On our way up to the reserve we stopped off in the nearest town, Otavalo. In the Imbarra Provence of Northern Ecuador, its mountainous and surrounded by three volcanoes. The town is indigenous and famous for its weekend market that sells beautiful textiles, lots of warm alpaca clothing and jewelry in the aptly named Plaza de los Ponchos. The food and livestock for sale are pretty impressive too. The women still wear traditional clothing and the men rock some seriously cool hats. Otavalo is also known worldwide by those in the know for it's Inca influenced music - it's a really beautiful sound. I took this little video of some guys who were playing some great tunes in a little restaurant we stopped off in for lunch.
No comments:
Post a Comment