Today was an Otavalo area sightseeing & doing day. We drove around Lake San Pablo visiting several small indigenous villages. In Agato we had a demonstration of the traditional “back loom” weaving arts from a master weaver, Miguel Andrango. He was in Anaheim about 20 years ago for the Americas Fair to demonstrate back loom weaving. We bought several large pieces and had a fun visit. He is the weaver of the rugs we bought yesterday from his daughter at the hotel.
Our next stop was at a lakeside Sun
day gathering of local people with performances by various Christian church choirs and other music. Some of the singing was in indigenous languages. We had lunch from the food vendors who cooked at the gathering. We only have a few indirect pictures because it seemed impolite to photograph people at will.
The Condor Preserve was next. The pictures will show a number of raptors. It was worth the rough ride to get there.
Hey, time to cross the equat
or. First the 1 degree; then the minutes ticked down; then the final seconds to where the latitude was “S”. The Andes are so spectacular that we just kept driving till we reached the outskirts of Quito and turned back
– 259 pictures for reduction to 50! We chanced by a roadside restaurant that offered cuy. The chase was over. I has cuy assado (fire grilled) puro—just salt to make the skin sizzle. The meat taste is in the pork and paca family, whereas iguana and armadillo tastes are in the chicken family. A cuy is the size of a game hen.
As usual, we were back at the hotel before dark to prepare for tomorrow’s adventure in Quito.
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