Otavalo Travel Blogs
Browse travel blogs from Otavalo below. Otavalo travel blogs, travel journals, and travelogues are written by fellow travelers and provide an invaluable firsthand perspective in helping to plan your travels to Otavalo.
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#1 of 42 Otavalo travel blogs
Aug 13, 2009 – Aug 18, 2009
Lima, Peru -› Callao, Peru -› …
We all were tired, so the idea of waking up early in order to go to Otavalo first thing in the morning was a bit unrealistic, hehehe. The cleaning lady was supposed to come on Friday, but nobody was at home, so she showed up on Saturday morning, pffff. She would just clean downstairs, since we all …
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#2 of 42 Otavalo travel blogs
Oct 29, 2007 – Jan 15, 2009
Otavalo is a very pleasant market town just north of Quito. On Saturdays it hosts one of the largest artisan and food markets in South America with plenty of high quality examples of indigenous craftwork for sale.
At least that"s what the guidebooks say.
I didn"t care about the guidebo…
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#3 of 42 Otavalo travel blogs
Jun 30, 2009 – Jul 21, 2009
Lima, Peru -› Callao, Peru -› …
Since I left Lima, my plan was to go to Otavalo on a Saturday. My plan was very flexible, except of this detail, hehehe. This day I woke up early and was getting ready, when I went downstairs I saw William had already prepared breakfast. It was a typical American breakfast: eggs - he used some of t…
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#4 of 42 Otavalo travel blogs
Sep 27, 2006 – Feb 22, 2007
We set our alarm for 6am and dragged ourselves groggy-eyed to
the local animal market, where we were engulfed by locals in their
gorgeous traditional dress of vibrant coloured ponchos, pork-pie hats,
lace-up sandals, and intricately embroided lace blouses (We took
lots of sneaky photo…
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#5 of 42 Otavalo travel blogs
Sep 01, 2007
I have been to otavalo lots of times, because my dad has an office there, but this time I decided to take my camera with me. And I don't know, it seemed so amazing!!!... Everything!!!... It's like for the first time, I really saw Otavalo... So here are some pics...
I'll write a little more tomorr…
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#6 of 42 Otavalo travel blogs
Nov 16, 2007 – Feb 25, 2008
Quito, Ecuador -› Otavalo, Ecuador -› …
I had high expectations of this trip but so far Ecuador is exceeding all expectations. Everywhere you look, there is jaw dropping scenery. Quito is surrounded by mountains, but the journey from Quito to Otavalo was even more impressive with mountains that you can´t see the top of due t…
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#7 of 42 Otavalo travel blogs
Dec 06, 2007 – Aug 07, 2008
Sometimes they say that life is stranger than fiction. As I stood outside the bathroom next to the cock fighting pit looking at newspaper clippings and talking to a man about his friend in the photos, who of course is a world champion speed walker at multiple distances, and how they train in the hi…
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#8 of 42 Otavalo travel blogs
Jan 02, 2005 – Jun 23, 2007
We´re at Casa Mojanda now and its absolutely beautiful. On the afternoon in which we arrived I immediately took the opportunity to do the 20 minute hike to this waterfall in the hills. I went with about 5 people and I was the first one ballsy enough to jump into the freezing cold water in my cloth…
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#9 of 42 Otavalo travel blogs
Mar 07, 2006 – Sep 18, 2006
Dartford, England, UK -› Dublin, Ireland -› …
KERRY- Today we sampled the Ecuadorian buses as we headed off to the Market town of Otavalo. We caught a taxi to th bus station - a very nice man called Mauro took us into town, after having an argument with the first taxi driver we bartered with, for overcharging us.…
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#10 of 42 Otavalo travel blogs
Apr 27, 2008 – Mar 23, 2009
so we heard about the markets in Otovalo.. but i think i might have underestimated them a little.... there was seperate markets for animals, food and crafts... all of which were very interesting!! The streets were filled up wisth stalls selling everything from guinea pigs, to blankets, to pig feet,…
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#11 of 42 Otavalo travel blogs
Apr 18, 2009 – Nov 22, 2009
Vina del Mar, Chile -› Valparaiso, Chile -› …
Crossing the border from Colombia to Ecuador was much easier than my journey 3 weeks ago. I got the first collectivo from Pasto to Ipiales which is 6,000 COP and only took an hour and a half. Then took a taxi to the frontier, they charged my 7,000 COP. The customs on both the Colombia and Ecuador s…
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#12 of 42 Otavalo travel blogs
May 30, 2006 – Jan 29, 2007
Quito, Ecuador -› Otavalo, Ecuador -› …
I´m spending around 1 year in South America, I had an amazing time. Enjoy my pictures, I'd do it again.
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#13 of 42 Otavalo travel blogs
Jan 08, 2003 – Apr 17, 2009
traveling along the years
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#14 of 42 Otavalo travel blogs
Sep 05, 2007 – Jan 07, 2009
Really an unexpected stop, but an enjoyable one. We found out about this jewel from one of our rides while we were on our way to Quito . . . so we thought. We figured, why not stop off here really quickly and check out the infamous "Mercado de los Ponchos" and meet the country's Indigenou…
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#15 of 42 Otavalo travel blogs
Nov 03, 2008 – Aug 23, 2009
Cotacachi, Ecuador -› Mindo, Ecuador -› …
This blog is to keep friends updated on my move to Ecuador. Dirk is coming with to keep an eye on me
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