Otavalo Market, Ecuador

Click here to view all Otavalo photos
Otavalo is known for it's huge Saturday markets, one of the largest in South America that takes over the entire town. We left at 5 in morning to make the meat market on the edge of town where a chaotic menagerie of cows, pigs, goats, guinea pigs and farmyard animals galore are sold to the highest bidder. It made us want to turn vegetarian. Further into town, streets were overflowing with colour from textiles, beads, spices and the traditional dress of the locals. We returned to our hostel laden with bags upon bags of souvenirs, a donkey would have come in handy. [Tom & Clare]