Local girls

The girls in this photo are also wearing typical dress. This isn´t just for put on for the tourists, this is everyday wear, many of the schoolkids in Otovalo are indigenous and wear the embroidered blouses, gold beads and long skirts under a school tank top. Note the shoes are a black version of the mens espadrilles.

About Otovalo....

March 28th 2005
End of week three - already?! I´ve now successfully booked my Galapagos trip for eight days from the 10th April. That gives me another week here in Otovalo, so I´ll be able to spend an extra few days up at the community, which I´m grateful for, because what with Spanish lessons, Easter, and various other unforeseen situations, the four weeks that I allocated to the project has rapidly shrunk ... read more

South America » Ecuador » North » Otavalo

The "Republic of the Equator" was one of three countries that emerged from the collapse of Gran Colombia in 1830 (the others are Colombia and Venezuela). Between 1904 and 1942, Ecuador lost territories in a series of conflicts with its neighbors. A b... ... read more

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