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Equador - Quito - Mitad del Mundo

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December 13th 2009
13 Dec - Middle of the World!!!!!!! - Woke up again around 6am (nice - Alice snoring lol). We heard about this place that you go to which is about 1.5hrs by bus outside Quito which is where the exact equator is (monument and all). - Cost about $2 for the transport and we got there about 9.30am and looked around. Funny story the massive monument there actually was built in the wrong spot by ... read more

South America » Ecuador » North » Mitad del Mundo

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The "Republic of the Equator" was one of three countries that emerged from the collapse of Gran Colombia in 1830 (the others are Colombia and Venezuela). Between 1904 and 1942, Ecuador lost territories in a series of conflicts with its neighbors. A b... ... read more