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Mitad del Mundo  
   

Mitad del Mundo

Middle of the World - tourist venues associated with the line of the equator. This pic was taken at the Intinan Museum which contains a number of "scientific" experiments. Does water go down a drain clockwise and anti-clockwise depending on which side of the equator the basin is located? The museum also had interesting indigenous exhibits such as a genuine shrunken human head 160 years old, a 6m stuffed anaconda, the oldest surviving native hut, etc.
Quito again

November 30th 2015
Geo: -0.224687, -78.5139Travelling day on Sunday. A barge had run aground in a narrow channel and the Anakonda could not pass. So we spent 2.5hr in the canoe driving upstream to Coca. While there we had a brief visit to a local market. Then we boarded a TAME Embraer-190 (26 rows, 2x2 seating) for Quito, landing at 1530. Our American fellow passengers are also staying at the same Quito hot ... read more
South America » Ecuador

Ecuadorian Flag 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
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