Leave 8am for Otavalo today, famous for it´s markets the biggest in Ecuador where we spend the night so just take our daypacks and leave the rest in our hostel. Catch a public bus very interesting ride local hawkers jumping on and off bus to sell snacks, icecreams and water, one guy who has a lot to say may have been preaching as I don´t understand the language not sure. On arrival do a group walk around town, market stalls very colourful and people very friendly which I am finding everywhere we go. The Ecuadorians are lovely people with a ready smile and always say hola as you pass and I have absolutely fallen in love with the gorgeous children. Have lunch together in town and then we a retransported by ute, some of us riding in tray (illegal at home) to Cotopaxi(volcano of same name) where we do a walk around lake Cotacachi which is a volcanic crater, very beautiful, we then come back to town and have free time shopping. The town is renown for its very good quality leather goods, wish I had more room in my bag, am being careful not to buy too much as I still have another 6 weeks to go but I do buy a small leather shoulder bag which of course I need. We then go to visit an Indian family where we watch a demonstration of making Andean musical instruments(pan pipes) and traditional dancing. Tea tonight is at a very small and quaint Mexican restaurant where we enjoy very good fajitas prepared by a very friendly and efficient little old lady and her daughter.
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