Yesterday we took a short trip to the "Middle of the World!" There are actually two places you can visit the equator because one of them, the huge monument, is a bit off the equator. We visited the real one at the Museo Intiñan. It was a really fun day! Before we got to the equator experiments, we started our tour learning about the indigenous people of Ecuador and how they used to shrink human heads because they believed the head contained the spirit of the victim. We also saw some big snakes and spiders native to Ecuador, and even saw the fish that goes up your urine stream if you pee in the water--yikes! We learned about their weapons, their tombs, their food (guinea pig), and their homes.
We then did the experiments, like trying to walk the line of the equator, balancing a raw egg on the top of a nail, and watching water drain in different directions in the north and south. The water draining and the egg balancing were cool simulations, but sadly, they weren't actually real...
That's the "penis fish" in that jar Mike's holding.
A real shrunken head!
Someone of the Wuaorani tribe, which nowadays are part of modern society.
A weapon of the Wuaorani tribe; it's a blow gun.
A replica of an ancient indigenous tomb, shaped like a womb on purpose.
The line of the equator.
Horizontal and vertical sundials, both showing it's 4 pm. They were pretty accurate, it was 3:50 pm.
Mike is in both the northern and southern hemispheres at the same time!
An original choza, or hut, from around 1875.
The inside of the choza.
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