Otavalo

Trip Start Jan 25, 2008
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Trip End Jun 01, 2008


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Hotel Chasqui
(Otavalo hotels)

Flag of Ecuador  , Otavalo,
Saturday, May 17, 2008

When we arrived in Otavalo it was late at night and pouring with rain and took us about fifteen minutes to get a taxi but when we arrived at our hostel we were greeted by Roberto and the warmest welcome weŽd encountered so far and he immediately put the smiles back on our faces.

The next day was the Saturday market which Otavalo is famous for so we went to bed early in preperation for a days shopping!  In the morning it was raining again but armed with brollies and raincoats we hit the stalls and tried our best to resist buying unnessecery crap and failed miserably! Its a given that you have to haggle for what you buy but we couldnŽt believe the disparity of prices between the stalls - sometimes it was as much as 10 dollars for something that cost 2! We stayed until 3pm and then wondered how we were going to repack our already busting at the seams bagss to accomodate the new purchases!
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