Mita Del Mundo

yess!! I visited the equator... i didn't think it would be anything special, so at first wasnt so ken to go, but I have some great photos. In the museum.. which is in the middle of nowhere.. there are tests to prove that you are standing on the equator! I balanced an egg on the head of a nail, and also watched water go own a sink drain... on the equator the water goes straight down, but just 1 meter either side of the equator, the water forms a vortex in different diretions on either side of the equator! THis is due to centrifugal forces cancelling eachother out!
Also you weigh less on the equator, and yor body has less resistance, so if you make a ring with your fingers, it can be broken by someone more easily on the equator, than off...
We also saw the official monument which was made hundreds of years ago where it was belived the equator was, but they were 250m off... but it was a pretty good guess...
Also learn some stuff about the native americans and saw 'the shrunken head'.. many amusing photos.. which i will try an d upload soon.. (at the mo difficult..)
On the way home we took the bus.. which we found out never'stops' buses in quito just carry on doing a big circle... so we went into town, and we were waiting for the bus to get to the main road, but suddenly we realised we were going back out of the valley!!! Close call, otherwise we would have ended up back in Mita del mundo. Another thing about equadorian buses, they dont even stop to let people on, the door is always open, and the bus boy hangs out and shouts the destination, and people run and jump on! Bizzare...