{"id":6868,"date":"2015-05-25T06:14:58","date_gmt":"2015-05-25T04:14:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.marcelgross.ch\/?p=6868"},"modified":"2020-12-18T13:36:30","modified_gmt":"2020-12-18T12:36:30","slug":"day-trip-to-the-indian-market-in-otavalo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.marcelgross.ch\/en\/2015\/05\/25\/tagesausflug-zum-indiomarkt-nach-otavalo\/","title":{"rendered":"Day trip to the Indian market in Otavalo"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul>\n<li>By taxi accompanied by Maayan and Yotam to Otavalo<\/li>\n<li>Explore the famous Indian market and buy souvenirs<\/li>\n<li>Visit Peguche waterfall<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Yesterday we arranged a trip to Otavalo with a taxi driver. Then we spontaneously arrived <strong>Maayan and Yotam<\/strong> asked if you would like to join us. So today at 7.30 a.m., the four of us go to the hotel <strong>Town famous across the country for its Saturday market<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>We have a lot to tell each other and then I read something while the others are still sleeping. On the way we stop at one <strong>Hat makers<\/strong> a. The hut became world famous during the <strong>Construction of the Panama Canal<\/strong> originally come from the Ecuadorian highlands. Niki buys an original Panama hat as a souvenir for $ 25. The hat can be conveniently rolled up and later has its original shape again.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>After <strong>two hours drive <\/strong>we reach the idyllic <strong>Laguna San Pablo <\/strong>in the background of which the Imbabura volcano could be seen in better weather.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_6865\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6865\" style=\"width: 1170px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/mlnnzcgf0rm9.i.optimole.com\/w:auto\/h:auto\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/marcelgross.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/2015_05_25_2.jpg\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img data-opt-id=991205953  fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-6865\" src=\"https:\/\/mlnnzcgf0rm9.i.optimole.com\/w:auto\/h:auto\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/marcelgross.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/2015_05_25_2.jpg\" alt=\"Indian mother with child at Otavalo market\" width=\"1170\" height=\"658\" title=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mlnnzcgf0rm9.i.optimole.com\/w:1170\/h:658\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/www.marcelgross.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/2015_05_25_2.jpg 1170w, https:\/\/mlnnzcgf0rm9.i.optimole.com\/w:600\/h:337\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/www.marcelgross.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/2015_05_25_2.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-6865\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Indian mother with child at Otavalo market<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Then we reach them as well <strong>Plaza de Ponchos<\/strong>where every day the traders set up their stands and <strong>various traditional crafts <\/strong>to offer. We stroll through the spacious grounds, with the two women in particular being in their element. Niki buys traditional necklaces, another leather backpack and an alpaca scarf. There&#039;s not much more to it, after all, the backpack is already full. Maayan also buys jewelry, a backpack and a scarf.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_6866\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6866\" style=\"width: 1170px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/mlnnzcgf0rm9.i.optimole.com\/w:auto\/h:auto\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/marcelgross.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/2015_05_25_3.jpg\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img data-opt-id=136890342  fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-6866\" src=\"https:\/\/mlnnzcgf0rm9.i.optimole.com\/w:auto\/h:auto\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/marcelgross.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/2015_05_25_3.jpg\" alt=\"Our Israeli friends Yotam and Maayan\" width=\"1170\" height=\"658\" title=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mlnnzcgf0rm9.i.optimole.com\/w:1170\/h:658\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/www.marcelgross.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/2015_05_25_3.jpg 1170w, https:\/\/mlnnzcgf0rm9.i.optimole.com\/w:600\/h:337\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/www.marcelgross.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/2015_05_25_3.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-6866\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Our Israeli friends Yotam and Maayan<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The majority of the same products are offered here as before in Peru and Bolivia. Only backpacks, jewelry and T-shirts are a little different. Overall I got mine from market <strong>hoped for a little more<\/strong>, which may also be due to the fact that we already have many similar and <strong>partly nicer and more authentic markets<\/strong> visited. On Saturdays the market has to be many times larger and attract not only countless tourists but also the local population. There is also the animal market to explore. In order to escape the constant rain a bit, we go to a restaurant where we eat deliciously.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Now we&#039;re still equipping that <strong>Peguche waterfall <\/strong>a visit and round off our full-day excursion. We drive <strong>back to Quito<\/strong>, where Niki and I get off at Plaza Foch, have a drink and up <strong>Tobi and Nina<\/strong> waiting. The two arrived from Ba\u00f1os this afternoon. We&#039;ll go out to eat together and have an entertaining evening.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<ul>\n<li>By taxi accompanied by Maayan and Yotam to Otavalo<\/li>\n<li>Explore famous market and buy souvenirs<\/li>\n<li>Visit Peguche waterfall<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><\/br><\/p>\n<p>Yesterday we arranged a trip to Otavalo with a taxi driver. Then we spontaneously doe just arrived <strong>Maayan and Yotam<\/strong> asked if you would like to join us. So today at 7.30 a.m., the four of us go to the hotel <strong>nationally famous for its Saturday market <\/strong>town.<\/p>\n<p><\/br><\/p>","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":6864,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28,820,1843,1964,1975],"tags":[1495,1536,1861,1965,1976,1977,1978,1979,1980,1981],"class_list":["post-6868","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-tagebuch","category-suedamerika","category-ecuador","category-quito","category-otavalo","tag-souvenirs","tag-markt","tag-ecuador","tag-quito","tag-otavalo","tag-peguche-wasserfall","tag-handcrafts","tag-panama-hut","tag-plaza-de-ponchos","tag-vulkan-imbabura"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.marcelgross.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6868","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.marcelgross.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.marcelgross.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.marcelgross.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.marcelgross.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6868"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.marcelgross.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6868\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.marcelgross.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6864"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.marcelgross.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6868"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.marcelgross.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6868"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.marcelgross.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6868"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}