This is a picture of the Laguna de Cuicocha. We hiked up a small trail to eat lunch at the top of this mountain that overlooked the lake. It was a great view.
To get to the Laguna, we had to take a truck where we squeezed nine of us in the back bed. This is a picture of Kelly, who I had met a couple weeks ago and randomly ran into in Otavalo, Sarah who is from Canada and volunteering at an orphanage, Sarah, the girl I live with from Sweden, and me in the truck.
On Sunday, we took the bus to Cotacaci, a town about 20 minutes away to visit the Laguna de Cuicoha which is a really pretty lake. It was also the celebration of El Sol which is kind of like a celebration for the summer solstice. The is a picture I took from the bus of two little girls who were walking down the steet.
There´s also a food market at one end of the Plaza de Ponchos which sells all sorts or fruits, vegetables, etc. This is a picture of some of the grains that were being sold. There´s also all sorts of animal heads laying out but I decided to skip the pics of those cause I didn´t really feel like getting too close.
Last weekend, I went to Otavalo with some friends. Otavalo is about 2 1/2 hours from Quito and has the largest indigenous market in South America. The biggest day for the market is Saturday when Plaza de Ponchos is completely filled with vendors selling jewelry, blankets, clothes, amazing hammocks that I unfortunately had no room for in my bag, and lots of other crafts. There is lots of bargaining and things are pretty cheap. It´s one of those places that is pretty cliche and touristy but also one of those places that you kind of have to visit if you´re near Quito.
This is a picture of the Laguna de Cuicocha. We hiked up a small trail to eat lunch at the top of this mountain that overlooked the lake. It was a great view.
To get to the Laguna, we had to take a truck where we squeezed nine of us in the back bed. This is a picture of Kelly, who I had met a couple weeks ago and randomly ran into in Otavalo, Sarah who is from Canada and volunteering at an orphanage, Sarah, the girl I live with from Sweden, and me in the truck.
On Sunday, we took the bus to Cotacaci, a town about 20 minutes away to visit the Laguna de Cuicoha which is a really pretty lake. It was also the celebration of El Sol which is kind of like a celebration for the summer solstice. The is a picture I took from the bus of two little girls who were walking down the steet.
Last weekend, I went to Otavalo with some friends. Otavalo is about 2 1/2 hours from Quito and has the largest indigenous market in South America. The biggest day for the market is Saturday when Plaza de Ponchos is completely filled with vendors selling jewelry, blankets, clothes, amazing hammocks that I unfortunately had no room for in my bag, and lots of other crafts. There is lots of bargaining and things are pretty cheap. It´s one of those places that is pretty cliche and touristy but also one of those places that you kind of have to visit if you´re near Quito.
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