Today is market day and the reason why all the hotels in Otavalo book out on Friday nights. Breakfast started at 0700 and I was up and down there ready for the start of breakfast only to discover that the dining room was full because everyone was already up ready to get to the markets. So after waiting for a bit, a table was ready and I had breakfast. I then went straight to the Animal Market which was about 1km from the centre of town. It was great to see. There were so many people all dressed in traditional clothing selling their animals and you could buy basically anything from livestock – cows, pigs, goats, chickens to domestic pets – kittens, puppies, rabbits and guinea pigs. I felt like a giant as the people from this area are tiny. The average height was between my elbow and shoulder. It made it hard taking photos of people because I spent the whole time looking down at them. They wear these groovy green felt hats with feathers in them or a huge scarf folded up on their heads and black skirts and white shirts. I spent a good couple of hours there and nearly got trampled by a cow running loose down the hill.
From there I walked back to he regular markets which spill out onto the all the surrounding streets from the Plaza. It’s huge and you can buy anything you want. It’s the hugest market in South America and very popular with Ecuadorians. I bought a couple of presents for myself. After a few hours there I checked out of the hotel and headed to the bus station and headed back to Quito. The return bus trip was much easier to do as I had more of an idea of what I was doing. I even helped some other tourists who weren’t sure how to get onto the metrobus once back at the main bus terminal.
I returned to the hostel and spent the afternoon/evening bumming around. Had a cold shower, so not sure how you get hot water!
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