Mitad Del Mundo, Ecuador

Travel Blogs from Mitad Del Mundo (26)

The Centre of the Earth, Mitad Del Mundo, Ecuador travel blog
The Centre of the Earth
Sep 21, 2009

... that he was saving up for. We did the honorable thing of pretending to be asleep when the hat was passed round. Mitad del Mundo - there are actually two sites claiming to be latitude 0'0'0' - the first erected some years ago with a museum, planetarium and ...

A travel blog entry by peterandgillian
The middle of the world..., Mitad del Mundo, Ecuador travel blog
The middle of the world...
Oct 9, 2005

... we had one more trip to make and that was to the middle of the world, literally. In Spanish it is called El Mitad del Mundo and it is the location of the equatorial line. It was determined by Charles-Marie de la Condamine and his French expedition in ...

A travel blog entry by bevhunt
The middle of the world, Cuidad del Mitad del Mundo, Ecuador travel blog
The middle of the world
Jul 5, 2008

... death, so god knows what it was like for Imo). That night was also the final of the South American football championships, Ecuador vs Brazil. We were a little bit scared of the crouds to go and watch, as bottles seemed to be flying liberally through ...

A travel blog entry by pennyimo
La Mitad del Mundo, La Mitad del Mundo, Ecuador travel blog
La Mitad del Mundo
Jun 13, 2007

... And eventually the tomb deteriorates and it falls on top of them to become a grave. There are actually 2 monuments for La Mitad del Mundo. The first one was erected by the Spanish where they thought the Equator fell. However according to the guide, the ...

A travel blog entry by jenl