Ibarra, Otavalo Market, Peguche Falls and Aya Hume

The party at Aya Hume

Yaaaaaa... Pilsener!!

Secundo and the group at Peguche Falls

Erin, just before she was sacrificed to the Inca gods

Hope, just before she was sacrificed to the Inca gods

Michael at Peguche Falls

Erin at Peguche Falls

Cloud covered volcano in Otavalo

Spices at Otavalo Market

Organic dyes Jose Cotacachi uses in coloring the wool for his tapestries

Un chica bonita con  pero en Otavalo

Un chica indiginas

Hope modelling a hand woven jacket in the Otavalo market

Otavalo Market

The studio of Jose' Cotacachi

Ibarra

Los Ninos de Peguche

Jose Cotacachi´s studio

Ibarra

Long distance image of  Otavalo

We took Erin and Hope ( 2 visiting professors from Northampton Community College) down to shop at the Otavalo Market. While there we stayed at Aya Hume Hostal and visited Peguche Falls. We also visited the studio of the master weaver, Jose' Cotacachi in Peguche. All of the artwork in this post are his full length hand woven wall tapestries. The long distance image of Otavalo was taken from the front seat of a taxi on the way to the bus terminal.