Amazing Art in a Maze of a Market

The Otavalo Market is not something you can fully encompass in just a couple of hours. Thousands of vendors. Hundreds of thousands of products. Thousand of visitors in town for the Saturday event. While centered on the Plaza de Ponchos, the market has taken over the town. It’s easy for ...

Unusual Headgear – the Aya Huma

A lot of different hats and headgear are available for sale in Otavalo. From western hats made from leather, the Andean style wool knitted caps with earflaps, Panama Hats, traditional Indigenous felt hats and North American style Indian headdresses. Then there is the Aya Huma headgear. Aya Huma is a ...