"MITAD DEL MUNDO"

I like to go to the "Mitad del Mundo" this is a beautiful place, it has 30 metres high, besides it is called "Monumento Ecuatorial", because its form is quadrangular pyramidal this is the geographic address of the four cardinal points. The yellow line separating the two hemispheres: the north and south. It is localized on the outskirts of Quito, the capital of Ecuador.

Many tourist visit this place, because every thing has a mean very important, for example at the top of the pyramid, highlights an area that represents the earth metal, with its 5 continents and seas in high and low relief. The orientation of metallic balloon corresponds to the actual position of the Earth.

I remember when I went to the "Mitad del Mundo" I visit a small hut and in this place there was two turtles I believe that these turtles were called Pancho and Pancha, I don´t remember well the names of these turtles, but They have many, many years.

Some tour guides to learn as persons like Jorge Juan, Antonio Ulloa, Pedro Vicente Maldonado an Ecuadorian and others They made some things to check in a scientific manner the roundness of the Earth.

In the "Mitad del Mundo" there are some pictures of Oswaldo Guayasamin.

It is a wonderful place you can go with your family, because you find a bullring, several craft stores where you can buy some things for your family and for you, besides you find restaurants, cafes, telephone and postal offices.
In the within of "Mitad del Mundo" you find nine levels that make up the Ethnographic Museum, where he appreciates the variety of ethnic groups that inhabit the four regions of Ecuador.

You have to visit this place, is wonderful, you will get much experiences.