People watching dancing and listening to live music

Otovalo and Centro Historico

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November 19th 2007
Went to an amazing market last weekend. It is in a town called Otovalo, about two and a half hours by bus from Quito. There are hundreds and hundreds of booths along the streets of this town and in the town center on the weekends selling all kinds of goods-tons of jewelry, paintings, food, etc. All of the vendors were dressed in traditional indigenous peoples clothing which was really cool to s ... read more

South America » Ecuador » North » Otavalo

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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