Some 20 kilometres north of Quito is Ciudad Mitad del Mundo, or “middle of the world”. In other words, the exact place where the equator divides the northern and southern hemispheres. The best time to go? On March 21 or September 21. On these dates, during the summer and winter equinoxes, the noon sun shines perfectly perpendicular to the ground, and all shadows disappear. If you want to walk without a shadow, you know what you have to do!Ciudad Mitad del Mundo – Autopista Manuel Cordova Galarza
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