Otavalo (Market)

On sunday, Karina and I took a bus trip to Otavalo (a town/city outside of Quito). There's a huge well-known market held there every Saturday. The bus trip was 2.5 hours and cost only $2.00. The market was similar to the one in Quito but had many more booths and things to see. Most of the vendors were wearing traditional Ecuadorian dress so it was really a cultural experience! I learned that most vendors will offer you an extremely high price and you have to barter and make the price lower or you'll get ripped off. I found a couple things to bring back with me as gifts, including these beautiful Alpaca blankets. I ran into a woman named Renee Blodgett from NY who runs a website comprised of peoples travel blogs from all over the world. Her site is weblogtheworld.com so check it out! I have tons more photos but they take about 10 minutes each to upload to the blog so I'm only posting a few:

Corn for sale!

Wool!

Alpaca wool blankets

The mountain on the way to the market