June 9, 2015
Today we returned to the market to try and find another hat that Sarah wanted. Unfortunately, we didn’t find the exact hat again, but we did find a lot of other items.
On our way to the market, Kevin was talking with the taxi driver and he told us about a show at the Condor Center at 11:30. After the market, we made a quick trip back to our hotel and then to the Condor center for the exhibition.
The Condor part of the center is misleading as they seem to only have one Condor and hundreds of other birds of prey. They rescue birds from all over Ecuador and beyond that are injured or have been made pets illegally. They even had a Bald Eagle in there exhibit.
The exhibition consisted of letting these eagles and birds soar off the edge of the hill and ride the thermals advice Otavalo. After the show, we headed back to the hotel and proceeded to drive back to Quito.