The Waterfall near the Hostel

Going to Otavalo

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August 24th 2007
First, let me apologize for posting this entry late. We did not have internet access in Otavalo. Today we went to Otavalo, which is a small town about 2 hours from Quito. Otavalo is famous for it´s saturday market, which you will read about in tomorrow´s entry. We got to Otavalo around noon, walked around a bit, had some lunch, and then it started raining, so we took a taxi to our hostel. Th ... read more

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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