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The Saquisili market is located an hour south of Quito, Ecuador by bus. A bus ticket will cost you about $1.50 but make sure it’s a Thursday when you go. There isn’t anything else to see in Saquisili except for this market and it only operates on Thursday. It’s without a doubt the largest, most authentic market in Ecuador. The Otavalo Market, north of Quito by an hour, is the market that’s a tourists trap to sucker money out of middle-aged, Western, two week vacationers but the Saquisili Market is for the local people. In the market, It sells a lot of kinds of animals such as Llama, sheep, pig...