Otavalo

We succesfully arrived in Quito, two nights ago. We then traveled to the Biological Reserve we were planning on working at for three weeks. We found out that we got fridays and weekends off. We took off to a little town named Otavalo about three hours north of Quito. The Saturday market at Otavalo is one of the largest in Ecuador, so we decided to take a look. There were two different markets in the town, so we checked them both out. One was the more traditional market with artisan goods and food etc. However, the other was an animal farm, were the locals would go to buy there chickens, cows, guinea pigs, bunnies, and pigs for their weekly meals. It was quite an eye opening experience. We took a hike to the local magic tree, el lechero, and were healed and saved. Hope all is good on the home front.