| Last additions - Quito |

65 viewsIf you don't get breathless on rides, it's probably pretty likely in Quito at almost 3000m ASL.Mar 30, 2010
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68 viewsFrom Quito you can take a cablecar to 4100m and then hike up a volcano from there. This was my plan.Mar 30, 2010
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66 viewsThe area around here was quite arid.Mar 30, 2010
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63 viewsAnd yet another shot of a line. Coming next time, the triangle: AKA Cotapaxi volcano.Mar 30, 2010
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67 viewsThis rather random museum is where the actual equator is. The mistake was uncovered by GPS.Mar 30, 2010
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66 viewsAnother view of the incorrect equator monument.Mar 30, 2010
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66 viewsThanks for the help, ladies!Mar 30, 2010
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72 viewsKids on a tour crowd around to buy snacks for lunch.Mar 30, 2010
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56 viewsAnybody need a sweater?Mar 30, 2010
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64 viewsMeanwhile, I continue to walk the diplomatic tightrope.Mar 30, 2010
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64 viewsKim blatantly ignores the treaty and crosses to my hemisphere.Mar 30, 2010
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68 viewsI'm painting a line and this is MY half of the world.Mar 30, 2010
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69 viewsIt was two days before the equinox and on the equator so the sun was straight up - no shadow.Mar 30, 2010
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67 viewsA foot in either hemisphere. O yeah!Mar 30, 2010
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64 viewsThis is where they THOUGHT the equator was. Turns out it's 200m away but at least we have something to take photos at.Mar 30, 2010
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67 viewsLeaving for the equator (about 1.5 hr north of Quito) is in front of the basilica.Mar 30, 2010
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69 viewsThe spire of the basilica.Mar 30, 2010
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60 viewsHeads of GeographyMar 30, 2010
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70 viewsThe basilica by day, as viewed from the hostel.Mar 30, 2010
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68 viewsSpying on the Quitotecas.Mar 30, 2010
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