas, Otavalo | Hotel -
Hacienda Pinsaqui
Hwy 35 - Panamericana Norte km. 5, Otavalo | Hotelfrom $119 -
Casa Mojanda
Casilla 160, Otavalo | Hotel -
Hotel Riviera-Sucre
Otavalo | Hotel -
Hotel El Indio Inn
Principal Calle Bolivar Nro 904 y Abdón , Otavalo | Hotel -
Coraza
Abdon Calderon and Sucre (CORNER), Otavalo | Hotelfrom $25 -
Hotel Santa Fe
Calle Roca 7-34 , Otavalo | Hotel -
Hostal Maria
Modesto Jaramillo y Colón , Otavalo | Hotel