The Selva near Siona Lodge Ecuador felt more like secondary rainforest as opposed to primary but was still a beautiful place to visit. Siona lodge was on the fresh water lake with Caiman swimming underneath the lodge watching for food to be thrown out. Eoin and I fished for baby Piranha and when encouraged to […]
Read MoreEcuador still has a large amount of indigenous people who live very simply amidst much poverty. 30% of the people that CENIT works with have no running water, sanitation or transport services. Cenit is a school for poor and indigenous people in the South of Quito, Ecuador. It is run by nuns who initially […]
Read MoreTo get to Cotocachi you need to catch a bus from Carcelen, north of Quito. The bus took 2 hours. The bus to Cotocacahi from Otovalo takes 20/25 mins. Stayed in hotel/hostel Mindala -clean hot water TV courtyard and roof terrace. Cotocachi is a very clean town and has two churches, a small market. Tenth […]
Read MoreI loved watching the children’s faces when they saw the horses. These severely disabled children would come alive with the touch of a horse. My job was to hold the child onto the horse and walk round the paddock. Getting up very early and travelling from Quito to Tumbaco was tough but the rewards of […]
Read MoreOtovalo has a colourful Saturday market in Plaza de Los Ponchos selling blankets, rugs, tapestries, scarves and foodstuffs like grains. At 5 am you can see the animal market and later in the day the vegetable and artefacts market. The market ladies dress in long black skirts, white embroidered blouses and wear multiple gold (coloured) […]
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