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Published: October 19th 2010
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Rano nam zacalo krasne, uz pred siestou sme boli zobudeny trhovnikmy ktori sa pripravovali na dnesny trh. Zostali sme lezat skoro az do osmej, ale potom sme uz nemohli dalej odolavat a vybrali sa na prieskum trhu. Bol to typicky miestny trh plny farieb, hudby a roznych voni na ktorom sa dalo kupit uplne vsetko - zvierata, jedlo, plienky, sekery, oblecenie,.....
Na desiatu mal ist autobus do Quilotoi, ktory ako obycajne nesiel a miestny sofer dodavky /camioneta/ nam ponukol odvoz, samozrejme za peniaze. Je to typicky sposob dopravy ked nejde autobus. Kazdy kto ma prazdne auto a ide nejakym smerom, tak sa pokusi vyplnit miesto a tym si privyrobit. V Ekvadore je benzin velmi lacny a za jeden dolar sa daju kupit 4 litre nafty.
V Quilotoe bolo viac hostelov nez domov, takze najst ubytovanie nebol nijaky problem. Laguna Quilotoa sa utvorila v vyhasnutom kratere, ktory sa zaplavil vodou. Mali sme pred sebou skoro cely den a tak sme sa rozhodli obist celu lagunu po vrchole kratera. Z dialky to vyzeralo ako taka pekna prechadzka a tak sme plny optimizmu vyrazili. Pocasie bolo nadherne a vyhlad krasny. Postupne nas zacala zahalovat hmla /mlha/, viditelnost sa postupne znizovala a skoro
sme nevideli na krok. Ale rozhodli sme sa vytrvat a v ziadnom pripade sa nevracat naspat. Po pat a pol hodine sme cely okruh zvladli, ale dalo nam to zabrat - nadmorska vyska 3800m bola zas proti nam. Cestou sme stretli dva pary z Francuzka, ktory isli opacnym smerom. Neskor sme ich stretli a ty dopadli ovela horsie ako my. Uplne zabludili a uz sa tam aj chystali prenocovat, ale nastastie ich krik zaculi miestny a prisli ich zachranit na oslikoch. Tiez sme si kupili maskota nasej cesty - pletenu lamu.
This morning we woke up into a beautiful sunny morning. Before six we were already up because of the sellers getting ready for todays market. We stayed in our bed till eight, but after that we went to explore the market. It was a typical local market full of colour, traditional music and different smells, where you could buy everything - animals, food, diapers, axes, clothing, hats ...
At ten there should arrive a bus to Quilotoa that did not as usuall, so in the end a local man offered us a lift in his truck. It is a typical way of transportation in case there
is no bus. Everyone with empty car going somewhere picks up along the way people to fill space and earn some money. Petrol in this country is very cheap, for one dollar you can get 4 litres of diesel.
There are more hostels than houses in Quilotoa, so accomodation wasnt a problem. Laguna itself is a ex-crater filled up with water. We had almost all day ahead of us, so we decided to hike around the edge. From the distance it looked like a pleasant walk, but it turned to be very demanding and hilly trek. The weather was lovely and sunny at the start, but on a half way it did dramatically change - fog was everywhere. We decided to continue anyway. After 5 and half hours we did manage to finish, but it was really hard - again high altitude 3800 makes difference. On our way we met two french couples walking in opposite direction. Later we met them again and they got into quite a trouble that day. They got lost completly and had to be saved by locals with donkeys. We also bought our maskot - a knitted lama.
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