So this weekend we went to Otavalo, and it was awesome. Otavalo is known for its indiginous handyworks and extramly skilled artisans, oh yea and its dirt cheap prices! I only speant 95 dollars there and came out way on top with a hammok, an alpaca blanket, and chompa which is basically a gnarly zip up hoody, a cool fluite, an inca vs conquistador handmade chess set, 2 panama hats (which interesting enough were never made in panama, always in Ecuador), one for you dad, some jewelry for mum, a gnarly woven backpack, and a sweet duffle to hold it all! I probably forgot some stuf
f but everything I got was top quality. We shopped a few hours there working down prices and walking around Plaza de los Ponchos. You can check out Otavalo on the web, they have been famous for hundreds of years an
d have been recognized as an economical and cutural asset to Ecuador since the 50s. It was exactly the Ecuador I was looking forward to see. Everywhere you look there ar little indiginous men and women in the traditional clothing. They have such a strong heritage (Otavaleno and Quicha) that the men who sport tradtitinal long pony tails are the only group not forced to cut their hair in the military. They women all wear strings of gold beads that differ depending on the
ir status in the comunity along with 30s style hats and traditional clothes. Here a link to Wiki for Otavalo http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Otavalo . I hope you all enjoy the pictures and I miss you all hapy super bowl! If you click on the image you can see it in full size in all its glory.
f but everything I got was top quality. We shopped a few hours there working down prices and walking around Plaza de los Ponchos. You can check out Otavalo on the web, they have been famous for hundreds of years an
d have been recognized as an economical and cutural asset to Ecuador since the 50s. It was exactly the Ecuador I was looking forward to see. Everywhere you look there ar little indiginous men and women in the traditional clothing. They have such a strong heritage (Otavaleno and Quicha) that the men who sport tradtitinal long pony tails are the only group not forced to cut their hair in the military. They women all wear strings of gold beads that differ depending on the
ir status in the comunity along with 30s style hats and traditional clothes. Here a link to Wiki for Otavalo http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Otavalo . I hope you all enjoy the pictures and I miss you all hapy super bowl! If you click on the image you can see it in full size in all its glory.
Hi Patrick - It's snowing again! Great posting - glad to hear that you have inherited the Twohig shopping gene! XO Maureen
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