Travels in Ecuador: Otavalo Indian market

These images from the Ecuadorian village of Otavalo and its famous Indian market largely speak for themselves, I think. These are proud Indians that dress traditionally, and make wonderful knitted and weaved things by hand. They carry their babies on their backs and wear thin white blouses and long wool skirts.



Otavalo is in a dry high-altitude valley in the Andes, a valley between the eastern and western mountain chain. Some were looking for food in the garbage cans, some were selling food from their gardens, like the woman selling shelled peas.

I took over 1000 photos in Ecuador (those digital cameras!), but I promise I won't show all here on the blog. Only selected ones of some of the wonderful things we saw and tasted.