Spent a nice evening at the Rincon de Trabajare in Otavalo, enjoying the terrace with Chase, some Pilsener and anisado, and got up early enough to see the Otavalo Saturday market. Shirts, chickens, produce, scarves, winter hats, handicrafts, soap, goats, summer hats, guineau pigs, blankets and puppies were all available. We then rabbed a bus to Ibarra, just a 45 minute trip up the panamericana. A pleasant town, high in the mountains, with big skies and lovely plazas.
While enjoying some papas fritadas and cervezas at an outdoor cafe, we saw a parade procession honoring Divino Niño, with loudspeakers on trucks, dancers, and floats all honoring the day. A nice spectacle, indeed.
Tomorrow we press on - quite early - for Colombia. This is the diciest part of the journey, but we are well informed and plan to travel solely by daylight. I´ll check in when I´m finally in Colombia.
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send me a goat!
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