Indigenous market in Otavalo https://journals.worldnomads.com/simonavbar/ Sat, 11 Apr 2026 09:12:41 GMT World Nomads Adventures My name is Simon Avbar and I’m from Slovenia. After college I worked in some companies, but currently I am unemployed, so I use my time to photograph. For me photography is something that pushes me to the limit: sometimes I stay all day under the rain, just waiting for the right moment. And when I finally get the right shot it really amazes me. Sometime even makes me smile out loud or cry. During my last trip in Ecuador I spent 4 day in a small city called Otavalo. It has the biggest indigenous market in South America and I was just fascinated by it. I met a couple of indigenous people and I was just surprised at the way they live and how they manage to survive with so little. That’s why I like to travel to these kind of countries, because at the end it drives me to live a simpler, less complicated life. My wish is to have enough time to travel around the world to different continents and meet new people and feel their positive vibrations. It would be a great honor to get a chance to travel with a professional photographer in such a beautiful country and learn how to take pictures that can tell a story and maybe make a difference. https://journals.worldnomads.com/simonavbar/photos/37441/Ecuador/My-Scholarship-entry-A-place-I-have-visited Travel Ecuador simonavbar https://journals.worldnomads.com/simonavbar/photos/37441/Ecuador/My-Scholarship-entry-A-place-I-have-visited#comments https://journals.worldnomads.com/simonavbar/photos/37441/Ecuador/My-Scholarship-entry-A-place-I-have-visited Wed, 9 Jan 2013 09:50:00 GMT 0