I had no expectations when I went to Otavalo. I knew about the market on Saturdays but that was it. I took a bus there on a Friday afternoon so that I could visit the market on Saturday and had plans to head back on Sunday. It’s about a 2-hour bus ride or so from the Carcelen Terminal in northern Quito. In my head I had made Otavalo out to be a bit of a shanty town...
