Otavalo in the Blogosphere

There are so many bloggers who visit Otavalo and place great photos, videos and personal accounts of visiting Ecuador on their blogs. Here is a collection or “blog carnival” of what I have been viewing over the past week,  posts on Otavalo from other sites around the blogosphere that I ...

Otavalo Mountain Shirt

The Otavalo Cotton Shirt made in  the Andes mountains of Ecuador  is popular around the world. It’s been a tradition here for hundreds of years. For that reason it’s not a contemporary fashion statement, but wearing one you will be sporting a timeless style. South American Indigenous style. The traditional ...

Chichicastenango – Pisac – San Telmo – Ipanema Hippie Fair

While the Otavalo Market is the largest craft market in South America, there are some other amazing destinations for craft and antique shopping adventures in Central and South America. These are Chichicastenango market in Guatemala, Pisac market in Peru, San Telmo in Argentina, and the Ipanema hippie fair in Brazil. ...

Tigua Paintings

Of all the bright and colorful art spotted in the Otavalo market, the tigua paintings are undoubtedly the the brightest and most blazeingly full of color. These small canvases just scream color. Tigua is  a  folk art created in the Cotopaxi area of Ecuador, a group of small villages southwest ...