Quito, Ecuador
On our fourth day in Quito we decided to go a bit north of town to see Mitad Del Mundo which in 1736 a french mathematician proved that this place was indeed 0'00 latitude (however according to GPS it is actually 300m north of his calculation). Here are some fun facts about the equator...
Did you know...
You are in fact lighter on the equator because you are further away from the centre of the earth.
That the whole sink water swirling phenomenon changes within...