We stayed last night in a hosteria which is the name of a rural Inn. This Hacienda Chovali is one that housed Franciscans from Spain 400 years ago. It is now owned and operated by a family in the 6th generation.
Today we spent a few hours at the weekly market in Otavalo which is famous for the crafts created by the indigenous people of the area who speak the language called Quichua which is derived from the Incan language. A very colorful and busy place!
We traveled the Pan American highway on the road referred to as the Avenue of Volcanoes. It’s a valley that runs between two ranges with volcanoes on both sides, including Cotopaxi the highest active volcano in the world.
Our Hosteria tonight is La Cienega and we got the “Masters” room, or should we say apartment. Not sure why we got this room but it could because we are special people, oh well we will go with that. Really just the luck of the “room draw” quite nice and very much appreciated.
