Otavalo, Ecuador, market place - 9/10/10

The market place was a wonderful experience of sights, sounds, colors and smells.

Looking down one of the aisles in the market place.
Bags of grains and beans.
Looking down one of the aisles in the market place. Bags of grains and stacks of baskets.
Beautiful, large vegetables
Beautiful vegetables
One of the little stands within the market place.
A lady selling potatoes.
Many stands line the streets.
Pig's head.
Hominy and beans. Hominy is a main stay of the diet.
Frank buying hominy for the nights meal.
Flower stall at the market.
An adorable baby. Notice the way the baby is tied onto the mother's back.
More fruit and vegetable stalls lining the street.
A fruit and vegetable stall.
More fruit and vegetable stalls lining the street.
More fruit and vegetable stalls lining the street.
Frank buying strawberries for fresh juiced strawberry juice the next morning.
Frank buying bananas and oranges.
Frank buying fruit and vegetables for for our meals.
Frank buying fruit and vegetables for for our meals.
More beautiful vegetables.
More beautiful vegetables.
Chicken anyone?!
Frank hired three men, this is one of them, to carry the produce he purchased at the market back to the car. These men are around 75-78 and this is how they make their living Frank paid each of them $1.50 to carry the produce. Mike and I paid each of them $.50 for them to pose for this picture.
Frank hired these three to carry the produce he purchased at the market back to the car.. These men are around 75-78 and this is how they make their living Frank paid each of them $1.50 to carry the produce. Mike and I paid each of them $.50 for them to pose for this picture.