On the left is Jonie, her daughter is Alejandra and the lady next to them is Elena
Okay, back to our tour day in Quito! We went to many of the famous sites in the capital city of Ecuador in the center of the world! Our tour guide picked us up at 8:30 sharp to begin our adventure
Us in the tour van
Our first stop was to a view point 1000 feet above the city. The view was beautiful, the city was enormous, and it was quite the ride up!
Us with the northern part of town behind us
Northern part of town
Southern part of town
Us with southern part of town behind us
Josiah swinging over the town of Quito
Our next stop was the center of the world - latitude 0. The country is named after the equator and the country of Ecuador is named after it - so they are quite proud of this fact. It made for lots of great pictures:
The monument at the center of the world
The girls in the southern hemisphere, the boys in the northern
Tyler and Nicole kissing from two different hemispheres
Nicole and Tyler on the equator
Emma and Josiah on the equator
Because gravity you can balance an egg on a nail on the equator
Emma did it too... I just didn't get a picture :-(
Emma on the northern side, Josiah on the southern side
This face of the monument looks west (oeste) with equator down middle
Cool seat the kids found
Us on the line in the center of the world
(you may have to zoom)
We also did a city tour and saw a church with the entire inside covered in gold. It was amazing. But no pictures were allowed, so we have nothing to show for it. Sorry! After the city tour we returned home for some rest. Monday is our last day in Ecuador, we are coming home soon!
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