Hello Otavalo

Andy got up at 6 to do some bird watching but I was in no mood after the horrible night I had. Not sure what made me sick, but I was sweating with stomach cramps all night. I might have swallowed some river water brushing my teeth or swimming. While we were packing our bags Andy noticed a fucking Tarantula in our mosquito net- not cool. Good thing I wasn’t sleeping there anymore, not that I would have been able to. It was our last day so we headed back on the boat looking for interesting wildlife along the way. Then Neiser spotted a baby Anaconda!! It was sunning itself on a fall tree by the water and his face was hidden. He didn't seem disturbed from us being near him. Neiser took Andy's camera and took a pic of his head- kind of. That was all that was missing from this trip- Anaconda check! The boat only took 1.5 hours to get back to the road taking short-cuts along the way. We hopped in the car for a ride to the Lago Agrio airport.

Fast forward a 30 min plane ride and a 2 hour bus ride and we made it to Otavalo- a cute little town north or Quito known for its crafts. We found a hotel and went to grab something to eat. We found some street vendors (score!) and ate some empanadas ($.25), Andy ate meat on a stick ($1.5), and we had a warm berry drink ($.25) and it was delicious! I slept like shit last night so I’m going to bed early. Too much to do tomorrow- time for shopping!