This is the view from the top of the monument. You can see the big N and S seperating the northern and souther hemispheres and you can can of see the orange line again that seperates the two.
Vivi, Jessica and I in front of the statues of the scientists who contributed to locating the equator.
These are some ladies dancing at La Mitad del Mundo. You can still see the orange line that they are dancing next to. The whole place is set up like a little town with stores and restuarants and the line goes throughout the whole town.
This orange line shows where is equator supposedly is. It´s crazy to think about how they figured all this out so long ago with no gps or satellite technology, etc. The monument in the background is where you can go up to the top and see some pretty cool views. You would think it would be really hot there but it´s up in the mountains so it not as warm as you imagine the equator to be.
On Saturday I went to La Mitad del Mundo, aka, the middle of the world. It´s pretty touristy but something you have to do if you´re here. It´s about an hour drive from Quito. Jessica, one of my friends here, met a girl Vivi, who lives in Quito and goes to school in California so her dad drove us there which was so nice of them. We went back to her house and had ceviche for lunch which was my first time having it. It was so delicious!
This is the view from the top of the monument. You can see the big N and S seperating the northern and souther hemispheres and you can can of see the orange line again that seperates the two.
Vivi, Jessica and I in front of the statues of the scientists who contributed to locating the equator.
These are some ladies dancing at La Mitad del Mundo. You can still see the orange line that they are dancing next to. The whole place is set up like a little town with stores and restuarants and the line goes throughout the whole town.
This orange line shows where is equator supposedly is. It´s crazy to think about how they figured all this out so long ago with no gps or satellite technology, etc. The monument in the background is where you can go up to the top and see some pretty cool views. You would think it would be really hot there but it´s up in the mountains so it not as warm as you imagine the equator to be.
On Saturday I went to La Mitad del Mundo, aka, the middle of the world. It´s pretty touristy but something you have to do if you´re here. It´s about an hour drive from Quito. Jessica, one of my friends here, met a girl Vivi, who lives in Quito and goes to school in California so her dad drove us there which was so nice of them. We went back to her house and had ceviche for lunch which was my first time having it. It was so delicious! 
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