To 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) […]
Read MoreIn August I went to Colorado to help my sister and her husband move house. We packed up one house and unpacked another. Then the real work started. They have bought a Ranch on the outskirts of Boulder with stunning views of two Mountain ranges. The hay needed cut, we had a forest fire which […]
Read MoreMexico the day of the dead or el dia en que la muerte muera In Oaxaca, Mexico I enjoyed the festival “El Dia de los Muertos” the day of the dead. If any one had told me I would be visiting graveyards I would have thought them mad. We went to Xoxocatland pronounced Ho Ho […]
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