Thursday (Lunes) 3rd September, 2009
Day 174


Otavalo, Ecuador
Otavalo, Ecuador
Miles: 22,860
N 00.21880°
W 78.27666°



Not much to report about today. It took some careful driving to descend from our ridge top camping spot and thereafter a slow drive down the cobbled road back into Otavalo and then another trip to the super market and hardware store in Ibarra. On the way out of Ibarra we found a Lavadero to wash away the Mojanda dust and San Agustin mud that was now covering the Tiger. We sat for almost two hours while a team of three worked to get the vehicle back to something like clean condition.


Back at the Otavalo we discovered a Swiss couple had arrived in a small class C motor home. We spent time chatting about where we had been and transferring GPS maps between our computers.

After dark, and just before our bed time, another vehicle arrived. A German couple Betttina and Rolf in a UniMog (a Mercedes Benz off-road truck) and custom camper.