Before visiting Ecuador, the eponymous ... 50 kilometres north of Quito, was a surprise highlight. One that has made me an advocate for equator tourism. Our Earth’s circle of latitude passes ...

QUITO, Ecuador – As soon as you exit the airport ... Or, visit the equatorial line monument at Mitad del Mundo, where you can stand with one foot in each hemisphere (with a $5 entrance fee ...

By 1981, construction had already begun on the Middle of the World City, where a 30-meter-high monument was placed and a line was drawn to simulate the equator ... in Quito and in Ecuador.