Fun & Games at Latitude 0

We went to check out Mitad del Mundo today- the monument and theme-park styled city celebrating Latitude 0. For a line on the ground, it was a surprising amount of fun!!!

The impressive monument that pops up in 99% of tourist pics is actually about 250m off the true equator...oops.

The rival Inti Nan museum next door proudly claims the honour of being at Latitude 0 and has a bunch of fun games that prove it.

Our favourite was balancing a raw egg on a nail- almost impossible to do anywhere other than bang on the equator.

 

After achieving egg-equilibrium we were awarded the title of egg-master and received a certificate!! Woohoo!!

Almost as impressive was the experiment that proves that it pays to trust The Simpsons in all matters scientific. We watched as the guide filled a tub of water over the equator and it drained straight out- next he moved the tub to the south and the water drained out clockwise and finally he repeated the test to the north and we had anti-clockwise drainage!! The Coriolis Effect in practice!!

It was like being in an segment of "Why Is It So?" What do you know...learning can be fun!!