Intinan Museum Quito

Quito , Ecuador
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    Attraction Type:

    History museum, Science museum

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  • 1

    The real equator is a fake!

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    After our race-car night bus adventure, we chose to take a day bus to Quito. Night buses are nice for saving time and money, but you unfortunately miss seeing a lot of the scenery as well (and usually arrive at your destination feeling totally messed up). The area around Banos is gorgeous mountain, valley and volcano landscape so it's a shame not …

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    Journey to the Middle of the world

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    ... Mundo" or the middle of the world ( a 40 min bus ride out of town). The grand monument although firmly fixed in Ecuador's heritage was unfortunately placed (by the French) approximately 250 meters north of the actual latitude 00,00',00''! So a ...

  • 2

    Back to school

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    ... and rather a lot of souvenir shops. GPS technology determined the actual equator lies ~240m to the north and the Intinan Museum has been built there ($3 entry, includes a guided tour). This contained supposed "scientific" experiments that demonstrate ...

  • 3

    Quito

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    ... , on the top of a hill, some thousand years previously. Just down the road, about three hundred metres in fact, we visited Intinan museum where we had a full explanation of the science side of things and one of us managed to balance an egg on a nail, ...

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    First Visit to Pululahua Crater

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     It all started with a trip to La Mitad del Mundo to see the monument, and visit the local Intinan Museum.  I spent an hour at the museum in and took some pictures of the Mitad del Mundo monument.  After soaking some rays near noon ...