Quito, ECUADOR: La Mitad del Mundo y el mercado en Otavalo

When we arrived in Ecuador we knew that we would have to go to the exact location of the Middle of the World. Balance some eggs and such. Well, we were also soo lucky enough to be accompanied by our Colombian tour guide, Juanpi! (Juan Pablo). He was soo eager to come along with us that we gladly accepted, and I was relieved to take a break from translating for my unilingual sidekick.

Walking towards the middle of the world.

Our guide, Juanpi. We let him take a short smoke break.

Middle of the world.

Then the real middle of the world...just a block away from the "Museum" of the middle of the world.

Trying to balance in the middle of the world, it was a bit of a challenge. 

Balancing an egg, also quite hard to do, but doable. 

Maria got it!

The animal market in Otavalo. Many animals for sale.

A lake we visited after, very pretty/

Me! After a long day of Market shopping hanging out by the lake.