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RE: ECUADOR SERIES: OTAVALO, THE ARTISAN MARKET MECCA
I am first amazed at how many articles of places you have done!
Thank you for sharing this experience! A friend of mine just came back from somewhere over there (even though, as I soon wrote, it is at the other end of the world) but I don't expect such stories from him.
Strange but I got most interested at the food and how would it taste... Its not like me at all... Or isn't it?
And I got curious about the fact that you felt there is no problem with pick-pocketing, etc.
Ecuadorian food is amazing. Very tasty and nutritious. I love that they use yucca, yams, otoe or manioc and corn in their dishes. They do love roast, especially pig. I found Ecuadorian food tastier and perhaps a bit more healthier than other Latin cuisines. As for the pick-pocketing, we were expecting it since everyone told us to be careful. Maybe we were lucky? Though I have not heard about any similar incidents in the Northen areas of Ecuador. In the South, in Cuenca, yes. I had a friend to got mobbed in plain day light. I would say it was his fault for flashing valuables in a poor country.