Yesterday, in the morning we went to Parque Carolina and went in a little further. We went to the Botanical Garden and then rode the paddleboats. We saw several cool birds.
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| Southern Yellow Grosbeak |
In the afternoon, we went to Mitad del Mundo, the museum of the equator. It was
one part interesting, two parts cheesy. A French team came a while back
and surveyed the equator line here.Ecuador eventually built a great big
monument and a whole tourist site around it. Then GPS came along, and it
turns out the monument and the line were off by about 300 meters. So,
now there's the old line and the new line. Both are equipped to sell
tourist items.
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| Whole Group, Ecuador 2012 |
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| There was a nice exhibit about the Wauorani, a tribe in the east famous for head shrinking. This is a real one, plus a real monkey head. |
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| Water flowing here, on the equator, doesn't swirl at all. Our guide moved the sink ten feet to either side and showed opposite directions of swirling. |
More, more, more! If we don't comment, it's not because we aren't reading! We love hearing about the travels of the adventurous side of the family!
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