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Travel Blogs from Otavalo
A Spot of Shopping in the Northern Sierra
... but 20 mins and $6 later I was at a very deserted bus terminal. By 4.30am I was on another bus heading north to Otavalo, one of the most popular places on the tourist trail in Ecuador because of the Otavaleños heritage of producing woollens, textiles and crafts. Every Saturday the town hosts a huge market, where the streets fill with local people selling their wares. This was of course my main reason for heading here as I'm not one to miss an opportunity to ...
Ecuadorian Mountain Markets
After another long-haul bus journey involving lots of scary mountain passes we finally made it to the border of Ecuador. Here we disembarked and checked through Colombian border security, walked across a bridge marking the border, and had our passports stamped by Ecuadorian border security on the other side. Once safely across we embarked another bus for the three hour journey to our ...
Chales, ponchos y mucho más
... wir zur Cascada de Peguche (Wasserfall) gefahren und gewandert. Er ist leicht versteckt in einer schoenen Landschaft und auch hier konnte man sehr gut die Spuren der vielen Feuer (aufgrund der Trockenheit der letzten Wochen) sehen - schwarz und verkohlt oberhalb des Wanderweges und gruen unterhalb. Hinter einem Schild 'peligroso' (gefaehrlich) waren einige Leute, also sind wir auch ...
We Made the Move
... the one bus that took us directly to the Kingdom Hall, the #18 bus, wouldn't you know, was the one bus that stopped running early in the evening. And the taxis, week after week, can eat up funds real quick. Anyway, everything is very convenient here in Atuntaqui, even though, in my opinion, it is still a good size town. And just two blocks from our place, we can catch the bus to Quito, and to the rest of the surrounding towns, like Otavalo, etc. FYI: A small Flota ...
Latitude 0'0'0
... soit impressionant comme marche, apres quatre heures, j'en avais marre!
Aussi, il y a la superbe lagune de Cuicochi a aller voir! Il sagit dune randonnee de 4a 5 heures, super suposement. Je dis suposement, puisqu'un petit imprevu nous a malheureusement empeche d'y aller.Eh oui, la pauvre cath qui fait une indigestion et Em qui decouvre des amis qui grouillent dans son cuire chevelu! Je me rappelerai toujours, Em ...