We had a member of the church with us and said he knew a shortcut to Otavalo. It was not. We were treated to a three hour tour of some incredible countryside (up and down the sides of mountains. It was only supposed to take 1.5 hours to get there.
We had some adventures. The road was NOT designed for buses, so we had to get out a couple of times to get the weight out of the bus in order to negotiate some turns and descents.
Yep, those are the roads we were going to drive on in a bus!
Beautiful scenery
We had to exit the bus a few times to negotiate turns - we had to get the weight out.
After the great scenery, we were able to do some shopping. Some more than others of course (Danielle). We went to the indian market in Otavalo and the leather goods district in Cotacachi. We then headed back to Quito to eat and back to the hotel.
Finally eating in Otavalo. Michelle eating her french fries with a tiny fork.
An adventurous day, to say the least.
We are now headed to see Old Quito, the Teleferiqo and the Artisian Market.
We fly to Guayaquil tonight for our last day before we fly out.
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I wonder who did all the shopping!
We are so thankful that you all have had a safe and productive trip--even inspite of all the weather and illness challenges.
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