{"id":1742,"date":"2015-05-19T17:07:14","date_gmt":"2015-05-19T17:07:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/worldoftravelling.com\/blog\/?p=1742"},"modified":"2015-08-09T08:50:43","modified_gmt":"2015-08-09T08:50:43","slug":"otavalo-last-port-of-call-in-ecuador","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldoftravelling.com\/blog\/?p=1742","title":{"rendered":"Otavalo &#8211; last port of call in Ecuador"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The friendly and prosperous town of Otavalo is famous for its giant Saturday market, where traditionally dressed indigenous people sell handicrafts to hordes of foreigners who pour in every \u00a0weekend to get in on the deals. Despite the market\u2019s popularity, the otavale\u00f1os themselves remain self-determined and culturally uncompromised.<\/p>\n<p>I only had one day in Otavalo &#8211; and it wasn&#8217;t a Saturday. However the<span style=\"line-height: normal; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);\">\u00a0setting was fabulous, and the entire experience enchanting.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Next stage: Ipiales (Colombia).<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/worldoftravelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/IMG_3306.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large\" title=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/worldoftravelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/IMG_3306.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"850\" height=\"638\" \/><\/a>\u00a0<span style=\"line-height: 28px;\">\u00a0<\/span><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/worldoftravelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/IMG_3307.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large\" title=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/worldoftravelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/IMG_3307.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"850\" height=\"638\" \/><\/a>\u00a0\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/worldoftravelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/IMG_3308.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large\" title=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/worldoftravelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/IMG_3308.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"850\" height=\"638\" \/><\/a>\u00a0\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/worldoftravelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/IMG_3309.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large\" title=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/worldoftravelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/IMG_3309.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"850\" height=\"638\" \/><\/a>\u00a0\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/worldoftravelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/IMG_3312.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large\" title=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/worldoftravelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/IMG_3312.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"850\" height=\"638\" \/><\/a>\u00a0\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/worldoftravelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/IMG_3313.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large\" title=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/worldoftravelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/IMG_3313.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"850\" height=\"638\" \/><\/a>\u00a0\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/worldoftravelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/IMG_3314.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large\" title=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/worldoftravelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/IMG_3314.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"850\" height=\"638\" \/><\/a>\u00a0\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/worldoftravelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/IMG_3318.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large\" title=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/worldoftravelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/IMG_3318.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"850\" height=\"638\" \/><\/a>\u00a0\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/worldoftravelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/IMG_3319.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large\" title=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/worldoftravelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/IMG_3319.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"850\" height=\"638\" \/><\/a>\u00a0\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/worldoftravelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/IMG_3320.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-custom\" title=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/worldoftravelling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/IMG_3320.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"638\" height=\"850\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The friendly and prosperous town of Otavalo is famous for its giant Saturday market, where traditionally dressed indigenous people sell handicrafts to hordes of foreigners who pour in every \u00a0weekend to get in on the deals. Despite the market\u2019s popularity, &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/worldoftravelling.com\/blog\/?p=1742\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[48],"tags":[60],"class_list":["post-1742","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-ecuador","tag-otovalo"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/worldoftravelling.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1742","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/worldoftravelling.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/worldoftravelling.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/worldoftravelling.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/worldoftravelling.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1742"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/worldoftravelling.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1742\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1765,"href":"https:\/\/worldoftravelling.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1742\/revisions\/1765"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/worldoftravelling.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1742"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/worldoftravelling.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1742"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/worldoftravelling.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1742"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}