El Mitad del Mundo!

In both hemispheres at once!

Yesterday Gladys took me to 'Mitad del Mundo,' the official line of the equator.  It's about half an hour north of the center of Quito, and there are different museums, artisanal stores, and little restaurants.  I was told that the actual Equator may have been shifted during the Chilean earthquake...not sure but it makes sense.  So I may not have actually been on the equator haha, but close!

Up close and personal with some cuy (guinea pigs)...

Typical tourist photo on the equator!

Gladys!

View from the top of the monument

Inside the monument was a museum of different indigenous groups.
These are masks from groups from Cotopaxi

Typical Quichua outfits

Pachamama ~ Andean goddess similar to 'Mother Earth'

-Ecuadorian artist Guayasamín