The Equator Line

Ok, so this post is a week late. But it is here, and that's what counts, right?

Saturday, after my crazy Friday night, I went home relatively early in the morning. Well, early for the rest of Quito. The entire city was asleep, or at least, that's what it felt like. The city was eerily quiet, it was kind of a nice change from the craziness the night before. 

I rested up that morning because my host mom promised to take me to Mitad Del Mundo that afternoon. Mitad Del Mundo isn't actually in Quito, it has its own little town. It took us two buses to get there, although it probably only took about 45 min, so like an ordinary commute for some people. 

The first thing you see when you walk into the equator-line area is this huge monument. It was really really big. Like, I felt like it was touching the sky. (And now all you scientists can yell at me for that inaccurate statement. But I did not say it was a fact, i said it felt like. So really, you have no right to yell at me. ;-) I love that I can win an argument with people who aren't even yelling at me yet.) I felt like I was in a skyscraper city again, only of course, there was only one skyscraper. 

Mitad Del Mundo wasn't all that it was cracked up to be. I mean, sure, it was cool to get a picture of myself with a foot in both hemispheres, but really, it was just a line painted on the ground. 

There was a little area where they sold traditional crafts and there were some traditional dances. I ate ice cream and watched a traditional dance, but my host mom said that the crafts were pretty expensive here and that I could buy the same things cheeper in the city. 

So that was my Mitad Del Mundo experience. After that I went home and slept forever. 

More soon, 

Zoe

P.S. It took forever to get those two photos uploaded. So, enjoy them and check back for more later. I do have one with one foot in each hemisphere, I promise.