First stop, Otovalo market to stock up on al paca goods- jumper, poncho, socks, gloves, hats, jackets. So much colder in the andes than i´d realised, or maybe i was just thinking about the first carrebbean leg of the journey. Anyhow the al paca ponchos and pan pipes in otovalo really made us feel like we´d arrived in Ecuador. Even the night life was live pan pipe andes bands in indegenous gear and long hair. Very different feel from colombian hot Cali salsa. We decided to make a little trip to the animal market where all indegenous folk from surrounding villages decend every week with cows, pigs, gotas, sheep, chickens, guinea pigs, cats, dogs (BTW guinea pig is the nacional ecuadorian dish) i´ve stuck to my salad, crackers, sea food rice and lentils.

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