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25 viewsOtavalo, my first stop in Ecuador, is surrounded by volcanoes. It looks surreal on satellite.
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25 viewsOtavalo is famous for its Saturday markets and woolen goods - including hats.
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25 viewsGoing to Carnaval? Need a mask? Next time I'll come here first.
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24 viewsA woman organizes her wares.
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24 viewsAnother woman sits in the sun watching over her sweaters.
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26 viewsSelling wraps.
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26 viewsSpices and more spices.
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26 viewsFruits and vegetables area also up for grabs.
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25 viewsThis means it's lunch time.
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29 viewsA little boy playing on the tree.
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25 viewsDraining water from the beans.
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24 viewsSelling cake and some sort of puddingish thing.
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25 viewsSelling traditional clothes.
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23 viewsRoasted figs and vanilla for a sandwich with goat cheese. Much better than it looks.
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24 viewsTraditional Ecuador musical instruments, with armadillo sounding boards.
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25 viewsA really nice painting of Cotapaxi here in Ecuador. Which I'm hoping to climb soon. My mom would like the colours, I think.
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24 viewsThe beginning of my walk out of town and up into the hills around Otavalo.
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23 viewsThe walk then took me through the countryside and I followed this man to a waterfall.
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26 viewsPeguche waterfall.
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26 viewsWhen I got to the waterfall there was a whole classroom on the rocks around the waterfall.
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