Saturday Day Trip

Our day trip was organized by the school- however, they needed 8 students to make it a go with a private bus.

I managed to fill the bus up with all the Intrepid folks- other than Angela and Michelle who came in late on Friday night, also Jordan who was tired.

We had a total of 16 plus 2 teachers- Marta and Jackie (who also brought her teenage daugher).

Thirty dollars for the day-which included breakfast as well as several spots before and after the Otavalo Market.

One stop prior was at this fruit stand on the street- yummy- can't remember what it's called now. It was green and bumpy- you ate the inside- which was white and had pits. A sweet fruit that most of us liked.

The next stop was for breakfast. It was in this small town and a place famous for biscuits.

Ecuador has these amazing fresh juices and mine was so good- blackberry- fresh and delicious!

We also stopped briefly at the animal market. It wasn't that busy at the time- as most of the action is first thing in the morning. This market was all locals and they had all sorts of animals in wire type cages. Dogs ($5.00 each), kittens, chickens, pigs, hens...........you name it you could buy it. Some of the folks on the bus were disturbed by the way the animals were squeezed in the cages or how they looked like they would be treated. I wasn't. Food chains are like that.

The market itself was huge. Tons of paintings, wool clothing, crafts and on and on. I had to buy an umbrella to shade myself as it was far too hot to walk around.

After the market we stopped for lunch. They gave us an entree of guninea pig to try. Tasted like chicken. Doesn't everything wierd?

Our next few stops were at waterfalls. One was quite the hike.

We got in a bit late- 8:30 pm from the sheduled 7 pm............but that's because we were all having so much fun at each of the spots!

Our tour leader was a bit worried we showed up so late.

What a great day in Ecuador!

I only managed to buy a few little paintings.

Can't start quite yet!