Journey to the Centre of the Earth

Trip Start Jun 12, 2006
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Trip End Jul 01, 2007


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Thursday, September 21, 2006

I spent my last day in Quito checking out the old town and the centre of the earth (mitad del mundo.

Quito has got some beautiful monuments which can easily be visited within an hour, but I didnīt want to stick around the old town for to long because I had heard it was quite dangerous affer dark. The amin square has got some impressive old buildings, after visiting this had booking my bus ticket south, I took a bus to the North of the city to visit the equator.

Here lies a monumment built but a french man, but the stupid bugger got it wrong and the real equator lies about 500 meters further north of the monument. Here you can do a number of experiments, including watching water go down a plug, balancing an egg on a nail (less gravity) and pull apart hands. Also in the museum is the history of the original people of eqaudor, before the Incas. I had a go at a blow pipe, check out the head of a shrunken man....hhhmmmm nice.

Of south to Cuenca tonight on the way to Peru...
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