The early bird buys the guinea pig
May 16th 2009 Life starts early here in Otavalo. Especially if you´re a plump guinea pig and it is Saturday.
Otavalo´s animal market starts around 4am, is in full swing at 6am and winds down by 8am. Careful inspections, passionate haggling and a lot of poo goes down just off the PanAmericana highway and it usually all happens while I´m still dribbling on my pillow. Not today though. By the time my brain wok
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