Otavalo is a town about 2.5 hours from Quito. It is where they have a huge market. We all visited it this weekend. We got up mega early in the morning to go to the animal markets. These start at about 5am and finish and 8am. We went to the small animal market at 6.30am where they sell cats, chickens, guinea pigs and dogs. We then went to the large animal market where they sell cows, lamas and pigs. It was quite different to Bakewell animal market! After this and finally having some breakfast we went to the craft and veg market. This is the biggest market in Ecuador so I managed to get a few pressies. In the afternoon we tried to go to the waterfall near Otavalo but got terribly lost. The lady in
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