Inti Raymi, Mountains and Devilish Trains
June 24th 2007 Inti Raymi is the Solstice of the Sun held in late June, with the biggest celebrations held just north of Quito in Otavalo. And to think I nearly missed it! I was still in Tena at the time and got talking to an older Canadian woman who jogged my memory of this and off I went to Quito instead of heading South as planned.
The celebrations started on Friday evening with ritual bathings at a sacred
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